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A quote. A quiz. An idea to ponder

Who wrote the following? (I f you know just give the initials, so I'll know who you are)

 

"With the virtue of memory and the passage of time, a thing can become more than itself, hence progress is possible,"

 

I've been thinking about that for a long time. With neurology honing in on the function of conjectured nano-tubes operating within the neurons in your think-box, we might yet be soon able to understand just what consciousness IS. It's thought that the main purposr of memory is to enable predictions.

Any thoughts?

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On A Hill Far Away.....

On a hill far away stood an old rugged cross,
The emblem of suffering and shame;
And I love that old cross where the dearest and best
For a world of lost sinners was slain.

Refrain

So I’ll cherish the old rugged cross,
Till my trophies at last I lay down;
I will cling to the old rugged cross,
And exchange it some day for a crown.



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Memory

This this post, I delve into the abstract mechanism of memory and its influence on identity.

 

 



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Free Will, Part 1: Anticipation

In this series of blog posts, I'm going to explain why free will is not a matter of yes or no, but of how much:

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Mental health

Greetings

 Greetings, Question: After many years of 
purposly repressing memories of
life, and excellently trained to do so, 
have i compromised my future. In
the sense that now that life is better, 
i cant stop repressing all but the
most crucial of things :L Is there 
treatment for this, home made or 
professional?
 Any tricks to eliminate this?

 

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Playground games and rhymes

Everyone must have some of these that they remember from the playground. I was wondering how similar or different the rhymes were from different times and different parts of Canada. Also, I'd be interested to hear what the guys did, since I don't recall doing much with boys from this period of my life (except for my brother, which was different because we always avoided associating at school if possible, though we were great buddies at home).

 

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