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Almanacs and Terror
FOXNews.com – FBI Links Almanacs With Terror Planning – U.S. & World The FBI said information typically found in almanacs that could be useful for terrorists includes profiles of cities and states and information about waterways, bridges, dams, reservoirs, tunnels, buildings and landmarks. It said this information is often accompanied by photographs and maps. My […]
What Mad Pursuit
‘J.B.S. Haldane was once asked what the study of biology could tell one about the Almighty. “I’m really not sure,” said Haldane, “except that He must be inordinately fond of beetles.” There are thought to be at least 300,000 species of beetles. By contrast there are only about 10,000 species of birds.’ Nobel Laureate Prof. […]
TFTD: The Cause of Suffering
All the faults of our mind – our selfishness, ignorance, anger, attachment, guilt, and other disturbing thoughts – are temporary, not permanent and everlasting. And since the cause of our suffering – our disturbing thoughts and obscurations – is temporary, our suffering is also temporary. -Lama Zopa Rinpoche, “Ultimate Healing” From Daily Wisdom: 365 Buddhist […]
Fermilab in the Sky
Positive Atheism – search for “Magic To Science” when you get to the site. I did a little light reading at lunchtime today. I got a real giggle out of this quote. We see in these perceptions the first appearance of a kind of science — the seeking of causal explanations for the phenomena of […]
NAMI and My Sense of Self
Anosognosia (impaired awareness of illness): A major problem for individuals with schizophrenia and bipolar disorder. As the years go by, I am less and less impressed with NAMI. I think their agenda is to improve the family’s comfort at the expense of the patient’s autonomy. They teach the rather disturbing idea that a large percentage […]
Talent, a Lifer, or a Mandarin?
I’m a Mandarin! You’re an intellectual, and you’ve worked hard to get where you are now. You’re a strong believer in education, and you think many of the world’s problems could be solved if people were more informed and more rational. You have no tolerance for sloppy or lazy thinking. It frustrates you when people […]
Ice-9
Amazon.com: Cat’s Cradle: Books: Kurt Vonnegut I wound up writing this review because recently, in a flight of fancy, someone conjectured that perhaps in other parts of the universe silicon forms four bonds, making ring structures – similar to the carbon-based benzene ring that is the basis of all organic materials – possible. My question […]
’07: A Meme Game
I’ve been meaning to do this for a few days, but life has been kind of hectic. Memes are ideas that spread from mind to mind like a virus. Not sound bytes, not quite, but the ideas conveyed by sound bytes. A quantum thought, perhaps. Would you like to play a meme game to celebrate […]
Snakes on the Brain
The newly-released “Snakes on a Plane” DVD finally arrived yesterday. In case you didn’t see the movie in theaters, it is just exactly what you would expect: snakes, snakes, Samuel L. Jackson, and more snakes. There’s a hint of plot, some hot simulated sex, and a bit of dialog, but mostly it’s about the snakes. […]
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