Philosophy Wire: Ocean. Memories. Raging abyss.

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Philosophy Wire by Spiros Kakos [2021-02-12]: Cold waters that sank in polar regions hundreds of years ago during the Little Ice Age are still impacting deep Pacific Ocean temperature trends. While the deep Pacific temperature trends are small, they represent a large amount of energy in the Earth system. [1] What is gone is no longer here. And yet, it still is. The cold water in the bottom of the abyss. The heat of a Sun long gone. The laughter of people roaming Earth a long time ago. The footsteps of children on the beach now long gone. A cosmos full of tears. And in the midst of nothingness, a Man. Remembering of nothing. Walking in the hot desert. Looking for an old dark abyss lost in this dreams… He is sleeping now… Crying… Feeling the ocean forming in his feet… Raging strength! “Wake up”…

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Philosophy Wire: Remembering: Why?

Philosophy Wire by Spiros Kakos [2015-10-13]: Another theory of where memory in human brain could reside. [1] We know nothing. We experience through the lenses of our brain. We are drops in the ocean. And yet we can “remember”? Why should we remember in the first place? What is the reason to remember? I am not talking about surviving, learning, adapting. These are too shallow notions. I mean, why do we remember anything if life’s purpose is death? What is the meaning of surviving if life’s purpose is extinction? Try to remember. There was a time when you knew everything. There was a time when you did not need to remember…

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Philosophy Wire: Babies, memories, God...

Philosophy Wire by Spiros Kakos [2014-05-22]: Babies can remember people they only met once. [1] Try to remember. What else have you seen only once? Who did you know in the past and you are not sure if you will see Him again? Be sure. When the time comes, you will remember Him again...

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