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Cultures

Scientific Blinders

A post last year looked at the ways in which even the best scientists — Albert Einstein, for example — are prone to disregarding empirical [&hellip
Arts

Bruce Lee and the Power of Water

I just ran across a classic post at Maria Popova’s always worthwhile BrainPickings that illuminates the connection between martial arts and Daoism. She’s telling the [&hellip
Cultures

Spooky Action at a Distance

Einstein was wrong. As insightful as he was about the nature of the universe, the most famous Western genius since Aristotle could not wrap his [&hellip
Snark

Aleister Crowley’s Black Magickal “Tao Teh King”

There are a lot of good English editions of the Daodejing, from scholarly translations by Victor Mair and Robert Henricks to the more poetic version [&hellip
Deeper

Translating the Tao Te Ching (daodejing) — chapter 9

Robin (“Noedel”), writing on Reddit, recently raised an interesting question. “This [Addiss/Lombardo Translation of the Tao Te Ching] seemed to be a very popular translation [&hellip
Cultures

Integrity and the Anonymous Internet

The Daodejing (Tao Te Ching) declares the falseness of names and labels right in its first lines. 道可道非常道. 名可 [&hellip
Cultures

Malcolm Gladwell is wrong

I’ve long had a pet theory that Malcolm Gladwell is a closet Daoist. If you look at his big books, every one of them is [&hellip
Cultures

Scientists Prove that “3 in the Morning” is True (Backwards)

One of Zhuangzi’s most famous stories is “3 in the Morning.” A zookeeper gives monkeys 2 bananas in the morning, and 3 in the afternoon. [&hellip

Cultures

Scientific Blinders

July 9th, 2016 | by msalt

A post last year looked at the ways in which even the best scientists — Albert Einstein, for example — [&hellip

Arts

Bruce Lee and the Power of Water

April 20th, 2016 | by msalt

I just ran across a classic post at Maria Popova’s always worthwhile BrainPickings that illuminates the connection between martial arts [&hellip

Politics

by Gary Halvorson, Oregon State Archives

Fighting by Not Fighting

January 19th, 2016 | by msalt

A dozen or so heavily armed right-wing extremists seize a government facility. Naturally, the police respond with a massive display [&hellip

Sports

Ed Reynold's clinching interception against the Buffalo Bills

Chip Kelly Update: Cautious Optimism

December 17th, 2015 | by msalt

[Note: This column is a weekly recap of the fortunes of the Philadelphia Eagles and their coach, Chip Kelly. Kelly [&hellip

Cultures

Spooky Action at a Distance

October 23rd, 2015 | by msalt

Einstein was wrong. As insightful as he was about the nature of the universe, the most famous Western genius since [&hellip

Snark

Aleister Crowley’s Black Magickal “Tao Teh King”

January 26th, 2015 | by msalt

There are a lot of good English editions of the Daodejing, from scholarly translations by Victor Mair and Robert Henricks [&hellip

Deeper

Translating the Tao Te Ching (daodejing) — chapter 9

January 17th, 2015 | by msalt

Robin (“Noedel”), writing on Reddit, recently raised an interesting question. “This [Addiss/Lombardo Translation of the Tao Te Ching] seemed to [&hellip