On the Wheel of Consciousness
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lightcastleThis book looks interesting.
The Head Trip: Adventures on the Wheel of Consciousness
Warren, a Canadian science journalist, combines the rigorous self-experimentation of Steven Johnson's Mind Wide Open with the wacky self-experimentation of A.J. Jacobs's The Know-It-All in this entertaining field guide to the varying levels of mental awareness.
Robin D. Laws has an interesting comment on it.
Also intriguing were Warren’s thoughts on dreams and their relation to our assumptions of narrative. I always figured that our dreams have been imprinted with cinematic devices since movies and TV became an omnipresent part of the modern sensory diet. Warren raises the possibility that dreams have always used these editing devices, leading one to speculate that the power of movies derives from their ability to mimic dream.
I can't decide if this newsy thing is a good idea.
The Head Trip: Adventures on the Wheel of Consciousness
Warren, a Canadian science journalist, combines the rigorous self-experimentation of Steven Johnson's Mind Wide Open with the wacky self-experimentation of A.J. Jacobs's The Know-It-All in this entertaining field guide to the varying levels of mental awareness.
Robin D. Laws has an interesting comment on it.
Also intriguing were Warren’s thoughts on dreams and their relation to our assumptions of narrative. I always figured that our dreams have been imprinted with cinematic devices since movies and TV became an omnipresent part of the modern sensory diet. Warren raises the possibility that dreams have always used these editing devices, leading one to speculate that the power of movies derives from their ability to mimic dream.
I can't decide if this newsy thing is a good idea.
