the God gene
the God gene
此书数月之前经silkworm同学推荐,我老人家就在本周末从图书馆借到了。借到了以后就看,看的感觉好像是一份几十页的不那么科学的论文。统计方法写了很多,结论下的非常的小心翼翼,说他不那么科学呢,是因为他没有大量的引经据典,所有的话都有出处。本书看的我很困,不是我所期待的科普读物。不过内容还是有些意思的,第一章摘要指出来一个人是否有spiriuality与一个基因密切相关,此基因跟脑子里面的一个酶有关系,这个酶是干哈的呢?它可以调节脑子里面一类跟性格性情有关系的化学物质的水平。然后比较有趣的发现就是女性更加的有spiriuality,恐怕跟此基因有关系;还有就是这个有没有spiriuality大部分是天生的,而不是后天培养出来的。估计海伦钻石会出来同意:性格的主要成分一生下来就确定了。
那么现在的问题就是什么是这个所谓的spiriuality?这个其实我没有闹明白,大概估计我猜测乃是相信世界上有一个更高的东西,一个已存的秩序,万事万物都在这个秩序里面有自己的位置。照衣利诺罗斯福的说法就是:看清楚自己处在这个世界的何位置,明白自己有多么的重要同时又有多么的无足轻重。我在此感慨这才是真正的文化的沟了,也不知道沟不沟的通,是不是就是啥你说特没头,我说特吗头;你说spiriuality,我说浩然之气。
最后表示一下儿对两个电影的失望:一个是华氏911。这个所谓纪录片拍的简直是莫名其妙,上一句跟下一句逻辑关系的错乱,让我想起来不久之前我们关于中文的讨论。看来这个跟哪国语言没有关系,任何语言都能给人拿来说上一堆谁跟谁都没有关系的话,然后贴上去一个预定结论。
一个是国家宝藏。这个导演太没有想像力了。宝藏一定就是财宝么?那么积山堆谷的金银珠宝,为什么就没有被历代祖宗拿来用了?总而言之,很没有想像力。然后那个女主角的化妆很让我吃惊,怎么眼影就是把眼皮涂黑就好了么。我老人家受到了大大的鼓舞。
那么现在的问题就是什么是这个所谓的spiriuality?这个其实我没有闹明白,大概估计我猜测乃是相信世界上有一个更高的东西,一个已存的秩序,万事万物都在这个秩序里面有自己的位置。照衣利诺罗斯福的说法就是:看清楚自己处在这个世界的何位置,明白自己有多么的重要同时又有多么的无足轻重。我在此感慨这才是真正的文化的沟了,也不知道沟不沟的通,是不是就是啥你说特没头,我说特吗头;你说spiriuality,我说浩然之气。
最后表示一下儿对两个电影的失望:一个是华氏911。这个所谓纪录片拍的简直是莫名其妙,上一句跟下一句逻辑关系的错乱,让我想起来不久之前我们关于中文的讨论。看来这个跟哪国语言没有关系,任何语言都能给人拿来说上一堆谁跟谁都没有关系的话,然后贴上去一个预定结论。
一个是国家宝藏。这个导演太没有想像力了。宝藏一定就是财宝么?那么积山堆谷的金银珠宝,为什么就没有被历代祖宗拿来用了?总而言之,很没有想像力。然后那个女主角的化妆很让我吃惊,怎么眼影就是把眼皮涂黑就好了么。我老人家受到了大大的鼓舞。
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Re: the God gene
我老板说,据说这人把paper发到peer-review的杂志,被拒了,于是就写书了。tiffany wrote:看的感觉好像是一份几十页的不那么科学的论文。
白博你横不能要他列上百十来个references。tiffany wrote:说他不那么科学呢,是因为他没有大量的引经据典,所有的话都有出处。
I had such high hopes for Kingdom of Heaven. The Crusade cannot be more timely and relevant in today's international political climate. Unfortunately, after hearing Ridley Scott talking about the movie in several interviews, I'm not sure I want to see it any more. He doesn't seem to get the point at all. All he cares about is historical accuracy. Boring.
Unlike other Brits, Scott is so awful in interviews. He rambles on like a confused old man. It is hard to believe he has shown such depth of thought and complexity in Alien and Bladerunner. Maybe he is just old and senile. Gladiator was so glum and uninteresting. KoH seems to be in danger of being more like G than A and B.
