“Cities are no more artificial than the hives of bees” — John Gray (Straw Dogs) I often find myself confused by what people mean when they say that something that exists is unnatural. Are genetically modified foods ‘unnatural’? What about clothing? Music? Dogs? One definition I saw for natural is: Existing in or caused by [...]
Archive for February, 2012
Natural
Posted in Uncategorized on February 18, 2012 | 1 Comment »
Do we want to be ‘it’ sometimes?
Posted in behavior, rationality on February 2, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
I was watching little kids play tag. I noticed that if whoever was ‘it’ was running towards a group of children, the children would scatter, and one extra-slow kid would lag behind. The slow kid was the obvious target for the it kid. This reminded me of a lion chasing zebras, and eating the one [...]
