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Neat Michiel! Could that discussion be related the following by Clifford Geertz: "the elements of culture are not like a pile of sand and not like a spider's web (cf marx and weber). Its more like an OCTOPUS, a rather badly integrated creature -- what passes for a brain keeps it together, more or less, in an one ungainly whole." mike On Wed, Oct 27, 2010 at 11:00 AM, Eijck, M.W. van <m.w.v.eijck@tue.nl>wrote: > This is an intriguing piece people here may like to read: > > http://news.harvard.edu/gazette/story/2010/10/thinking-like-an-octopus > > Especially intriguing is the idea of mind as a "unifying tool.” What do you > think? > > Happy reading. > > Michiel > > -- > > Michiel van Eijck, PhD | Assistant Professor of Science Education | > Eindhoven School of Education | Eindhoven University of Technology | Campus > TU/e, Gebouw Traverse 3.48, Postbus 513, 5600 MB, Eindhoven, The Netherlands > | P + 31 40 247 3149 | F + 31 40 247 5379 | E m.w.v.eijck@tue.nl | W > http://www.michielvaneijck.nl__________________________________________ > _____ > xmca mailing list > xmca@weber.ucsd.edu > http://dss.ucsd.edu/mailman/listinfo/xmca > __________________________________________ _____ xmca mailing list xmca@weber.ucsd.edu http://dss.ucsd.edu/mailman/listinfo/xmca