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Matthew Clapp
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Weightless Body, Weightless Mind
My dream last night: I'm in a mansion somewhere. There are rock stars, physicists, artists, and other creative types. This was where I worked...
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Ink and Blood
I had an opportunity to see the traveling exhibition, Ink & Blood in Lexington, KY. I highly recommend it. It will be there for a couple of months before moving on to South Carolina. The exhibit traces the path of our modern English Bible from the very beginning through the
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Book Recommendations
I get asked to recommend books from time to time, so I figured I would start by recommending the books I’ve read so far this year: * What is Zen * The Tao of Physics * Bhagavad Gita : A New Translation * The Wisdom of Joseph Campbell * The Dream of Reason: A History
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Eating From the Tree of Knowledge
I'm a spiritual person but I just don’t see the world you do. Don’t fall into a stereotype I’ve experienced too many times. My experience is that Christians and Muslims (in particular) take endless delight in making converts to their religion – usually in inverse proportion
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Sarcasm and Power Outages
Researchers today announced that they've identified the area of the brain responsible for sarcasm. In a related story, Congress is applauded for its funding of very important scientific research. Ha! So, what does this have to do with anything? I'm in Connecticut this week staying at
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How Does Anyone Know?
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Some of My Adventures...
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The Myth of Sisyphus
The gods had condemned Sisyphus to ceaselessly rolling a rock to the top of a mountain, whence the stone would fall back of its own weight. They had thought with some reason that there is no more dreadful punishment than futile and hopeless labor.
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O me! O life!
O me! O life! of the questions of these recurring. Of the endless trains of the faithless, of cities fill’d with the foolish. Of myself forever reproaching myself, (for who more foolish than I, and who more faithless?) Of eyes that vainly crave the light, of the objects mean,
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A Glorious Accident
During my first year at the University of Georgia, I remember flipping through a catalog of scientific books and videos. I was always on the lookout for something cool and exciting.
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I Was Clearly Upside Down
I read an amazing article two nights ago about an autistic savant that has the incredible ability to communicate his thought processes.