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16 years ago
Jose
151. Re: DEAL OR NO DEAL
QuoteEditor's note: The book Amusing Ourselves to Death, by Neil Postman, was first published in 1985. I just stumbled upon it last week. What follows is a short excerpt from the introduction to the Twentieth Anniversary Edition by Neil's son Andrew, and the brief Forward to the book by Neil. I highly recommend this book. - MAN
Introduction - by Andrew Postman
Now this?
A book of social
Forum: Other Topics (not health related) 16 years ago
Jose
152. Re: The God Delusion
Hey Simple Living,
QuoteJose, you haven't given a single fact in anything you've said. It's all opinion and something that you've taken by faith.
I'm not sure what you're referring to as all I've said in this thread is that the video and Q&A are interesting and insightful for those seeking a well rounded religious education. Haven't made any assertions that I'm aware of, aside from simpl
Forum: Other Topics (not health related) 16 years ago
Jose
153. Re: The God Delusion
Quoteephesians 4:18
18having been darkened in their under-standing, having been estranged from the
life of Elohim, because of the ignorance that is in them, because of the hardness of their heart,19who, having become callous, have given themselves up to indecency, to work all uncleanness with greediness.
One who does not believe in God can do immeasurably more good than someone else that pur
Forum: Other Topics (not health related) 16 years ago
Jose
I really like them, very cool You could try selling them, don't know much about prices, but try it out and see what the market says.
Cheers,
J
Forum: Other Topics (not health related) 16 years ago
Jose
156. Re: The God Delusion
Watch the video and read the book elnatural, there really is nothing to fear.
This letter from Thomas Jefferson to his nephew, Peter Carr, from Paris, August 10th, 1787, contains some good advice on how to educate oneself on the topic of religion.
QuoteDear Peter, — I have received your two letters of December 30 and April 18, and am very happy to find by them, as well as by letters from
Forum: Other Topics (not health related) 16 years ago
Jose
157. The God Delusion
Great speech and Q&A from Richard Dawkins on morality, atheism, evolution and faith
Part 1
Part 2 (I definitely recommend this Q&A since it brings up many FAQs which Dawkins deals with quite well)
Cheers,
J
Forum: Other Topics (not health related) 16 years ago
Jose
158. Re: Physics Fun
A fun cartoon that deals with the bizarre and non-intuitive wave-particle duality of quantum mechanics. This describes how electrons exhibit both particle and wave-like properties. It also mentions that in quantum mechanics experiments are observer dependent in that the observer can never be completely separated from what is being observed.
Cheers,
J
Forum: Other Topics (not health related) 16 years ago
Jose
The internet is really our only saving grace.
More corruption in the conjoining of big government agencies and big financials. The more I read the more it becomes clear that the establishment of a true free market and limited government is the only way forward.
QuoteLEGAL INSIDER TRADING IN THREE EASY STEPS, BROUGHT TO YOU BY JP MORGAN AND THE SEC
KEVIN WILSON, MARIA CHRISTINA PADRO, JUL
Forum: Other Topics (not health related) 16 years ago
Jose
Thanks for the list arugula, I hope elnatural responds to that and also the questions I posted earlier.
Another argument that some ID people tend to use is the fallacious assertion that the human eye is "irreducibly complex" and must therefore be "designed". Of course this argument is completely false, and one can show a sequence of events where from a very primitive light
Forum: Other Topics (not health related) 16 years ago
Jose
Wowsers, I'd love to have one of those right now!
I'm getting a new juicer, so will be joining you in a juice feast soon
Cheers,
J
Forum: Living and Raw Foods Discussion (Vegan) 16 years ago
Jose
163. Re: Pinapple
Thanks for the pics Greg, I'll be planting a pineapple tonight in my flat
Not that I expect to harvest much here in the UK, but in a bit of a planting frenzy at the moment, have two kinds of spinach, some garlic and flax growing too
Should make for a cool plant.
Cheers,
J
Forum: Living and Raw Foods Discussion (Vegan) 16 years ago
Jose
164. Physics Fun
Just wanted to start a thread on interesting non-intuitive physical phenomena which are illustrated in fun and insightful ways. Feel free to add your own if you wish of course.
This is a short and interesting illustration of Heisenberg's Uncertainty Principle using a laser
Cheers,
J
Forum: Other Topics (not health related) 16 years ago
Jose
Hey elnatural,
we answered your questions
QuoteExample did the brain get finished before the heart, did the eyes get finished before the feet, did the lungs get finished before the blood veseles, did the muscles get finished befoore the skeloton?
Now it's your turn to answer mine
QuoteIs there anything in the computer simulation that wasn't clear or which you find objectionable?
Forum: Other Topics (not health related) 16 years ago
Jose
Isn't it great that science allows us to explore Nature by extending our senses through mechanical contraptions and appreciate Nature at more distance scales, for example, and not just the scale we are used to in the everyday?
These images are a testament to the beauty of Nature, and of science as a means of exploring it.
QuoteWellcome Image Awards
A striking display of shapes and patte
Forum: Other Topics (not health related) 16 years ago
Jose
Ah, ok, thanks for pointing out the chronological age/glycotoxin detail they overlooked.
QuoteWe were designed to be fueled primarily by sugars.
