dear anyone who has read Pulphead by John Jeremiah Sullivan

kelsfjord:

I very very much want to discuss that second-to-last essay, “Violence of the Lambs.”

Or, at least, share a mental fistbump over how awesome its ending was.

It’s online in full, here. But oh god, that image. They went very literal with that.

Cheers for the link - that was a good read. Not sure what to make of it all. Love the last two paragraphs - his ranting on the fourth page reminds me a lot of Werner Herzog’s monologue at the end of Encounters At The End Of The World (which I would actually suggest watching under any circumstances because it’s fantastic, but it does also have some relevance to the article). In fact I bet Herzog would love this whole theory. 

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Researchers found a “living fossil” eel off the coast of Palau. Cue terror.
Why is this fossil living?! Apparently this species of eel has DNA that dates back 200 million years. It’s more similar to an eel species from 100 million years ago than it is to the eels of today. Thanks a lot, Palau. We’re scared now. source
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Eel alert!

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Why is this fossil living?! Apparently this species of eel has DNA that dates back 200 million years. It’s more similar to an eel species from 100 million years ago than it is to the eels of today. Thanks a lot, Palau. We’re scared now. source

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Video celebrating NASA and the wonders of space exploration by youtube user damewse. I already posted Part 2 of ‘The Sagan Series’ here but hadn’t actually blogged part 1. 

It seems to me that the idea of a personal God is an anthropological concept which I cannot take seriously. I also cannot imagine some will or goal outside the human sphere. … Science has been charged with undermining morality, but the charge is unjust. A man’s ethical behaviour should be based effectually on sympathy, education, and social ties and needs; no religious basis is necessary. Man would indeed be in a poor way if he had to be restrained by fear of punishment and hope of reward after death.
– Albert Einstein (via thebookofatheism)

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dear anyone who has read Pulphead by John Jeremiah Sullivan

kelsfjord:

I very very much want to discuss that second-to-last essay, “Violence of the Lambs.”

Or, at least, share a mental fistbump over how awesome its ending was.

It’s online in full, here. But oh god, that image. They went very literal with that.

Cheers for the link - that was a good read. Not sure what to make of it all. Love the last two paragraphs - his ranting on the fourth page reminds me a lot of Werner Herzog’s monologue at the end of Encounters At The End Of The World (which I would actually suggest watching under any circumstances because it’s fantastic, but it does also have some relevance to the article). In fact I bet Herzog would love this whole theory. 

shortformblog:

Researchers found a “living fossil” eel off the coast of Palau. Cue terror.
Why is this fossil living?! Apparently this species of eel has DNA that dates back 200 million years. It’s more similar to an eel species from 100 million years ago than it is to the eels of today. Thanks a lot, Palau. We’re scared now. source
Follow ShortFormBlog

Eel alert!

shortformblog:

Why is this fossil living?! Apparently this species of eel has DNA that dates back 200 million years. It’s more similar to an eel species from 100 million years ago than it is to the eels of today. Thanks a lot, Palau. We’re scared now. source

Follow ShortFormBlog

Eel alert!

(Source: shortformblog)

Video celebrating NASA and the wonders of space exploration by youtube user damewse. I already posted Part 2 of ‘The Sagan Series’ here but hadn’t actually blogged part 1. 

Developments in physics continue to make no sense at all. But do sound cool.

This time with quantum entanglement through time!

It seems to me that the idea of a personal God is an anthropological concept which I cannot take seriously. I also cannot imagine some will or goal outside the human sphere. … Science has been charged with undermining morality, but the charge is unjust. A man’s ethical behaviour should be based effectually on sympathy, education, and social ties and needs; no religious basis is necessary. Man would indeed be in a poor way if he had to be restrained by fear of punishment and hope of reward after death.
– Albert Einstein (via thebookofatheism)

(Source: , via technipol)

dear anyone who has read Pulphead by John Jeremiah Sullivan
"It seems to me that the idea of a personal God is an anthropological concept which I cannot take seriously. I also cannot imagine some will or goal outside the human sphere. … Science has been charged with undermining morality, but the charge is unjust. A man’s ethical behaviour should be based effectually on sympathy, education, and social ties and needs; no religious basis is necessary. Man would indeed be in a poor way if he had to be restrained by fear of punishment and hope of reward after death."

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