Computer Science (CS) is not a science of computers. CS is a science of life. It is a bridge to connect the physical science with human science.
Here I take the word life as what is meant by C.A. (Christopher Alexander) in his book The Nature of Order. And I use his concept Degree of Life [...]
Archive for December, 2008
Consciousness/experiences cannot be transfered
Posted in Chan/Zen, Foreign Experience, Random Thoughts, What is Learning on December 14, 2008 | 1 Comment »
In Zen, it is well-known that the masters insist that they have nothing to teach. They insist that their words cannot become the students’. The students have to experience for themselves.
Yes, the consciousness/experiences cannot be transfered from one person to another. You have to experience it yourself.
What I realized after coming to US is that [...]
Material culture as an extension of human cognition
Posted in Random Thoughts on December 8, 2008 | 2 Comments »
I read of this in Seed Mag that a frontier scientist named Lambros Malafouris is proposing that “Material culture is an extension of human cognition. Cognition develops and evolves through the interplay between intelligence and material culture.”
This surely isn’t new to Buddhism since Buddhism teaches there is no solid identity. What is new is that [...]
When you walk
Posted in Chan/Zen, What is Learning on December 8, 2008 | 1 Comment »
When you walk, you are just walking. You are not making any decision. Then the space opens up, and you experience the unlimited space that is beyond any concept. All thinking and concepts are limited space. No matter how wonderful the thinking and concepts are, they are limited and are for the convenience of the [...]
