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Ode to Francisco Varela

Posted by on Sep 17, 2013 in Sustainability | 0 comments

Ode to Francisco Varela

I’ve got the hots for Francisco Varela.  The Chilean scientist introduced the concept of including mindfulness meditation into scientific inquiry.  He knew that we influence that which we study, and therefore we cannot be truly separate from the subject of our inquiry.  There is always an element of influence.  His big work was developing the concept of autopoiesis, the systems theory that an organism is always self-creating in relationship with its environment.  Thus, there is no solid,...

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