Jordan B. Peterson, one of the world’s great self-recognized geniuses, gets a warm appreciation in The New York Times. Nellie Bowles writes: Mr. Peterson, 55, a University of Toronto psychology professor turned YouTube philosopher turned mystical father figure, has emerged as an influential thought leader…. [He says some people want] to eliminate hierarchies, which he […]
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Renewable power source search: Lobsters
Moving on to lobsters, the team that is systematically exploring different varieties (see detail in text, below) of renewable power sources: “From ‘cyborg’ lobsters to a pacemaker powered by implantable biofuel cells,” Kevin MacVittie, Jan Halamek, Lenka Halamkov, Mark Southcott, William D. Jemison, Robert Lobel and Evgeny Katz, Energy and Environmental Science, vol. 6, 2013. The authors, […]
Lobsters given voice
It has been said that: “To consider the lobster throughout history is to contemplate ourselves.” – and a new consideration is featuring in the latest issue of the journal ‘Gastronomica’ (from University of California Press). The article explains how Salvador Dali used lobster-based imagery as part of his investigation into what he called ‘Critical Paranoia’. […]