#Learn How To See Listen “.. the central idea was about music as a place you go to. Not a narrative, not a sequence that has some sort of teleological direction to it—verse, chorus, this, that, and the other. It’s really based on abstract expressionism: Instead of the picture being a structured perspective, where […]
Cargo Cult Science By Richard Feynman Some remarks on science, pseudoscience, and learning how to not fool yourself. Caltech’s 1974 commencement address. During the Middle Ages there were all kinds of crazy ideas, such as that a piece of rhinoceros horn would increase potency. Then a method was discovered for separating the ideas–which […]
Latvia-born singer and model Viktoria Modesta released her first music video last week on Channel 4, in which she proudly struts a series of beautiful prosthetic legs. According to her website, she was born with a dislocated left hip and leg. At age 20, after 15 ineffective surgeries in Latvia, she made the radical decision […]