31 JAN 2012 by ideonexus Life is Anti-Entropy
Climbing up and dreaming.
Folksonomies: life,entropy
26 JAN 2012 by ideonexus Games that Turn Humans into Rats in a Skinner Box
Games like Farmville and Angry Birds tap into the reward mechanisms in our brains, administering doses of dopamine to us for repetitive tasks.
Folksonomies: life,conditioning,time,gaming
26 JAN 2012 by ideonexus We Have Finite Time to Spend in Life
When we play games, we should play games that are fun, but also creative and challenging. Easy games are a complete waste of time, like watching TV. Hard games challenge us and make us grow.
Folksonomies: education,games,life,growth,time,challenge
14 JAN 2012 by ideonexus The Difference Between Vegetable and Animal
A lovely description.
Folksonomies: life,plant,animal. taxonomy
13 JAN 2012 by ideonexus Constant and Free Life
Mammals and other animals that maintain a constant environment within themselves are free of the changes to the world outside them.
Folksonomies: biology,freedom,life
12 JAN 2012 by ideonexus The Origin of Life is Speculative
We have no fossil record of the origin of life, we are left only to attempt to recreate it in the lab, but we won't know if we got the process right.
Folksonomies: biology,life,origins,archaeology
04 JAN 2012 by ideonexus Martinus Willem Beijerinck on the Cell and Life
A very heavy passage on which I need to meditate to fully appreciate.
Folksonomies: todo,biology,life
13 DEC 2011 by ideonexus The Precarious Laws of Nature
If the laws of nature were different by a very small amount, the Universe would not work in such a way as to produce life.
Folksonomies: physics,life,universe,laws of nature
13 DEC 2011 by ideonexus Carbon VS Silicon Life
While we can imagine living computers, it is hard to imagine silicon life spontaneously forming in the universe.
Folksonomies: life,alien life,xenobiology
09 JUN 2011 by ideonexus Chaos, Order and Snowflakes
Nonlife produces beautiful order in the snowflake, where the vibrations of the molecules create different six-pointed patterns.
Folksonomies: life,entropy,water,order,disorder