June 2010
“Don’t let us forget that the causes of human actions are usually immeasurably more complex and varied than our subsequent explanations of them.”
—Dostoyevsky (via laughlikesilver)
“People will often make the case, “We can’t be that stupid, or we would have been evolutionarily wiped out as a species a long time ago.” I don’t agree. I find myself saying, “Well, no. Gee, all you need to do is be far enough along to be able to get three square meals or to solve the calorie problem long enough so that you can reproduce. And then, that’s it. You don’t need a lot of smarts. You don’t have to do tensor calculus. You don’t have to do quantum physics to be able to survive to the point where you can reproduce.” One could argue that evolution suggests we’re not idiots, but I would say, “Well, no. Evolution just makes sure we’re not blithering idiots. But, we could be idiots in a lot of different ways and still make it through the day.”
—David Dunning (via The Anosognosic’s Dilemma: Something’s Wrong but You’ll Never Know What It Is (Part 1), Opinionator Blog - NYTimes.com) (via roomthily)
Psssssst →
42in10.tumblr.com
Oh hey there Tumblr. So this afternoon I am leaving for what will hopefully be a pretty interesting summer. I’m not sure how much I’ll be posting on here in the next six weeks, but I started a tumblr song a day diary type deal. Not to be desperate or anything, but YOU SHOULD FOLLOW IT. ;)
But really, that’s just a heads up. Because I know all you followers are infinitely and deeply interested in my personal life.
You! Me! Dancing!
Los Campesinos!
Los Campesinos!- You! Me! Dancing!
it always seems like a good idea
to go paddling in the fountain,
and that’s because it IS a good idea.
and were just like
how rousseau depicts man
in the state of nature;
we’re undeveloped, we’re ignorant,
we’re stupid, but we’re happy.
A man crouches on the street with static in his eyes, and takes it as a sign from the gods above to shout from the rooftops and write letters to the government. He's writing revelations for the showdown, and now he's slamming down chords and leading a crowd ten thousand strong. They're shouting in unison, shouting in unison: "Mom and dad, wake from your slumbers, we're gonna burn this motherfucker down, because sometimes we burn and steal and rape and kill and sacrifice just to remind ourselves that we're still alive."
(via adisonlove)
All Yr Songs
Diamond Rings
Diamond Ring- All Yr Songs
no matter what the weather
i’ll do anything whatever
if i could be so very bold, oh
i never want us to grow old
Sunlight
Harlem Shakes
sunlight, sunlight baby
we just let go of the night now slowly
we won’t dance, we won’t sing, we won’t talk
we just gonna watch how it bends
I followed your regular blog AND your music blog, because you have great taste in music. It's so great to find someone else who loves Nana Grizol as much as me! :)
Ah you rock! So hard. As do they. :D
OH YEAH FACTS: Your 'moral compass' can be controlled by magnets. →
ohyeahfacts.tumblr.com
Our “moral compass” is in the right temporo-parietal junction of our brains — behind our right ears. Researchers at MIT used two different kinds of strong magnets to interfere with the neurons in the that brain area in 12 volunteers, before giving them a morality test.
After they had…a victory for the nihilistic camp?
this is a joke, right?
no?
D:
