Yes, I do believe that true democracy is possible, but only now: trough internet, it's finally possible to include all opinions in a ruling process, and to gather all the votes from general public almost instantly.
Today's democracy is a mockery: U vote for people based on their's election video and some rumors you hear (probably created by...
The following is a journal type entry so please excuse the poor writing.
there is so much complexness in every detail about everyday it is funny to try to recall and focus on every aspect. there is enough to keep the outer layer of the mind and thought processes occupied. I have been realizing lately that it is possible to employ inner layers...
So I've been reading this amazing book titled "The Tao of Pooh", written by Benjamin Hoff. Basically, it's a systematic process of explaining how Winnie the Pooh is indeed one of the great Taoist philosophers, because of his ability to live in the Now, let life take its course and go along for the ride, free of frets and...
At my school chapel; where I am forced to visit periodically, The Reverend recently gave a fairly blunt attack on Richard Dawkins 'The God Delusion'. While I haven't read his book, I had a fair few problems with some of the things with what our minister was saying. At the end of his speech he invited anyone with their own arguments to get back to...
Kennedy was brought in as somebody who was expected to be a puppet. It was thought that his pro-Nazi father Joseph P Kennedy, the bootlegger, the speculator would guarantee that John Kennedy would be obedient to the establishment; they thought that he was a sex manic who could be manipulated through all this, but turned-out that through his...
You can go here to talk to anonymous strangers from around the world.
I've met many different kinds of people from around the world and had many interesting conversations. I have learned things about other cultures and even some things about myself.
What will you experience?
http://blogs.scientificamerican.com/observations/2011/09/15/time-on-the-brain-how-you-are-always-living-in-the-past-and-other-quirks-of-perception/
Time on the Brain: How You Are Always Living In the Past, and Other Quirks of Perception
By George Musser | September 15, 2011 | Comments10
I always knew we humans have a rather tenuous grip...
Is the mind simply an epiphenomenon created by the firing of a lot of neurons in our meat-brain? I do think that what we call the experience of self-awareness, consciousness, sentience or mind is a direct result of (unrelated) neuro-activity in the brain, but that doesn't mean that the phenomenon isn't actually real, or that it necessarily needs...
I have a question that I have asked many other people...
Do you believe that the human race can achieve peace on the entire planet?
How do you come to reach your conclusion?
And why do you believe it is so?
It is undeniable that the world has grown increasingly complex, and it has become increasingly complex to live in. I mean this not only in the sense of there being more and more factors and information to know of and respond to, but in the sense that new technology and global interconnectedness creates new and increasingly bizarre situations,...
This is probably a question that has been debated on several occasions, but it has hounded me for quite some time now! In your opinion....
What is the definition of love?
What is required for love to exist?
Personally, I have no short answers for this, and I'm curious to see how other people understand the concept.
Dealing with Paradoxes #1
A strange thought occurred to me during my chemical engineering class, and it has something to do with predicting - with certainty - one's own future, and solving the metaphorical Heisenberg's Uncertainty Principle application problem.
Suppose you have a hypothetical machine that predicts the future and conveys...
Doing research on a school I stumbled on an older part of their website that seemed to contradict their current school message (sorry for the lack of details, but I dont want to offend the particular school). Suffice it to say it got me thinking about another way scan the internet.
The traditional way is to follow links. Start at a site, and...
Evelyn Underhill, a renowned & recognized author on Christian mysticism, as well as a mystic herself, identified five steps in the mystical process. They are listed below:
1. Awakening - Subject starts to become aware of the presence of something supernatural. Their heart is filled with joy and they have never felt this kind of joy before,...
Do you consider yourself a "visual" person?
The FM 100 Hue Test puts forward a simple way of testing your color vision. Arrange the colored squares according to hue. The instructions are simple enough, but the test is tricky. I spent a good ten minutes working on this one, and got a bit of a headache as well.
My results... I'm...