explain you avatar - Page 5

Enyo · 09-20-2008, 04:09 AM

It's me. *shrugs* I use this avatar in most places.

ygolo · 09-20-2008, 04:23 AM

Mine is a termite cathedral.

It is the image from:
Emergence - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Quote:

"The ability to reduce everything to simple fundamental laws does not imply the ability to start from those laws and reconstruct the universe..The constructionist hypothesis breaks down when confronted with the twin difficulties of scale and complexity. At each level of complexity entirely new properties appear. Psychology is not applied biology, nor is biology applied chemistry. We can now see that the whole becomes not merely more, but very different from the sum of its parts."(Anderson 1972)

I am fascinated by how simple things come together in simple structures to create extrordinarily complex things.

That is also linked to my username "ygolo," which is "ology" backwards. "ology" is the suffix meaning "the study of." This studying (for me) is analysis. But once the basic principles are known, reconstructing the orginal thing that was studied is a daunting task in itself. It is one task I find quite fascinating. It is the reverse of analysis--synthesis.

Just as simple termites, with simple mound building abilities can construct a "cathedral," simple elements can be used to make amazingly complex things.

"More is different."

Tallulah · 09-20-2008, 05:59 AM

HEART, baby. Ann and Nancy Wilson: Gorgeous, ridiculously talented sisters that RAWK.

Evan · 09-20-2008, 07:54 AM

Mine just looks cool.

Clownmaster · 09-20-2008, 09:29 AM

dead guy + weed. 'nuff said.

Peguy · 09-20-2008, 01:18 PM

I've already explained my avatar a few times already.

It's the German writer Ernst Jünger, who wrote his memoirs Storms of Steel about his combat experiences in the First World War.

I just absolutely love the figure he cuts in this photo. It presents the image of a quiet, but deeply reflective gentleman - an image I can easily relate to. Jack Flak, Little Linguist, and I think a few others have noted that it fits me very much. Little especially loves it.

Leysing · 09-20-2008, 01:30 PM

I like horses.

01011010 · 09-20-2008, 01:37 PM

Mine is an NT from Ouran High School Host Club. He portrays himself as if he feels nothing, but he's really a decent chap and shows it in surprising ways.

Headstrong · 09-20-2008, 03:13 PM

My INTP friend sent it to me. We joke around that he's the manatee and I'm the shark. I think it fits.

Uberfuhrer · 09-20-2008, 03:20 PM

It's a picture of me.

09-20-2008, 04:09 AM	#41 (permalink)
Enyo Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2008 Type: xNTJ Location: The frozen tundra Posts: 445	It's me. shrugs I use this avatar in most places. __________________ "If you can't be a good example, you'll just have to serve as a horrible warning." Catherine Aird

09-20-2008, 07:54 AM	#44 (permalink)
Evan . Join Date: Nov 2007 Type: INTP Location: Berkeley Posts: 3,063	Mine just looks cool. __________________ INTP 9 sx/sp (9>5>2)

09-20-2008, 09:29 AM	#45 (permalink)
Clownmaster Zaphod Beeblebrox Join Date: Sep 2008 Type: ENFP Location: H-Town, Texas Posts: 1,007	dead guy + weed. 'nuff said. __________________ Because you can't spell "Slaughter" without "Laughter" Functions: Ne 39.9, Si 15.2, Se 38.9, Ni 28.1, Te 20.3, Ti 27.6, Fe 37, Fi 33.2 Socionics: IEE; Psychologist; ▲ ╚ = Extraverted Intuition & Introverted Ethics Enneagram: The Helper (2). Balanced wings of Reformer (1) and Achiever (3). Instinctual Variant: Sexual > Social > Self-Preservation

09-20-2008, 01:18 PM	#46 (permalink)
Peguy Tortured Soul Join Date: May 2008 Type: INFJ Location: USA Posts: 3,347	I've already explained my avatar a few times already. It's the German writer Ernst Jünger, who wrote his memoirs Storms of Steel about his combat experiences in the First World War. I just absolutely love the figure he cuts in this photo. It presents the image of a quiet, but deeply reflective gentleman - an image I can easily relate to. Jack Flak, Little Linguist, and I think a few others have noted that it fits me very much. Little especially loves it. __________________ "Man is a mystery: if you spend your entire life trying to puzzle it out, then do not say that you have wasted your time. I occupy myself with this mystery, because I want to be a man." — Fyodor Dostoevsky INFJ 4w5

09-20-2008, 03:13 PM	#49 (permalink)
Headstrong Member Join Date: Nov 2007 Type: INTJ Location: In my head Posts: 75	My INTP friend sent it to me. We joke around that he's the manatee and I'm the shark. I think it fits. __________________ There are two types of people in this world, sheep and sharks. Be a shark. Sharks are winners and they don't look back 'cause they don't have necks. Necks are for sheep. Headstrong: You're learning the ways of...me! INTP Friend: Yay! INTP Friend: Wait....NOOOOO The power of accurate observation is commonly called cynicism by those who do not have it. -George Bernard Shaw Wise men talk because they have something to say. Fools talk because they have to say something. -Plato

09-20-2008, 05:59 AM	#43 (permalink)
Tallulah Testify! Join Date: Feb 2008 Type: INTP Location: The land of awesome Posts: 2,963	HEART, baby. Ann and Nancy Wilson: Gorgeous, ridiculously talented sisters that RAWK.

09-20-2008, 01:30 PM	#47 (permalink)
Leysing Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2008 Type: FiSi Posts: 321	I like horses.

09-20-2008, 01:37 PM	#48 (permalink)
01011010 Flops Head On Keyboard Join Date: Jun 2008 Type: INTJ Location: 5A-132-90 Posts: 3,073	Mine is an NT from Ouran High School Host Club. He portrays himself as if he feels nothing, but he's really a decent chap and shows it in surprising ways.

09-20-2008, 03:20 PM	#50 (permalink)
Uberfuhrer Full Circle Join Date: May 2007 Type: ENTP Location: Detroit, Michigan Posts: 8,534	It's a picture of me. __________________ "Place quotes in your signature to appear profound." --Uberfuhrer

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