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The Only Thing That's Constant is Change

Submitted by OrganizedKhaos on Mon, 01/24/2011 - 2:05pm

     I found this first week of discussion very interesting. As we continued the discussion on evolution as a way of being, I found many questions forming in my head. I understand the importance the role of history plays in explanations for why things are here, but I find more comfort in the idea that history cannot explain everything and that chance, opportunity and maybe even destiny are explanations for some occurrences. One example, we talked about was how we as individuals got here. Though there is a story or "history" that may explain how my parents met, got married, etc. The first answer off the top of my head was "by chance".

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Week 1 Reaction

Submitted by senior11z on Mon, 01/24/2011 - 12:15am

 I grudgingly accepted the fact that I would indeed have to read a book about science before I graduated and began to read "On the Origin of Species" with apprehension. How could this possibly be related to stories?! In fact, as I read I found it quite compelling and surprised myself when I found the lengthy discussions of pigeons fascinating. The connection finally came to light on pages 117 and 118 when Darwin talks about natural selection in relation to pears, of all things. He says cultivating plants is a skill and a subconscious process, and while at the time the breeder certainly was looking for the best pear he could find, he had no way of knowing how this could affect the kinds of pears we would be eating in the near and far future. It made me think about pears today.

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Week 1: Science, Literature, and Change

Submitted by AnnaP on Fri, 01/21/2011 - 3:03pm

“The truth about stories is that that's all we are ... The Nigerian storyteller Ben Okri says that .... 'if we change the stories we live by, quite possibly we change our lives.’ ....”
            —Thomas King, The Truth About Stories

Brain, Education, Inquiry Web Papers III

Students in Brain, Education, and Inquiry at Bryn Mawr College write web papers on topics of interest to themselves. These are made available via links from the index below to encourage further exploration by others having similar or related interests. All papers have associated on-line forums for continuing conversation.

 

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Science, History, Storytelling

Submitted by bennett on Thu, 12/16/2010 - 8:02pm

Bennett Smith

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The Evolution of Charlie Chaplin

Submitted by Julie G. on Thu, 12/09/2010 - 3:22pm

 

The Evolution of Charlie Chaplin

Julie Gorham

Wednesday 10th November 2010

Writing Assignment #7

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See no evil...

Submitted by anneliese on Wed, 12/08/2010 - 9:25am

December selection of the Slippery Brain Sodality, discussion started Dec. 5th, 2010

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Brain, Education, and Inquiry - Fall, 2010: Session 14E

Submitted by Paul Grobstein on Tue, 12/07/2010 - 11:25am

Brain, Education, and Inquiry

Bryn Mawr College, Fall 2010

Session 14E

Facilitated by Amenah, skindeep

Emotions and Classroooms

 

 

 

 

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See no evil...

Submitted by anneliese on Mon, 12/06/2010 - 10:27pm

 

 

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