Unlike other Brits, Scott is so awful in interviews. He rambles on like a confused old man. It is hard to believe he has shown such depth of thought and complexity in Alien and Bladerunner. Maybe he is just old and senile. Gladiator was so glum and uninteresting. KoH seems to be in danger of being more like G than A and B.
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还是去看下吧,奥兰多衰锅在里面很毁了一张脸,那个老头儿说“here...and here”的时候,口音真是很奇怪的性感的....Jun wrote:I had such high hopes for Kingdom of Heaven. The Crusade cannot be more timely and relevant in today's international political climate. Unfortunately, after hearing Ridley Scott talking about the movie in several interviews, I'm not sure I want to see it any more.
我上礼拜看Intepreter的时候,前面连着三个Preview都有魔戒里的人,一个是这个Kingdom of Heaven有开花,然后是一个有Miranda Otto的,再有一个有Sean Bean(Flightplan),我看着非常激动。
虽然没有新的LOTR了,能再看到他们也是好的,可惜Viggo好像木有最新。
这本书我翻着重要章节看了看,觉得此书很失败,作为一个科学报告,试验设计很明显的对照组不够多,得出结论很难说明问题。由于作者对佛教禅宗等的不理解,他居然把藏传佛教跟禅宗放在一起比较,还特小乘的跟那儿研究坐禅。总的来讲犯了拿苹果跟橘子比的错误。作为一个科普读物,这本书写的不够抓人,远不如国家地理有一集讲脑子的事儿的文章。
总结说道:这本书提出一个理论,认为一个基因上的某一个碱基的不同,导致这个基因生产出来的蛋白小有不同,这个蛋白是负责打包脑子里的一类递质的。所谓递质乃是脑子里面一个神经告诉另一个神经除了哈事儿的化学物质。这个递质给打成不太一样的包,导致了有些人比较有灵魂,另一些人没那么有灵魂。
建议:他就那么一说,咱们就那么一听。484真4这回事儿?答案是:may or may not.
总结说道:这本书提出一个理论,认为一个基因上的某一个碱基的不同,导致这个基因生产出来的蛋白小有不同,这个蛋白是负责打包脑子里的一类递质的。所谓递质乃是脑子里面一个神经告诉另一个神经除了哈事儿的化学物质。这个递质给打成不太一样的包,导致了有些人比较有灵魂,另一些人没那么有灵魂。
建议:他就那么一说,咱们就那么一听。484真4这回事儿?答案是:may or may not.
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I have not read the book, but it seems to have the same problem as other "popular" science books on the market written by researchers who are too eager to persuade the public to give funding to their work -- They over-simplify and over-extrapolate basic research WAAAAAYYYY beyond what is known.
Even a relatively credible book I recently read "Descrates' Baby" has too much speculation. Any more stretching it's gonna snap right back into their face.
Even a relatively credible book I recently read "Descrates' Baby" has too much speculation. Any more stretching it's gonna snap right back into their face.
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OMG, Elysee, that is precisely David Thewlis! I had mentioned that I am mad about his voice, especially his accent. BTW, he is not old, just looks old. His accent... I don't know. I'd say it reminded me of a professor of mind long ago from Manchester, but then I'm no expert of British regional accent.还是去看下吧,奥兰多衰锅在里面很毁了一张脸,那个老头儿说“here...and here”的时候,口音真是很奇怪的性感的..
Re: the God gene
是说作者对这个概念都没有一个明确的可测量的定义么?那还搞什么呀?:roll: 我看前面介绍的部分还捉摸呢,这个spirituality他到底是怎么量化的哪?(不然没法谈该特质与什么什么相关,女性更加的有)我还猜测是不是调查问卷...tiffany wrote:那么现在的问题就是什么是这个所谓的spiriuality?
I was thinking while watching "Crash." Actors like Brad Pitt and Ryan Phillipe (and probably Bloom as well) probably aspire to good, complex, substantive acting roles with depth as much as other actors. Unfortunately, they are at a disadvantage because of their good looks. As a viewer, I find it hard to get into their acting and be moved or even buy into their roles.
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On second thought, I take back what I said yesterday. There have been and will be plenty of good-looking actors who can act very well. Peter Saarsgard is a recent example, Denzel Washington is an older example, and Marlon Brando is a classic example. If you have the chops, you will shine, whether you're beautiful or ugly.
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