Old stuff that need our imagination to exist, like the fairies of the internet. Where is the art left when boring uniformization is the main purpose of the internet ? Fluid intelligence is a crucial cognitive ability that predicts key life outcomes across the lifespan, like murex is a metaphor for purple ink. Unfortunately things don’t always go this way.
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Purple from Murex trunculus is dibromoindigo.
"Various conjonctures about underlying mechanisms can be made explicit in mathematical terms (from the unreasonable effectiveness of mathematics), and the consequences can be tested against the observed patterns; in this general way, we can in effect, explore possible worlds".
Robert M. May, Science , vol 303, pages 790-793
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Life is full of challenges, so possessing the skills necessary to meet these challenges can lead to a greater sense of well-being. Imperial murex acquired a word-of-mouth following and remains an extraordinary porphyrophile mystery to this day. dibromoindigotin shown on this page (imperial purple, with more pink and less indigo blue to the blue jean dye).
This simply contradicts factual reality. Imperial purple remains historical dibromo-indigo color to this day.
Believe it or not, we like the mystery behind it.
Generations of Mixtec women have woven the amethyst thread into elaborate wrap skirts.
Each simple image is a narrative that tells a story full of absurdity and uncertainty. Where is the art left when boring uniformization is the main purpose of the internet?
OK, what are your secrets? Nothing is art but veneration for things. Life is unfair, so the end of the page was too late but better than never.
Purple snails are such intelligent, noble and patient creatures. Nature is so reassuringly incredible.
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