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"A fool thinks himself to be wise, but a wise man knows himself to be a fool."

Wed, 17 Apr 2013 08:45:09 +1000

“A fool thinks himself to be wise, but a wise man knows himself to be a fool.”

- William Shakespeare (via lazyyogi)

wildcat2030: Read of the day: In 1961, a young psychiatrist...

Tue, 16 Apr 2013 06:40:34 +1000

wildcat2030:

Read of the day: In 1961, a young psychiatrist initiated a one-man insurgency against his own profession. ‘Psychiatry is conventionally defined as a medical specialty concerned with the diagnosis and treatment of mental diseases,’ he wrote. ‘I submit that this definition, which is still widely accepted, places psychiatry in the company of alchemy and astrology and commits it to the category of pseudoscience. The reason for this is that there is no such thing as “mental illness”.’

Fifty years after his book The Myth of Mental Illness: Foundations of a Theory of Personal Conduct first ventured this uncompromising view, its author Thomas Szasz visited Cornell University in upstate New York. He was there to speak to an audience of students, many of them coerced or bribed by their professors to attend, plus a few local lawyers and psychiatrists. His subject was ‘The Insanity Defence: The Case for Abolition’. The talk started late because a man in a wheelchair was being positioned near the front of the lecture hall. Szasz greeted him enthusiastically; the audience would later learn that he was Ronald Leifer, a psychiatrist who had been denied tenure at the Upstate Medical Center at Syracuse in 1966 for defending Szasz and his iconoclastic ideas against practically the whole of the psychiatric profession.

Go read this..

(via Holly Case – On Thomas Szasz)

overidealism: jungle gym by ~sakuchan22

Mon, 15 Apr 2013 09:46:18 +1000

overidealism:

jungle gym by ~sakuchan22

kateoplis: Business is booming.

Mon, 15 Apr 2013 09:45:43 +1000

kateoplis:

Business is booming.

clusterpod: Australian raven, Corvus coronoides

Sun, 14 Apr 2013 14:40:46 +1000

clusterpod:

Australian raven, Corvus coronoides

tastefullyoffensive: [via]

Sun, 14 Apr 2013 11:15:21 +1000

tastefullyoffensive:

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fer1972: Heidi Taillefer

Sat, 13 Apr 2013 18:14:57 +1000

fer1972:

Heidi Taillefer

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Sat, 13 Apr 2013 18:13:40 +1000

"I must not fear. Fear is the mind-killer. Fear is the little-death that brings total obliteration. I..."

Fri, 12 Apr 2013 20:48:57 +1000

“I must not fear.
Fear is the mind-killer.
Fear is the little-death that brings total obliteration.
I will face my fear.
I will permit it to pass over me and through me.
And when it has gone past I will turn the inner eye to see its path.
Where the fear has gone there will be nothing.
Only I will remain.”

- Frank Herbert (via asymptoticabsurdist)

nevver: A Quiet Life

Fri, 12 Apr 2013 18:04:52 +1000

nevver:

A Quiet Life

victoriousvocabulary: INGURGITATE [verb] 1. to swallow greedily...

Fri, 12 Apr 2013 16:35:03 +1000

victoriousvocabulary:

INGURGITATE

[verb]

1. to swallow greedily or in great quantity, as food.

2. to engulf; swallow up.

[verb]

3. to drink or eat greedily; guzzle; swill.

Etymology: Latin ingurgitātus.

[Jill Hoffman]

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If I diagnose myself as a hypochondriac does that mean that I am one?

Fri, 12 Apr 2013 15:55:47 +1000

astronomy-to-zoology: Large Treeshrew (Tupaia tana) …is a large...

Thu, 11 Apr 2013 15:34:54 +1000

astronomy-to-zoology:

Large Treeshrew (Tupaia tana)

…is a ~~large~~ species of treeshrew endemic to Sumatra, Borneo and surrounding islands. Unlike most treeshrews the large treeshrew is primarily terrestrial and can be found foraging for worms and myriapod arthropods on the forest floor. Although they spend most of their time on the ground they can be found in trees as well. Large treeshrews have poor daytime vision and are more active at night.

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Animalia-Chordata-Mammalia-Scandentia-Tupaiidae-Tupaia-tana

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amandasautopsies: Taxidermy Mouse with Axe

Thu, 11 Apr 2013 12:01:21 +1000

amandasautopsies:

Taxidermy Mouse with Axe

fuckyeahpaganism: “Bellringers tradition of Kvarner is old...

Thu, 11 Apr 2013 11:56:52 +1000

fuckyeahpaganism:

“Bellringers tradition of Kvarner is old Slavic folklore relic that dates back to pagan antiquity. Even today, men covered in sheepskin with bells around their waists and animal masks march through local villages scaring away evil spirits and welcoming the arrival of spring.”

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