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بلُهاثِنا وراءَ المتعة، ننسى كل اللذات التي تتقدمُها. - البطء
The joy of anticipation exceeds that of the reward itself.
This made me remember some neuroscience experiments where they conditioned some monkeys to expect delicious food after they see the light turning on. Afterwards, they measured dopamine levels in monkey brains.
It turned out that dopamine reaches its peak level NOT when the monkey receives the delicious food, but in the moments right before that (when the light turns on).
This made me remember some neuroscience experiments where they conditioned some monkeys to expect delicious food after they see the light turning on. Afterwards, they measured dopamine levels in monkey brains.
It turned out that dopamine reaches its peak level NOT when the monkey receives the delicious food, but in the moments right before that (when the light turns on).
أتساءلُ لمَ لا يَنشرُ هذه الأفكارَ الهامة. فليسَ لهذا المؤرّخ الحاصل على دكتوراه في الآداب ما يَمنَعُه، إذ يقضي يومَه ضجِرًا بمكتبِه داخل المكتبة الوطنية. ألا يَكتَرِثُ بنشر نظرياتِه؟ أقلّ ما يُقال في الجواب إنّ التفكيرَ في نشرِها يثيرُ فيه الرعب. مَن يَنشُر أفكارَه بينَ الناس مهدَّدٌ تبعًا لذلك بحَملِ الآخرين على الإيمانِ به وبالتأثير فيهم، من ثمَّ يجِد نفسه متقمِّصًا دورَ أولئك الذين يتطلّعون إلى تغيير العالَم. تغييرُ العالَم! يا له من قصدٍ مُرعِب. لا لأنّ العالَم في صورتِه الراهنة يُثير الرضا، بل لأنّ كل تغييرٍ يقودُ حتمًا نحو الأسوأ... فهو يبتكِرُ أفكارَه ويبلوِرُها من أجل المتعة وحسب.
- البطء، ميلان كونديرا
- البطء، ميلان كونديرا
Forwarded from 1983
1983
A River Runs Through It 1992
“When we don't understand someone, we fall in love with them. Someone once said that love is the result of misunderstanding."
Abbas Kiarostami
Abbas Kiarostami
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The hand is the mind's window into the world. It gives thoughts shape and color, and gifts matter with spirit.
The body is an extension, an expression, of the mind: Like the flood carves the valleys, so does the mind cast the body in its image.
The mind is a function, an organ, of the body, for the whole body thinks and feels. One thinks with his hand as much as with his head. And a body afflicted with sickness poisons the mind.
The mind is a function, an organ, of the body, for the whole body thinks and feels. One thinks with his hand as much as with his head. And a body afflicted with sickness poisons the mind.
Caput Mundi is a Latin term that means Capital of the world (literally: head of the world). It was used as a title for Rome, being the most important city in the world during ancient Roman times.
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"There are so many stars visible in New Mexico. I'll walk out there to get a better look"
- Better Call Saul, Season 4 finale
Pontifex (pontiff) Maximus was the title of the high priest in ancient Rome. It was later adopted as the title of the Pope in the catholic church.
It comes from Latin: pons (bridge) + facere (to make), which literally means "Bridge builder" because a priest is the bridge between humans and gods.
It comes from Latin: pons (bridge) + facere (to make), which literally means "Bridge builder" because a priest is the bridge between humans and gods.