Big words are scary and hard to understand. When you explain the world, already big and scary enough, with big words, I get confused. So don't explain to me some wondrous thing you saw with magical technology, and then ask me to fit it into my comprehension.
The mind is a little thing, and can only stretch so far and wrap itself around so much. So tell me of the simple things, in words I can understand. Don't explain things I dont understand with terms I understand even less. Spare me the prokaryotic apoptosis communism sociobiology determinism in development cell fate dualism altruism.. Spare me all of that. The world is confusing enough without them.
Explain to me instead the simple things.
Don't speak of long-term potentiation and how it affects love in mice. Tell me why I can break my heart over someone I don't care about. Everything in the universe may be a fractal, but tell me how your equations explain why people smile over flowers.
Tell me why the right rhythm in my earphones is all that is needed for the perfect three-mile run. Tell me why some days I just need a hug.
Tell me how a virus killing some bacteria and not others can explain why we do things for the greater common good. At the end of the day, remember that science and philosophy share the same roots- A love of wisdom, a desire for knowledge. And if your science and philosophy cannot increase the wisdom or knowledge of the audience you hope to impress, how does it help?
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We actually performed a class project on the effect of music on running :)... Heart rate and perceived fatigue does seem to have an effect on rhythmic music. Why? That needs more experiments. What say we continue the experiment on the gang? ;)
Heart rate on music, or the other way around ? There was actually a recent paper about it which was pretty good.. described how you actually need a perfectly synchronized beat to achieve the effects- too fast/ too slow doesnt work as well.
(Ah, and you reminded me of a well-written paper, after my rant about a crappy one.. thanks !:))
Oops, the other way around of course :)
Makes me think of a complex equation that could to simplified to a basic one.
Isn't the birth of a butterfly complex one, turning into something so simple, so beautiful. Wonder if I could appreciate the simplicity if not for the complex process.
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