Theblackjamesbrown
Theblackjamesbrown t1_jdgjya4 wrote
Reply to [Image] Work on yourself by Fearless_Girlfriend_
Climb a mountain, tell no-one
Theblackjamesbrown t1_j73bpba wrote
Reply to comment by noonemustknowmysecre in What makes humans unique is not reducible to our brains or biology, but how we make sense of experience | Raymond Tallis by IAI_Admin
Yeah pal: Our culture makes art, has serial killers, mass war, fetishes, professions, shite novels, good novels, podiatry, deep sea diving, biscuits, deliberate genocide, manufactured sausages, algorithms, dutchness, the wheel, touching your toe as a measure of fitness, shame, regret, football teams. Engineering. Not the same.
Theblackjamesbrown t1_j72u1i5 wrote
Reply to What makes humans unique is not reducible to our brains or biology, but how we make sense of experience | Raymond Tallis by IAI_Admin
It's our culture that makes us unique - social structure, language, psychology - to what extent these are reducible to brains and biology is the key question.
Theblackjamesbrown t1_j4i6fme wrote
Theblackjamesbrown t1_j2biea8 wrote
Reply to comment by flyin_high_flyin_bi in TIL Mountain Gorillas almost never drink water. They get their hydration from from their plant diet and morning dew. Despite living in rainforests, they also tend to dislike rain and try to not get wet when crossing a stream. They have never been observed drinking water in the wild before 2013 by Ainsley-Sorsby
That's what I read years ago, yes. Google seems to agree
Theblackjamesbrown t1_j2bb1p6 wrote
Reply to comment by revfds in TIL Mountain Gorillas almost never drink water. They get their hydration from from their plant diet and morning dew. Despite living in rainforests, they also tend to dislike rain and try to not get wet when crossing a stream. They have never been observed drinking water in the wild before 2013 by Ainsley-Sorsby
Cats kidneys are so efficient they can hydrate by drinking sea water.
Also the reason their urine is highly toxic.
Theblackjamesbrown t1_j2baubl wrote
Reply to comment by twobit211 in TIL Mountain Gorillas almost never drink water. They get their hydration from from their plant diet and morning dew. Despite living in rainforests, they also tend to dislike rain and try to not get wet when crossing a stream. They have never been observed drinking water in the wild before 2013 by Ainsley-Sorsby
What do you call a gorilla with a machine gun?
Whatever he tells you to.
Theblackjamesbrown t1_iy95n1c wrote
Reply to comment by otterdroppings in TIL Robert W. Service sent his poems to his father to be printed and given as gifts to friends. Service received back an offer of royalties for publication, the printers had loved the poems, The Spell of the Yukon and Other Verses was an immediate success and Service quit his bank job the next year. by jamescookenotthatone
...since I left Plum Tree, in Tennessee, it's the first time I've been warm.
Theblackjamesbrown t1_ivgrr3m wrote
A journalist asked him how many sit-ups he could do:
"I don't know. I only start counting when they start hurting..."
Theblackjamesbrown t1_je6wc45 wrote
Reply to Kafka sought to unmask the world that hides beneath what we call reality. What mattered to him were our intrinsic, subconscious experiences, in all their absurdity and apparent irrelevance. by IAI_Admin
How can experiences be subconscious?