Loose one's memory, then each time is the first time and new things can be discovered. I just called old age purgatory but I am also enjoying, thinkin...
Aging can help. I should leave each individual in my family a personal letter they can read when I die and hopefully keep to read again when they are ...
That is only awareness of quantity. It is nothing like recognizing numbers as a code and bits of information that can help us understand the universe....
Here is an explanation of rational . Animals can problem solve. Some do it better than others. Dogs are amazing. They are the only animal that recogni...
Can we learn more by using math than by using words? I have not communicated anything with math but computers do not use words to compute. And I am su...
No. I know the West Coast of the US from Washington to California. :lol: As a newly wed in the 60's my X took us to live in Newport, Oregon. I thought...
I turned in paperwork today and my Supervisor made it clear she did not want me to stay. A few years ago, she got COVID from her grandson and develope...
I think I was about 8 when I decided if Christians knew God's truth they would all agree and there would be only one denomination. Therefore, if I wan...
Of course, you have studied bureaucratic order, public policy and administration, and know what you are talking about. But then you would be unusual. ...
Oh yeah. I have epiphanies often and that is why I engage in forums. However, when I am busy with life I don't have much time to think. When reality d...
Those are some interesting questions that fit the spirit of questioning my mind. What are your answers? With Hall and his interest in cultures in mind...
I was not aware of how complacent we have gotten! Some stores don't even carry masks any more. I was freaking out just trying to find a store that hav...
"The exciting thing about mathematics and science and music and literature is what they can tell us about the workings of the human mind. For these di...
Perfect! I wish I could know what you know through experience with those who think mathematically. I am quite sure some things can not be communicated...
How many books have you read about why math is deemed a very important thinking tool? What justifies us taking you seriously as an authority on commun...
Good gravy, I do not know! As I just said in another thread, there is so much I do not know and didn't even know I didn't know so much. I swear I am a...
You made me look for a book on the subject and there are several. The one I want most is over $100. :scream: How sad that we leave people ignorant by ...
I can see that blowback coming with the present US support of Israel. That could have played a strong roll in removing Biden from the Democratic ticke...
I am reading about this matter of what is information. I am reading Rudy Rucker's book "Mind Tools". He writes- "Anyone at the receiving end of a comm...
I want to acknowledge your post. What do you think of Rank Choice Voting? In almost every election for several years I wanted to vote for someone who ...
Neither one of the US candidates appeals to me. The government is to govern things, not run them. Both candidates are fighting over who sits in the dr...
We know fascism for its violence rather than its bureaucratic and economic order. I am offering a link about how popular fascism was in the 30's. I ha...
But if we want to understand reality perhaps we should discuss what fascism has to do with the strength of the US. The US is not the democracy it defe...
Can you turn that into a four-dimensional pentahedron? That is a sincere question, not an attempt to inform anyone of anything. Here is the deal for m...
I do not understand math but I keep trying. It is clear to me that the failure to understand math keeps my IQ low and I am qualified to discuss my opi...
We have a problem. According to this link Persians were comparatively more civilized than those who wrote the Bible. It had slaves but slaves were pai...
In the 1920s a newspaper printed a warning. "Given our known oil supply and rate of consumption, we are headed for economic disaster and possibly war....
I would love to discuss what education has to do with that. Liberal education was for those who were expected to be politically active. And being poli...
How do you justify that statement? Or where is the evidence? I have a book about Persia that I haven't read and no book about Macedonia. So I have no ...
When I did that exercise, I volunteered to leave the life boat. That response is directly related to the way I was raised. I was the oldest child and ...
I think your replies are full of philosophical potential. I am listening to a professor who is very careful with defining words and as he defines life...
Yes I read that link and promptly fell asleep. :lol: :cry: I have to use a machine to keep me breathing when I sleep and just this morning with Truth ...
Oh my, I don't think a planet of nonconsumers is a good idea. On the other hand, one has to wonder what kind of human being would exterminate people w...
I don't like the focus on meeting people's needs as Sparta did. Athens did not have the same focus on meeting needs but was focused on creating opport...
I just looked up how long wheat can be stored and that is 8 to 10 years. I am not opposed to storing food. I don't mind passing out money but I am not...
I am listening to history lectures from the "The Great Courses" and European countries were made poor by kings who insisted on wars that did nothing f...
That is an opinion. I have dealt with medical personnel who believe Medicaid is charity. The last time I went to the Social Security office the person...
I talk about myself in the forum all the time. I live in Oregon. USA. I am elderly and at the moment focusing on learning about the Renaissance and Re...
Defense spending by the United States accounted for nearly 40 percent of military expenditures by countries around the world in 2023, according to rec...
Wow, I wish everyone would acknowledge what I say by adding facts to what was said.:heart: It made want to read the link carefully. I am so pleased th...
Oh really? and how is that organized? In the middle ages some Christian groups were strongly in favor of communism. Perhaps you are a reincarnated ana...
This is not working. We are doing unimaginably better than in the past and can either agree with than or defend what appears to be your notion that gr...
I have to run. I really regret that and I hope I have the energy to get back to the forum this afternoon. However, at the moment, I think if we limit ...
Come on, people around the world are very involved with saving those suffering from famine and war. What the hell is going on? A few hundred years ago...
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