tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2247545438457762754Sat, 07 Nov 2009 07:22:21 +0000http://pandorasbasement.blogspot.com/noreply@blogger.com (Somniferous)Blogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2247545438457762754.post-4754234597942225769Fri, 06 Nov 2009 22:53:00 +00002009-11-06T17:16:55.757-06:00Courtesy of NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter's HiRISE [High Resolution Imaging Science Experiment] camera; click the image for more photographs. http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/PandorasBasement/~3/acLv-e_q-E4/mars-big-picture.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Somniferous)1<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/PandorasBasement/~4/acLv-e_q-E4" height="1" width="1"/>http://pandorasbasement.blogspot.com/2009/11/mars-big-picture.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2247545438457762754.post-6085566683086121391Thu, 05 Nov 2009 22:33:00 +00002009-11-06T16:53:18.449-06:00Establishing that the self exists--"cogito, ergo sum", though "I am" is sufficient--establishes the dichotomy between the self and the non-self, which subsequently establishes the reality of the self: the self and the non-self, combined; from there, it's a matter of examining that reality via the hypothetico-deductive model. Questioning the self instantiates the self, thereby providing the http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/PandorasBasement/~3/7sATkJWoHYM/splash-quite-unnoticed.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Somniferous)2<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/PandorasBasement/~4/7sATkJWoHYM" height="1" width="1"/>http://pandorasbasement.blogspot.com/2009/11/splash-quite-unnoticed.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2247545438457762754.post-2347193797092930549Wed, 04 Nov 2009 02:37:00 +00002009-11-03T22:14:36.192-06:00Embryonic debris drifts across my vision--eye floaters, they're called; I try to focus on one, but the attention causes the floater to vanish. When I was little, I thought I was seeing paramecia crawl across my eye.I should apologize to Sable Salieri: I've imagined your story, but I'm unable to produce it on paper. Countless others have suffered a similar fate [Eli Drake, Briar, et al.], but yourhttp://feedproxy.google.com/~r/PandorasBasement/~3/axxwkcxJ9nU/long-now.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Somniferous)1<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/PandorasBasement/~4/axxwkcxJ9nU" height="1" width="1"/>http://pandorasbasement.blogspot.com/2009/11/long-now.html