Shunryu Suzuki: Study Yourself

Shunryu Suzuki: Study Yourself
The purpose of studying Buddhism is not to study Buddhism. It is to study ourselves.
Showing posts with label science. Show all posts
Showing posts with label science. Show all posts

Tuesday, March 19, 2013

A Now for Something Completely Different

This is the most ass-backward idea that you'll ever hear.  It goes against everything we think we know about how to restore grasslands -- reclaim them from the deserts they have become.  We're not talking true desert environments here, we're talking land that used to be verdant. 



What do you think?  Crazy, huh?


Saturday, March 16, 2013

Cloned Humans That Glow in the Dark

Did you ever suspect that mankind has engineered the brain of an eel to live in life-supporting 'matter' and that electrodes can be inserted into that brain to get to work in certain ways?  And when that brain is installed in a robot, the brain can operate that robot?  Sounds freakishly futuristic, and yet, it has already happened.  Many other oddities are being created by mankind on animals, and some of them I find objectionable.  Just because we can do something, does it mean we should?  Should we create mammals and primates that literally glow in the dark?  Well, we are.  Just watch.