28 Feb 2012

Trust in me...

A reasoning based upon aporia might be used to destabilize, to confuse your logic. 
An example is given by this dialog inspired by the French movie "Garde à vue". The application here is sophistical not rhetorical. 
You said that you don't remember what you did last night?
Yes 
Then , how can you be sure you didn't do what you where accused of?
Indeed, I am not sure
You recognize that the elements that have been submitted to you are right?
Yes
Since you don't remember what happend, you agree then that it is perfectly possible that you are the author of the accusations?
....


Source: roughly translated from http://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aporie, you tube

Eternally yours

OZYMANDIAS of EGYPT

I met a traveller from an antique land
Who said: "Two vast and trunkless legs of stone
Stand in the desert. Near them, on the sand,
Half sunk, a shattered visage lies, whose frown,


And wrinkled lip, and sneer of cold command,
Tell that its sculptor well those passions read,
Which yet survive, stamped on these lifeless things,
The hand that mocked them and the heart that fed,


And on the pedestal these words appear:
'My name is Ozymandias, king of kings:
Look on my works, Ye Mighty, and despair!'


Nothing beside remains. Round the decay
Of that colossal wreck, boundless and bare,
The lone and level sands stretch far away."
From Percy Bysshe Shelley
The time always win, the nature prevails.

26 Feb 2012

I will bear it in mind

In northern areas of Canada, the bear undergoes a remarkable metabolic transformation as it prepares for hibernation. Hibernation is an energy-saving process bears have developed to let them survive for long periods when there is insufficient food available to maintain their body mass. When they stop eating and become increasingly lethargic, the bear will enter a cave; dig out a den; or hole up in a dense brush pile, hollow log or tree cavity and hibernate. Right before it does this it starts to gain weight so it can survive the long months ahead. It can gain as much as 30 pounds per week. The bear hibernates between four to seven months. When it’s in a hibernating state the bear’s heart rate drops from between forty to seventy beats per minute to only eight to twelve beats per minute. Its metabolism slows down by half, and its body temperature reduces by 3 to 7 degrees Centigrade (5 to 9 degrees Fahrenheit). Also its body doesn’t release any wastes like urea or solid fecal waste but instead it’s recycled into usable proteins. During the hibernation period adult males and adolescent bears lose between 15% and 30% of their weight while a female cub with newborn loses as much as 40% of her weight. Most black bears vacate their winter dens over a one to two month period starting in April or May. Both the climatic conditions (snow cover and temperature) and physiological factors such as the bear's age, the status of its health and its remaining fat reserves affect the time it comes out. Normally, adult males emerge first. Females with newborn cubs are usually the last ones to leave their den, and continue with their life cycle.
Source: http://www.customessaymeister.com/customessays/Biology/16664.htm

19 Feb 2012

interesting concept

Kokoro no junbi. It means something like preparing for a date or get together, Japanese people need time to mentally prepare for this and don't like to do things with friends right away on the spur of the moment.

Source: http://brinylon.blogspot.com/