• Two Differences between Art and Technology

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    One day as I was watching television about robotic manufacturing, one wonder has come into my mind; what the differences between art and technology are. So far, to me, two differences between technology and art are that technology seems to serve only one purpose and there is no any flexibility, whereas art is designed to serve more purposes and flexibility is contained inside.Everyday, we see countless technological inventions or betterments; ranking from bicycle to the most advanced space shuttles; however, I see only one purpose behind these miracles: serving the pioneer purpose or purposes.Read more…
  • Mother Earth is Smart; Lots of Copper in Her Hair Follicles

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    As many of your know the price of metals is going through the roof due to the World Wide growth in nations like China and India, compounded by the already strong demand. Copper is needed for all kinds of things that mankind makes. Unfortunately due to environmental laws and over regulation in mining in the United States most of the copper mines in the US have closed.Read more…
  • Mankind and His Unnatural Environment in Modern Civilizations

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    Mankind has lived as a social animal for hundreds of thousands of years and our Chimpanzee Cousins do too. It might seem that mankind has been thrust into a high-tech world, which is so foreign to its genetic displacement yet, here we are. Some say;“Mankind is nothing more than “hunter gatherers” running around in SUVs and sporting cell phones and they are just having a grand old time acting out in every possible way!Read more…
  • Rule Makers and the Weak Minded Followers Who Cheer Them On

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    Have you ever joined a club or group only to watch the entire group start making more and more rules until it stagnates and becomes in effective? Boy I sure have and you need not look any further than the Free Enterprise System in the United States of America, as each rule puts more people out of work.Now then what about the groups you belong too?Read more…
  • What if the Most Pressing World Problems Went Away Tomorrow?

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    What if the President of Iran called up the President of the United States and other world leaders and said; we have changed our minds we do not want to build Atomic Bombs to Blow Israel off the map? What if oil prices went back down to $25.00 per barrel and fuel prices back down to $1.15 per gallon?Read more…
  • Numbers, Nature, and Philosophy (Part 1)

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    Numbers are something with built-in exactness. When we think of five in whatever context it is precise, there is no ambiguity about it. The preponderance of numbers in our lives is such that we hardly pay much attention to this feature.Read more…
  • Numbers, Nature, and Philosophy (Part 2)

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    In part one of this article we discussed numbers in nature and their possible philosophical significance. In this part we consider some other unusual aspects of numbers.Zero and InfinityUnlike other real numbers zero and infinity do not have any quantitative attribute.Read more…
  • Fruitless Debates

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    One of the biggest problems that plagues rational beings is debating on dual planes. The use of emotionally charged words invokes irrelevant images, which cloud the judgment and usually obscure any attempt to make ourselves understood.Atlastorm has created a Read more…
  • Philosophical Perspective: Meaning of Mistake

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    No one can live a life without mistake! Plain and philosophical perspectives would see mistake in a completely different way. This article will explain the term “mistake” by using both plain and philosophical tactic.Read more…
  • Cosmic Singularity - A Vedanta Perspective

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    The goal of both science and philosophy is to explore and understand the Reality behind all existence. From the very dawn of civilization man has tried to know the nature and the universe it is embedded in. Philosophers and scientists alike have probed into the secrets of nature and the origin of the universe has been the focal point of their investigations.Read more…
  • Explosive Power of Doubling

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    We have all read or heard the story of the Chinese emperor and the wise man who had helped him build his great empire. He wanted to reward the man for his services and asked him to name his reward. The man brought out a chessboard and asked the emperor for enough rice such that starting with one grain of rice for the first square of the board, the next would have two, and each succeeding square will have the number of grain multiplied by two, i.Read more…
  • One Complete Difference between Commoner and Philosopher

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    I divide human into two complete different categories: “commoner” and “philosopher.” Why philosopher retains the highest social status? And not commoner?Read more…
  • God is an Entrepreneur and Capitalist

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    If there was a God; what would God be like and what would his impression of the United States of America be? Well, God would certainly be an innovator, a capitalist and pose as the entrepreneurial spirit. I am sure of it.Read more…
  • Is Sky Really Blue?

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    Color is one of the intrinsic properties of something material. We perceive its color because some light reflected from it reaches our eyes. The smallest unit of matter with specific properties is a molecule.Read more…
  • Humans Often Complain And Attack That Which They Do Not Understand

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    Well, it seems it is appropriate at this point to make comments about the Bush administration and their public relations policy and their relationship with the news media both here in the United States and the world news media at large. It is amazing in the amount of attack articles that we have seen from liberal writers in the news media. I recently heard one very outspoken Republicans say that liberal writers are on Prozac and generally alcoholics, as well as manic depression.Read more…
  • UFO's - Fact or Fiction?

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    One subject that fascinates millions of people worldwide is do UFO's exist? There are comelling facts that point to their existence and here we will look at evidence in more detail.Although a well-known subject for literally thousands of years (indeed mentioned in the earliest known writings) the subject of UFO's continue to fascinate us.Read more…
  • Dwellers of the Cave?

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    The great philosopher, Plato, once wrote an essay entitled “The Allegory of The Cave.” In this essay, Plato tells the story of a number of individuals, whom happened to be the inhabitants of a cave. The cave, and the darkness therein, is symbolic of a number of things.Read more…
  • Does Academia Make you White?

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    I’ve been in school a long time, heard alot of facts, read alot of books, and researched innumerable studies. And, all in all, I can say that I have learned a great deal. Yet, when I think about my learning in its’ totality, I can not escape the notion that “academia” seems to socialize the so-called Black academician into a consciousness that is very influenced the ideals, values, and beliefs based in“white supremacy.Read more…
  • Philosophical Arguments Against Illegal Immigration

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    In the United States of America we live in a society, which is caring and loving of all people. Most Americans do not want to exploit illegal aliens in some sort of slave labor. At the same time we realize that we cannot afford to take all the poor people of the world into our civilization and feed them.Read more…
  • Philosophical Economic Comment from 1999 and Its Value Now

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    It is said that the only constant is change, but when you look back a decade or two or even five or six, what do you see? Well, let me tell you what I have seen and realize I am only forty years old. I am now retired after having founded the franchising company that did business in 23 states in four countries.Read more…

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    The words, the thoughts, the processes go on and on.As simple as it may seem to me I tend to feel that all words have their own meaning and not always the dictionary form.A simple word takes the form of many other words as each individual person who hears it puts it through a transformation process.
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    In eastern Cultures the passing of thought was considered valuable, so much in fact that even to this day members of those cultures respect their elders and listen to their advice. The passing of such thoughts and concepts and philosophies is of extreme value. The Christianity religion and its followers take those stories in the bible literally, almost to an absolute truth.
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    When a member of a species determines it wants something a thought is born, which triggers a desire and thus starts the brain into a cycle innovation and strategy. If it is hunger in a Bald Eagle it means flying over the river to catch a Salmon. If it is a tourist who is cold it means going in and buying a sweatshirt.
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    A book called the Seven Daughters of Eve by Richard Sykes is worthy of a read and talks about what we have learned about the flow of human beings populations through DNA research. Thus it is safe to say that certain members of our species have developed differently and in different ways, meaning the brain also learns differently. As Scientists look at different human brains while doing various tasks and watch which areas light up with energy as it works through these different thoughts and tasks we are finding just how unique and different each mind really is.