@JasonIsbell@JasonIsbell You have a gift for songwriting, I don’t know who Jake Owen is, and the meaning of your point is well taken but: “daring” someone is not the same as publicly disagreeing
@epicciuto It is just as likely that conscious experience has a transmissive function: Consciousness may be the signal, and our brains and bodies are the receivers. There is no compelling evidence to the contrary, and it helps to explain things like instincts and dreams. See William James.
@tonychemero Amusing He-Man meme, but I know Tony is smart enough to grok that the world is not divided in to people who are either “nice” or “bad”. The difference between hippies and punks is mostly a class thing. I believe the original hippies were sincere but the movement became co-opted.
@nassirghaemi How is it meaningless if 85-90% of the public still believe depression is caused by a so-called “chemical imbalance”? If it is “already known to be false” to psychiatrists, why does the myth persist?
East Coast friends and especially people in the DC area ... once more with feeling and the correct date ... join me on **August 3** at 6pm for a conversation with
@laurahelmuth, hosted by @PoliticsProse, about my new book, At Home on an Unruly Planet. https://t.co/WPp6fIVkmY
ICYMI: The Mystic River Greenway bike and pedestrian path from Assembly Row in Somerville to Rt. 99 in Charlestown is open!
Have you traversed this new path yet? 🚲👟🦽
PC: @DavidMussina#MysticGreenways@MassDCR@MikeConnollyMA @erika4rep