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Worlds Apart
A short animation that travels through a whirlwind of questions surrounding the science and religion debate. The film invites the viewer into the details of the conversations, where there is less conflict than it seems from far off.
How Language Shapes Thought | Lera Boroditsky
Do the languages we speak shape the way we think? For example, how do we think about time? The word “time” is the most frequent noun in the English language. Time is ubiquitous yet ephemeral. It forms the very fabric … Continue reading
How language shapes the way we think | Lera Boroditsky
There are about 7,000 languages spoken around the world — and they all have different sounds, vocabularies and structures. But do they shape the way we think? Cognitive scientist Lera Boroditsky shares examples of language — from an Aboriginal community … Continue reading
Tsuyoshi Hisakado’s Spiraling River of Pi | Spoon & Tamago
OCTOBER 9, 2022 / JOHNNY Tsuyoshi Hisakado’s “River” (2022) on display at Ota Fine Arts in Tokyo For the first time in four years, the artist Tsuyoshi Hisakado had a new solo exhibition in Tokyo. One of his works was … Continue reading
The hard problem of consciousness is a distraction from the real one | Aeon Essays
Beast-machines. The City Rises by Umberto Boccioni (1910). MOMA. Photo courtesy Wikipedia It looks like scientists and philosophers might have made consciousness far more mysterious than it needs to be What is the best way to understand consciousness? In philosophy, … Continue reading
Pantglas
I shot this footage just under ten years ago, I was originally looking at the relationship my grandparents had with the harsh landscape of west Wales. The footage and project languished in my hard drive as I got distracted by … Continue reading