The Spiral Mindscope
My blogs
Blogs I follow
| Gender | Male |
|---|---|
| Industry | Science |
| Occupation | Doctor |
| Location | London, Leicester, United Kingdom |
| Links | Audio Clip |
| Introduction | I dont wish to believe Carl Sagan (watch the audio-visual link) when he says 'Earth is the only place we've got'. Like Poat in K-Pax, I say "I'm an explorer hitching a ride on cosmic dust across the inter-galactic space. I'm spending some time on planet earth on my way to wider reaches of the great unknowns and whilst I'm here I'm a scientist, intellectual, doctor, forensic psychiatrist, father, son, universal citizen. I'm motivated by curiosity not money, challenge not comfort, creation not reduction, connection not separation, science and spirit both not one or the other, spirit not religion, archaeo-astronomy not molecular biology, ideas not beliefs, hope not despair, trust not mistrust, care not dare, monistic idealism not materialism, dimensional not categorical, ephemeral not concrete, intuitive not analytical." |
| Interests | Exploring the limits of the human mind, what makes it get there, mental health and disorder, the soul and what that means, consciousness and its nature and purpose, the human machine with two 'objective' components - mechanical mind and quantum minds. subject-object division and merger, self-aware organising self within a Darwinian world plus a lot more |
| Favorite movies | One flew over cuckoo's nest, K-Pax, Annie Hall, Schindler's List, Hazaron Khwahishen Aisi, Omkara, The Deer Hunter, Thelma & Louise, The Shining & Clockwork Orange, Tuesday with Morrey, Gandhi, Satyajit Ray's, Stanley Kubric's, Oliver Stone's esp. Platoon, |
| Favorite music | Anything that touches me - gently or with force, including heavy rock, classical, sufi music, pop, hindi film music, bengali modern and life-orientated, egyptian, Pakistani rock and ballads, qawwali, R&B, instrumental, choir, etc. What's importnat is not the genre but the sounds created, the melodies and hooks used not the words (i'll read poems instead)and whether the music can change my ongoing emotions to one that is happier and calmer |
| Favorite books | Beutiful Mind, Namesake, Life of Pi, Heaven's Mirror, Fingerprints of the Gods, Selfish Gene and Extended Phenotype, Life Divine, Katha Upanishad, Descartes' Error, Looking for Spinoza, and many more |
What's the earliest you've gotten up to watch cartoons and what did you see?
Where have ya come from, where are ya goin, and whatcha doing here?