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Monthly Archives: August 2010
One Way or Another, It Will Be War
While it remains just possible Israel could still decide to attack Iran, even with nukes, it seems to have faded for the time being. Instead, we have saber rattling at Syria, and actual war preparations for Lebanon. There’s something about … Continue reading
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Bread for Life
I get sick of hearing and reading about the so-called “Paleo Diet” — presuming to represent what mankind ate based on evolutionary development. The promoters disparage anything grain-related as not what we were evolved to eat. As if they would … Continue reading
Windows on Insanity
Among my collection of fiction is Cavern of Madness. It portrays what it might be like from the inside when your grip on reality slips just a little. The point is to help readers understand what is typically called “mental … Continue reading
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Tagged government, medicine, propaganda, psychology
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Domestic Warfare Coming
The War on Drugs serves only one purpose: To insure the the price of the product stays high, and trade is very profitable. That way the CIA can get the highest dollar for their import trade from around the world. … Continue reading
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The Other Side: 7 – Ripeness
There is no success, no failure. There is only commitment and persistence in the process. There are no real goals, no winning or losing, only engaging your imperatives. There is no frustration because you don’t expect to have control over … Continue reading
The Other Side: 6 – Bondage, Baggage and Wealth
As you come to know your self better, and the imperatives which drive your conscience, you begin seeking ways to break from commitments which don’t match. The process tends to be quite painful for most, particularly at first. The single … Continue reading
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The Other Side: 5 – Process
There is no goal; there is only process. As commonly conceived, there is actually no such thing as “objective reality.” We can approach it, but the closer we come, the more uncertain it becomes. In Particle Physics, for example, we … Continue reading
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The Other Side: 4 – Take Time Away
In some ways, the prison itself is a living entity. It is most certainly composed of living beings, since no system of life can organize itself without life. A fundamental defining characteristic of the prison is denying that it lives. … Continue reading
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The Other Side: 3 – It’s Personal
Hard sciences pretend, at least, to follow a clearly logical process. Most people don’t understand the whole idea. They get the part about sampling data, organizing, and reaching certain hypotheses. They don’t get the proving part. Hypotheses are tested, not … Continue reading
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The Other Side: 2 – Capacities
Recent articles point to the notion humans as they are will likely evolve. If not, surely science will find enhancements, ways we can meld with the seemingly ideal intellectual capacities of the computers on which we have come to depend … Continue reading
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