Professor of Mathematics, Ohio Northern University (retired). Experimental Mathematics. Physics passionate. Mindfulness is agnostic. Views are my own.
December 28, 2021
December 22, 2021
Boosted
Right on the Winter solstice I got my Pfizer booster shot. Here I am back in my office. Below, an eerie image from Ada, the night before.
December 14, 2021
Brains as prediction machines - Quanta Magazine
To Be Energy-Efficient, Brains Predict Their Perceptions
`Results from neural networks support the idea that brains are “prediction machines” — and that they work that way to conserve energy.'
December 3, 2021
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October 29, 2021
Dōgen Zenji (1200 - 1253) Soto Zen
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Dōgen Zenji (1200 - 1253) was a Japanese Buddhist priest, writer, poet, philosopher, and founder of the Sōtō school of Zen in Japan.
Originally ordained as a monk in the Tendai School in Kyoto, he was ultimately dissatisfied with its teaching and traveled to China to seek out what he believed to be a more authentic Buddhism. Upon his return to Japan, he began promoting the practice of zazen (sitting meditation) through literary works. He eventually left Kyoto for the mountainous countryside where he founded the monastery Eihei-ji, which remains the head temple of the Sōtō school today.
Art - Zen Circle by John Rossi
Music: Zen Shakuhachi - Kyotaku
Daylight - Shakuhachi, Hang and Gongs
"Sitting is the gateway of truth to total liberation" ~Dogen Zenji
October 26, 2021
October 22, 2021
Outstanding reporting from Romania (RECORDER): "The Great White Clan"
From the RECORDER investigative journalist:
"after 8 months of undercover investigation I discovered a secret network in which businessmen, politicians and prelates from the top of the Church work hand in hand in a mega-business: the construction and rehabilitation of churches with public money. All this network operates with the blessing of the most powerful person in the Romanian Orthodox Church, whom his people call the Great White"