Philosophy Wire: Travelling.

Four fossilized monkey teeth discovered deep in the Peruvian Amazon provide new evidence that more than one group of ancient primates journeyed across the Atlantic Ocean from Africa. The teeth are from a newly discovered species belonging to an extinct family of African primates known as parapithecids. Fossils discovered at the same site in Peru had earlier offered the first proof that South American monkeys evolved from African primates. [1] Animals travelling. Humans travelling. Without purpose. Cause at the end, the destination is always where you started from. Home is not the only place you knew. It is the only place that knew you as well. You never leave home. But you can take it with you. Travelling far away from it. Not to get way from it. But to make it bigger…

Can you not cry when seeing someone die?
Can you not cry when seeing someone being born?
Open the door.
Walk away.
The streets are empty now.
You are afraid.

But that weird feeling does not let go.
That other should be afraid of you as well…

I am back! Where is everybody?

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Philosophy Wire: Lying… For honesty!

People may lie to appear honest if events that turned out in their favor seem too good to be true, according to new research. [1] Because at the end we care about what others say. Because we have killed our self. And there is no one to talk now. Except others. Except our self…

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Philosophy Wire: Negative emotions

Teenagers who can describe their negative emotions in precise and nuanced ways are better protected against depression than their peers who can't. That's the conclusion of a new study about negative emotion differentiation, or NED -- the ability to make fine-grained distinctions between negative emotions and apply precise labels. [1] Feeling bad. Speaking to someone about it will not make it go away. It will just transfer the bad emotions to another person as well, making them easier to handle. This is not a bad thing. You need to do that. And the other person needs it as well. For her is not about person. He is you. Listening carefully. All you have to do is let the other person speak…

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Philosophy Wire: Positive solitude…

Some individuals enjoy spending time alone, reading or working on their computers. They are unsociable. Unlike shyness (withdraw out of fear or anxiety) and avoidance (withdraw because they dislike social interaction), research consistently shows that unsociability is unrelated to negative outcomes. But, Bowker's study is the first to link it to a positive outcome, creativity. [1] Staying alone. Without others to disrupt you. Because the others are not outside. They are inside you. And when you are alone you can better talk with them. Without anything disrupting you. Close your eyes and listen carefully. They have a lot to say…

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Philosophy Wire: Black and white photos...

Philosophy Wire by Spiros Kakos [2013-12-10]: The mysterious story of the exquisite Vivian Maier. [1] An unknown woman. Died alone, without anyone noticing her. Her films were discovered accidentally and now she is one of the most known street photographers. It is the fate of all those who pay attention to others, to die without these others ever knowing they existed. Love the others AND live for your self! It is the only way!

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Philosophy Wire: Food, Garbage, responsibility (?)

Philosophy Wire by Spiros Kakos [2013-02-12]: It is not poverty that inspires a growing number of young Germans like 21-year-old student Benjamin Schmitt to forage for food in the garbage, but anger at loss and waste which the U.N. Food and Agriculture Organization estimates at one-third of all food produced worldwide, every year, valued at about $1 trillion. [source: web news] In environmentally aware, cost-conscious Germany, "foodsharing" is the latest fad, using the Internet to share food recovered from supermarket bins while it is still in good condition. If we stop caring about "what others will say" we can do great things. I personally declare my weakness to do so... Or maybe I like my mpiftekia (burgers) not to smell garbage. Who knows...

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