20 ideas
7662 | Romanticism is the greatest change in the consciousness of the West [Berlin] |
22449 | When we say 'is red' we don't mean 'seems red to most people' [Foot] |
20657 | There are 23 core brain functions, with known circuit, transmitters, genes and behaviour [Watson] |
20656 | Traditional ideas of the mind were weakened in the 1950s by mind-influencing drugs [Watson] |
7665 | Most Enlightenment thinkers believed that virtue consists ultimately in knowledge [Berlin] |
22451 | All people need affection, cooperation, community and help in trouble [Foot] |
20655 | Humans have been hunter-gatherers for 99.5% of their existence [Watson] |
22452 | Do we have a concept of value, other than wanting something, or making an effort to get it? [Foot] |
7676 | If we are essentially free wills, authenticity and sincerity are the highest virtues [Berlin] |
7664 | The Greeks have no notion of obligation or duty [Berlin] |
7677 | Central to existentialism is the romantic idea that there is nothing to lean on [Berlin] |
20650 | The Uncertainty Principle implies that cause and effect can't be measured [Watson] |
20649 | The interference of light through two slits confirmed that it is waves [Watson] |
20661 | Electrons rotate in hyrogen atoms 10^13 times per second [Watson] |
20647 | Quantum theory explains why nature is made up of units, such as elements [Watson] |
20654 | Only four particles are needed for matter: up and down quark, electron, electron-neutrino [Watson] |
20651 | The shape of molecules is important, as well as the atoms and their bonds [Watson] |
20652 | In 1828 the animal substance urea was manufactured from inorganic ingredients [Watson] |
20658 | Information is physical, and living can be seen as replicating and preserving information [Watson] |
7663 | Judaism and Christianity views are based on paternal, family and tribal relations [Berlin] |