I know you didn't really mean to say that, although I find myself inaccurately saying slightly ambiguous things like that too. I was just thinking about the evolution debate in the OT, and expressions like this might give people the wrong idea. I a
Forum: Living and Raw Foods Discussion (Vegan) 16 years ago
Jose
Hey Narz,
Good to see you around. That's a good point you raise since evolution is a highly falsifiable theory. All one has to do is find rabbit fossils in the pre-cambrian and you're done
Hey elnatural,
a further point is that in fact evolutionary theory predicts that complexity rises as time progresses, through random mutations and natural selection, which makes sense and is backed b
Forum: Other Topics (not health related) 16 years ago
Jose
Haha, you beat me to it arugula
Yes elnatural, by looking at our evolutionary ancestors you'll find when all these systems that you talk about first evolved, and plenty of examples of organisms with primitive hearts, brains, limbs and so on.
I thought the video which I posted was quite cool since it reflects a few characteristics which real life evolution also shares, such as the relative
Forum: Other Topics (not health related) 16 years ago
Jose
Yes, I think the lack of distinction between raw unprocessed carbohydrates and cooked processed carbohydrates is probably an undue influence in her lists. I think the overall categories of food are placed in a correct hierarchy though, even if maybe she needs to rescale a little so that fruit become slightly anti-inflammatory. Maybe there hasn't been enough research done to draw a distinction b
Forum: Living and Raw Foods Discussion (Vegan) 16 years ago
Jose
This is quite interesting.
QuoteA neckband that translates thought into speech by picking up nerve signals has been used to demonstrate a "voiceless" phone call for the first time.
With careful training a person can send nerve signals to their vocal cords without making a sound. These signals are picked up by the neckband and relayed wirelessly to a computer that converts them int
Forum: Other Topics (not health related) 16 years ago
Jose
This short video is a good illustration of how evolution can result in complexity and functioning organisms. Smart illustration of evolutionary concepts refuting a favourite straw man argument that ID/creationist supporters tend to bring up - the analogy of a mechanical clock somehow implying an intelligent designer.
Cheers,
J
Forum: Other Topics (not health related) 16 years ago
Jose
Whilst not entirely accurate in my opinion, it is nevertheless illuminating to see what kinds of foods cause an inflammatory response when eaten, and which ones have anti-inflammatory properties. Bearing in mind that the body responds to stress and injury through inflammation, if a food causes an inflammatory response that is not considered a good thing. Chronic inflammation is also a precursor t
Forum: Living and Raw Foods Discussion (Vegan) 16 years ago
Jose
Thought I'd post something a bit nicer amid some of the gloom that surrounds us
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NZ dolphin rescues beached whales
A dolphin has come to the rescue of two whales which had become stranded on a beach in New Zealand.
Conservation officer Malcolm Smith told the BBC that he and a group of other people had tried in vain for an hour and a half to get the whales to sea.
The pygmy sperm
Forum: Other Topics (not health related) 16 years ago
Jose
Hey sunshine79,
Sorry to hear about your trip to the hospital, hope you are feeling better. I'm a little bit surprised about the coconut water being a possible cause of your symptoms since I thought it is very well balanced in electrolytes, with typically a 2-3:1 K:Na ratio (see here for instance). Would there be anything else in your diet or lifestyle that could possibly be causing these sym
Forum: Living and Raw Foods Discussion (Vegan) 16 years ago
Jose
Quote$1.5 Billion
Amount of money ExxonMobil made in two weeks during the fourth quarter of 2008. [1]
$1.5 Billion
Amount US government spends a year on renewable energy research. [2]
[1]
[2]
All of this compliments of the Energy Bill, that keeps Big Oil in business, and renewables in the dumps. Why not have a free market where renewables and petrochemicals could compete on a le
Forum: Other Topics (not health related) 16 years ago
Jose
QuoteAppalled by reports of environmental pollution, Catherine Eade and her family decided to try to live without buying anything packaged in plastic. One month on, they are finding the experiment both life-changing and soberingly difficult
Saturday, 8 March 2008
When I told my children we were going to stop buying plastic packaging until further notice, they didn't bat an eyelid.
We ha
Forum: Other Topics (not health related) 16 years ago
Jose
Just some more evidence that our thoughts really do influence our health to a large degree.
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Mental gymnastics increase bicep strength
* 19:00 21 November 2001
* From New Scientist Print Edition. Subscribe and get 4 free issues.
* Philip Cohen
It is a couch potato's dream - just imagining yourself exercising can increase the strength of even your large muscles. The discovery could
Forum: Living and Raw Foods Discussion (Vegan) 16 years ago
Jose
Quote
Pollution 'alters brain function'
The study replicated what city traffic wardens might expect to inhale
An hour sniffing exhaust fumes may not just give you a headache - it could even alter the way the brain functions, Dutch researchers have suggested.
The rest here
Cheers,
J
Forum: Living and Raw Foods Discussion (Vegan) 16 years ago
Jose
I don't know, but if we take the view that we are organisms that have evolved from simple origins through the course of billions of years, then perhaps we can artificially recreate that evolutionary process of natural selection and speed it up to create organisms possessing artificial intelligence that would be quite similar to us in that they could feel as well as be sentient. This would, among
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