The land of gods
The Santa Fe Institute. Heaven on earth. And I’m going to forge a path there as soon and as fast as I reasonably can.
Sheila liked my formulation of functional relationships, integration, emergent properties, my validation of hierarchical levels in evolution, and my grand analogy with the mind-body relationship (including free will!). She recommended I check out SFI, hinted that I might be onto something publishable with my idea, and that there really isn’t anyone in the department whose head is in this stuff with me (though apparently they are all about it at Duke). And two nights ago Kevin gave me free rein as to topic choice and outside readers. I just have to have a do-able dissertation. That’s a reasonable expectation, and a good one given my tendencies.
Life is fucking grand.
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SFI Mission Statement: DROOL DROOL DROOL DROOL *DROOL*!! Like you, this is how I think, daily– while it’s hard for me to let people who don’t think this way understand it, it’s also absolutofanfuckinggrandfantastic when I meet someone else, or a *whole school* that thinks in similar fashion. Heaven is a place on earth, and it is made by path-carving humans who are grounded– while flying. Thank you so much for posting that link. It’s precious.
Comment by Jenna — February 24, 2006 @ 8:47 pm