Mountain Minutes

Presence & presentism

fritzbooks: After hiking the Western Wood, 2.29.16 Presence is to presentism as sex is to sexism.  The sexist avoids experiencing the body, how the body is unique and free. Similarly, the presentist avoids experiencing time, how time is generation and a chance. The sexist doesn’t understand the body.  The presentist doesn’t understand time. When we enjoy each other’s bodies, we love better and open up intimacy.  We truly deepen sex.  In becoming bodies in freedom, Read more…

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Embrace Uncertainty

nsfdirectorfieldnotes: An excerpt from my recent Working Life editorial in Science. I am often asked, “What advice can you give to graduate students?” When this happens I have to pause a moment, as I was an unusual case: an English-major undergraduate who went on to graduate study in physics. The first thing that comes to mind is to explore as much as possible, because eureka moments do happen. And when they do, don’t be afraid Read more…

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Embrace Uncertainty

nsfdirectorfieldnotes: An excerpt from my recent Working Life editorial in Science. I am often asked, “What advice can you give to graduate students?” When this happens I have to pause a moment, as I was an unusual case: an English-major undergraduate who went on to graduate study in physics. The first thing that comes to mind is to explore as much as possible, because eureka moments do happen. And when they do, don’t be afraid Read more…

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Falling in Love!!

brainiology: Hello, brain people! Love!! What on earth happens to your brain as you fall in love? There are three stages that we all go through as we fall in love with that special somebody: Lust, Attraction, Attachment During Lust, sex hormones are released – this being oestrogen and testosterone in women and men respectively. Throughout Attraction, you feel all wonderful and love-stricken! You can’t think of anything other than that special somebody. There are Read more…

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Falling in Love!!

brainiology: Hello, brain people! Love!! What on earth happens to your brain as you fall in love? There are three stages that we all go through as we fall in love with that special somebody: Lust, Attraction, Attachment During Lust, sex hormones are released – this being oestrogen and testosterone in women and men respectively. Throughout Attraction, you feel all wonderful and love-stricken! You can’t think of anything other than that special somebody. There are Read more…

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neurosciencenews: Vigorous Exercise Boosts Neurotransmitters and May Help Restore Mental Health People who exercise have better mental fitness, and a new imaging study from UC Davis Health System shows why. Intense exercise increases levels of two common neurotransmitters — glutamate and gamma-aminobutyric acid, or GABA — that are responsible for chemical messaging within the brain. The research is in Journal of Neuroscience. (full access paywall)

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neurosciencenews: Vigorous Exercise Boosts Neurotransmitters and May Help Restore Mental Health People who exercise have better mental fitness, and a new imaging study from UC Davis Health System shows why. Intense exercise increases levels of two common neurotransmitters — glutamate and gamma-aminobutyric acid, or GABA — that are responsible for chemical messaging within the brain. The research is in Journal of Neuroscience. (full access paywall)

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When Philosophy Lost Its Way

When Philosophy Lost Its Way “Like the sciences, philosophy has largely become a technical enterprise, the only difference being that we manipulate words rather than genes or chemicals. Lost is the once common-sense notion that philosophers are seeking the good life…”

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