25 January 2015

Beauty

"The control of our art is very often to prevent us from being too beautiful, independently sustained by beauty from uncontrollable sources - beautiful for ourselves, beautiful for others."

Why tyrants are afraid of art and beauty http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-30939668

22 January 2015

Consciousness

"It would be poetic – albeit deeply frustrating – were it ultimately to prove that the one thing the human mind is incapable of comprehending is itself. An answer must be out there somewhere. And finding it matters..."

Why can’t the world’s greatest minds solve the mystery of consciousness? http://www.theguardian.com/science/2015/jan/21/-sp-why-cant-worlds-greatest-minds-solve-mystery-consciousness