2 hours ago · Writing · hide · 0 comments

Currently re-engaging with bovines in the writing of 'The Book'... First, there's remembering that our babies have the same gestation period as cows. Curious. That got me 'chewing the cud'. Which got me wondering if - metaphorically - humans are ruminants too, only our stomachs are our brains? Ruminating is usually applied negatively. But ruminants - bovines, goats and sheep - need to digest slowly in order to live! Perhaps we do too? Seem to recall humans have four brains: right, left, heart and gut. Might my heading to artificial intelligences ignore right, heart and gut on the basis of 'swifter digesting'? I think the act of ruminating is critical to being human and humane. And surely worth chewing things over twice - perhaps starting with 'right brain thinking'? Then allowing for ruminating and chewing the cud to happen. This is counter to the idea of 'paying attention' and the focus on more and focus. Phrases.org says, 'The image is of slow and aimless mastication and the…

No comments yet. Log in to reply on the Fediverse. Comments will appear here.