Having birds sit and pose, even if they are sometimes behind a glass wall, I remember thinking, prior to my first zoo visit with a camera,should make it easy to get great shots. It is not. Birds: they have a mind of their own.… Continue Reading “In honor of Zoos”
Category: Environment, Philosophy, PhotographyTags: barbet, conservation, creation, crested coua, emperor penguins, evolution, flamingoes, meerkats, orangutans, peacock, penguins, San Diego Zoo, Smithsonian zoo, Zoos
Posted on August 13, 2013
by neuroticphilosopher
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I have been accused ( and I might add correctly) of not liking enough people. Or any people. My dad routinely asked me to list the people I really liked, I think I always had real trouble after about 5 names. As I grew… Continue Reading “The kind of people I like…”
Category: Evolution, I think.., Philosophy, Science, World CultureTags: admiring, caste system, castes, culture, democracy, dissent, Doublethink, evolution, honesty, integrity, justice, Orwell, Orwellian, religion, role model, tolerance, tradition, truth, vigilance
Yes, unlike the false promise on Che Guevara ( still have to work on it..) my favorite Stephens are easier for me to write about, I already know them quite well. Stephen Jay Gould was a paleontologist, who broke away from the tenet in… Continue Reading “The Stephens I admire, adore and would like to be..”
Category: Books, Evolution, I think.., PhilosophyTags: Darwin, evolution, horror., inspiration, punctuated equilibrium, RIchard Dawkins, science, Stephen Jay Gould, Stephen King, TommyKnockers, Writer
Ahem, what do Orwell and Darwin have in common? (Some people may ask) Well, this is actually about how those two geniuses can be so different and yet lead to the same dictum. Darwin led the revolution in scientific thinking of how all the… Continue Reading “George Orwell and Charles Darwin”
Category: I think.., Philosophy, World CultureTags: AAP, agonist, Big Brother, Che, control, culture, Darwin, evolution, Orwell, Philosophy, power, rascism, society