Unfortunately my two most recent blog posts on the Masai blacked out over at Mother Nature Obeyed shortly after posting the second one. But they are now up and running! Theoretically, the site error is permanently fixed. Enjoy! The Masai: Introduction The Masai Part I: A Glimpse of Gender, Sexuality, and Spirituality in the Loita …
The Drunken Prayers of a Masai Laibon
Unfortunately, many parts of the WAPF site including the blogs are down. The problem has been identified and is currently being fixed. As a result, my recent post on gender, sexuality, and spirituality in the Masai is lost in cyberspace until the site is fixed, at which point it will magically reappear and I’ll let you …
Addiction to Noise and Stimulation (A Brief Thought About Life)
Stephan provides some interesting insights about the ability for overstimulating food to dull our senses and contribute to addiction, in which he expands the concept to stimulation from other sources such as drugs and video games, and notes the powerful effect that meditation can have in reversing these effects: Simple Food: Thoughts on Practicality I …
The New Genetics — Interlude: A Lot of What We Don’t Know About Genetics Is Hiding in the Researcher’s Trash Can
by Chris Masterjohn The know-it-all? Or this curious little fellow? One of the most pervasive human traits is perhaps one of the greatest scourges of mankind — the inability to say “I don’t know.” There are some things we know quite well about genetics. Many “molecular traits” are rooted in single genes that are passed …
Ned Kock Provides a Philosophical Breakthrough on Fruit
In retrospect, I don’t know why this wasn’t obvious to me years ago, but my hindsight is really the only thing that didn’t start failing me when I turned 17 and my opthamologist told me I was “just getting older.” Ned Kock recently provided me with a philosophical breakthrough on fruit, buried in a post …
Understanding Weston Price on Primitive Wisdom — Ancient Doesn’t Cut It
New post over at Mother Nature Obeyed: Understanding Weston Price on Primitive Wisdom — Ancient Doesn’t Cut It Enjoy!