July 30ths
January 30ths 7/30/2003 Interesting: A motion picture of a particle called a kaon will show when played backwards , that the particle does not end up as it started , or begin in its original state, and will be something else entirely. NotAItions: 7/30/2004 Segment on [60 Minutes?] about musical savants. Everyone is capable of being a savant, but reasoning gets in the way. They also found that music somehow rewires the brain. The brain can be “rearranged” in lots of different ways. Music is different in that it has a transcendental quality (if you let it), which goes back to the problem in the paradox of reason: music can develop the capability to reason, but in the process can make music too analytical. The best composers were able to work around this paradox. [7/30/2024: 20 years later I’m even more convinced of the connection between the tactility of musical instruments (as opposed to computer...
