“The function of music is to release us from the tyranny of conscious thought.”
– Thomas Beecham
On The Function of Music
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Tag Archives: Imagination
On Imagination
“Imagination was given to man to compensate him for what he is not, and a sense of humour was provided to console him for what he is.”
– Oscar Wilde
On Exercising
“The need for exercise is a modern superstition, invented by people who ate too much and had nothing to think about.”
– George Santayana
Handy Mutations
Added dexterity
Our hands are unusually dextrous, allowing us to make beautiful stone tools and write words. That might be partly down to a bit of DNA called HACNS1, which has evolved rapidly since our ancestors split from the ancestors of chimps. We don’t know what HACNS1 does, but it is active in our arms and hands as they develop.
See other: What Makes Humans Human?
On Curiosity
“The greatest virtue of man is perhaps curiosity.”
– Anatole France
On Creativity
On Hidden Truths
“When a thing is funny, search it for a hidden truth.”
– George Bernard Shaw
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