Tag: metaphors
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I wonder why
Bedtime stories were always a treat for me when I was very young; they allowed my mind to travel to places and see things I had never encountered. But although they continued to be a source of fascination, as the months and years progressed, I began to think more about what I was being told.…
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Life after the bedtime story
I’m not sure when I was first introduced to myths -Joseph Campbell’s The Hero With A Thousand Faces in university to be sure- but I think it was when I was much younger that I became fascinated with the idea of stories which, although often fanciful, tried to explain the meaning and significance of the…
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Are you really my friend?
There was something that Albert Camus, the Algerian-French philosopher, once wrote that has continued to inspire me since I first read it, so many years ago: “Don’t walk in front of me… I may not follow. Don’t walk behind me… I may not lead. Walk beside me… just be my friend” Friendship is a magical…
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Does everything have meaning?
What is the meaning of rain? No, really -what, if anything does it mean? If we ask the same question of Life, we understand immediately the type of answer required, so what is different about rain? Both are processes, of sorts, although rain has the added advantage of also being a thing -both palpable and…
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A rarer spirit never did steer humanity
Okay, here’s a seemingly obvious and probably self-evident question: What constitutes personhood? I mean I assume that, until recently, it was something only bestowed on us -humans, that is- but what, exactly, is a person? And does the reason we were its exclusive possessors have anything to do with the fact that we are the…
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Love, which alters when it alteration finds
I’m not certain I understand why, but I am being led to believe that Love can be described mathematically using Bayesian Probability Theory… Okay, as a start, I have no idea what subscribing to Bayesian probability theory might entail, except maybe a club membership, and a considerably manipulated personal profile to attract some interest. But,…
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Trolling for a Cause
Okay, full disclosure: in my day, ‘trolling’ was either dropping a baited fishing line in the water behind the boat as you cruised, or watching out for Billy Goat Gruff villains under the next bridge. I didn’t realize just how much I was in need of a more recent update. I mean why does everything…
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