Altruism and Neuroscience

(this post was written by Kyle on November 5, 2007, and it concerns & & )

From Salon’s I feel your pain: “Before the discovery of mirror neurons, cognitive scientists assumed that we gained access to the feelings of others by theorizing about them. Now we know that a direct experience is responsible for much of what we thought was computation, speculation, memory or inference.” [This all reminds me of Levinas' [...]

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Links for May 29, 2007

(this post was written by Kyle on May 29, 2007, and it concerns & & & & & & & & & & )

The 20 Best “That Guys” Of All Time: Let me say that I think #1 doesn’t belong on the list, having transcended ‘that guy’ status, that #3 should be #1, and that #6 should be #2, and that #2 doesn’t belong in the top 5.
Man Clad In Underwear Pins Leopard: “A man clad only in [...]

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Things I Learned During The Week of February 5-12

(this post was written by Kyle on February 14, 2006, and it concerns & & & & & & & & & & & & & & & )

Sorry about Gobbledygook being a few days late. I usually write it up on Friday afternoons, but I started recording a college radio show last Friday (with editing continuing all through the weekend), and so Gobbledygook had to go on the back burner for a little bit. But now I’m relatively caught up. Well, to [...]

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Things I Learned During the Week of Jan. 29 - Feb. 3

(this post was written by Kyle on February 3, 2006, and it concerns & & & & & & & & & & & & & & & & & & & & )

Every week (for at least two weeks in a row now), I write up a list of all the things I’ve learned over the past week. This is a special little treat that I like to file under Gobbledygook. But enough of the explanatory note. On with the show.
Here’s what I learned this week…

…from moving [...]

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Green Mountain College Student “Comes Out” To A Large Group Of Us

(this post was written by Kyle on January 31, 2006, and it concerns & )

Naked and crying, somewhere on the other side of the river, Anthony Mcgwin sat on his knees in the muddy, leaf-stained snow, his shoulders hunching with every intake of wet breath. His curly gray hair contrasted starkly with his pale young skin. Small twigs stuck to his back. Snow and mud covered his elbows. The [...]

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What I Learned During the Week of January 22-28

(this post was written by Kyle on January 27, 2006, and it concerns & & & & & & & & & & & & & & & )

Last Friday, I introduced a new feature here on Fluid Imagination called Gobbledygook. The Gobbledygook posts are a catch-all for the things I’ve learned over the past week. So, why don’t we get started?
Here’s what I learned this week…

…from moving pictures:

That the tragedy of Malcolm X is not that he was killed, but that he [...]

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Embracing the Interface

(this post was written by Kyle on December 15, 2005, and it concerns & & & & & & & & & & & & & & & & & & & )

“In metaphysics, a being is in a relation with what it cannot absorb, with what it cannot, in the etymological sense, comprehend.” - Emmanuel Levinas, Totality & Infinity: An Essay on Exteriority.
What is the ontological status of that space where the software meets the hardware? I’m not speaking technically here. Technically, that space is way [...]

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Face to Face with Levinas

(this post was written by Kyle on December 6, 2005, and it concerns & & )

Here’s a little bit of information regarding Emmanuel Levinas, a philosopher whose work will be the focus of one my independent studies next semester.

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