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RobertSlay

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My Bio

"Set you on fire because I'm on fire"


I recently graduated with my Psychology degree, with minors in Neuroscience and Philosophy, and my wife and I live in Southern Brooklyn, NY. I first began writing poetry about 18 years ago in hardcore punk bands and have continually attempted to develop my style.


Other than writing, I began taking guitar lessons at age 12 and played in jazz ensemble in high school. I have also taught myself to have a working competence at playing cello.


I am highly interested in various subtopics within neurobiology and neuroscience. For instance, the topic of sensation vs. perception holds a great deal of wonder due to the fact that it helps illuminate the true nature of the world as opposed to how we experience it. I also spent an extended time learning about fear conditioning in rats, which can be roughly translated to human conditioning. I am fairly certain that, if I were to explore a career in research, my niche would be in studying non-human behavior and cognition as I have studied the vocalizations of monk parakeets in the past.


In philosophy, my primary interests are in epistemology and logic. I also am exploring the possibility of delving more into the ongoing debate regarding the supposed "unity of consciousness."


Favourite Bands / Musical Artists
Refused, Every Time I Die, Animals As Leaders, Between the Buried and Me, The Dillinger Escape Plan, Botch
Favourite Games
Darts

Refused

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If a tree falls in a forest, and no one is around to hear it, does it make a sound? Because sound is an emergent property of sound waves when perceived by an organism through the auditory sense, a tree that has fallen to the ground will not make a sound if no one can hear it. The fallen tree will, however, produce sound waves.
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Dante's Love The love of God, unutterable and perfect,      flows into a pure soul the way that light      rushes into a transparent object. The more love that it finds, the more it gives      itself; so that, as we grow clear and open,      the more complete the joy of heaven is. And the more souls who resonate together,      the greater the intensity of their love,      and, mirror-like, each soul reflects the other. *I am not a Christian, but this poem always struck me as beautiful for its simplistic language and concepts. In response to the Charlottesville terrorism, this is the sort of thing that should be read.
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Great work!
Much appreciated.
My pleasure. Your writing is all fairly uniformedly pleasing to read and, in some cases, reminds me of my own.
Thanks for the fav on "We Contain Multitudes"!  I appreciate it. 
Thank you so much for the :+fav: on "Pausing By The Wine!" I really appreciate it! :heart:

I hope you'll continue to follow me. My website is here: [link]
Thanks for the favs! I really appreciate them.