This morning I watched an interesting video on TED.com about experience and memory. The founder of behavioral economics, Daniel Kahneman, gave a far to short twenty-minute talk on how we as human beings are essentially divided into two entities, our “experiencing selves” and our “remembering selves.…
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Experience vs Remembering Experience
Posted March 1, 2010
The Divided Soul
Posted January 23, 2010
We often pride ourselves on our species being self aware to a degree that no other known life form has achieved. Without a question, this has allowed humanity to achieve many great things. But, I can’t help but wonder if being self-consciousness and undergoing self-examination is done so at the expe…
The Death of Two Boys And A Brief Goodbye
Posted December 22, 2009
This will most likely be my last post for several months. Writing my thoughts here has been a greatly rewarding experience and led to much personal growth. This year in fact has been one of great personal growth for me. Philosophically, I have examined places in my own being that I never thought I c…
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