Saturday, April 27, 2013
when do babies become conscious?
By CNu at April 27, 2013 5 comments
Labels: essence , point source , Possibilities
Friday, April 26, 2013
oil men are not in the business of producing oil, they're in the business of producing profits
By CNu at April 26, 2013 1 comments
Labels: Peak Capitalism , The Great Game
on religion...,
- Religion is a set of beliefs for which there is no
evidence: these beliefs include god, devil, soul, after-life, original
sin, heaven, hell, the 5000 year old flat-earth, and also can include
denial of evolution, climate change, and more. Some of it might be allegory, but many think it is literally true.
- Science is also a set of beliefs for which there IS
evidence: to verify the results there is a peer-review process,
continual refinement. Over the centuries we have learned a lot and
benefited in many ways: better medicine, smart technology. We are
poorer in that there is much more destructive war, and massive
pollution including massive additions of greenhouse gas to the
atmosphere.
- There are politicians, academics, and others who will
support any set of beliefs for pay. These are people who are responsible
for our dysfunctional institutions, including government. For want of a
term, we could call them schills. As Lawrence Lessig points out so well
in his book Republic Lost, Congress responds to money.
- There are many people who believe what they hear without verification: they trust what they hear from their neighbors, internet, news groups, mass media, or even from Fox news. Payment for belief is the basis for extreme expense in political campaigns. It can create grass-roots activists for the tobacco industry, the NRA, or even climate denialists. It is the reason for the existence of the very profitable advertising industry.
By CNu at April 26, 2013 2 comments
Labels: cultural darwinism , hustle-hard , magical thinking
Thursday, April 25, 2013
shamanism is entheogenesis - alkhemia concerns the alkahest...,
By CNu at April 25, 2013 1 comments
Labels: alkahest , ancient , entheogenesis , History's Mysteries
entropy the root of intelligence?
By CNu at April 25, 2013 0 comments
Labels: as above-so below , macrobiology , Possibilities
Wednesday, April 24, 2013
the vast active living intelligence system revisited
By CNu at April 24, 2013 8 comments
Labels: entheogenesis , Genetic Omni Determinism GOD
psilocybin and natural intelligence
By CNu at April 24, 2013 0 comments
Tuesday, April 23, 2013
why does america lose its head over terror, but ignore its daily gun deaths?
By CNu at April 23, 2013 34 comments
Labels: American Original , quorum sensing?
goldbugs got spanked...,
By CNu at April 23, 2013 0 comments
Labels: banksterism , presstitution
Monday, April 22, 2013
the invention of the jewish people
By CNu at April 22, 2013 2 comments
Labels: eugenics , History's Mysteries
the invention of the land of israel
By CNu at April 22, 2013 0 comments
Labels: propaganda , shameless , The Great Game
Sunday, April 21, 2013
economics is politics in disguise
By CNu at April 21, 2013 2 comments
Labels: Peak Capitalism , propaganda , The Hardline
did you question authority yesterday?
why are drugs part of common culture?
Kids aren't held down and force fed pot smoke until they are hooked. It's a great deal more than the simplistic label "peer pressure" implies. It is what we do, cultural norms. People want to get high together. If we saw that not as a sin but as a normal desire, why not educate ourselves, and educate our kids in what these chemicals do?
Not the reality-denying "no-no" negative emphasis, but the useful information required so that we could best enjoy the sought for pleasure with the least to no unwanted consequences. Why not be honest about what we want and who we are, rather than playing these horrific games of virtuous denial?
We are safest, sanest, happiest, truly dealing with these realities.
By CNu at April 21, 2013 1 comments
Labels: People Centric Leadership , truth
Saturday, April 20, 2013
review: the republican brain - the science of why they deny science and reality
- Teddy Kennedy: apparently fat, drunk, and stupid is a way to go through life
- Liberal “argument”: hissing, scratching, and hair-pulling,
- Liberalism and other psychological disorders
- Liberal tactics: distortion, dissembling, deception—and the rest is just run-of-the-mill treason
- Baby-killing: Abort liberals, not children
- Blacks: the only thing standing between the democrat party and oblivion
- Christians: must Reproduce More
- Communism: a new fragrance by Hillary Clinton
- Environmentalism: Adolf Hitler was the first environmentalist
- Evolution, Alchemy, and other “settled” scientific theories
By CNu at April 20, 2013 6 comments
Labels: the wattles
Friday, April 19, 2013
measuring consciousness?
By CNu at April 19, 2013 1 comments
Labels: essence , point source , Possibilities
the chosen: competitive advantage of a religion of literacy
- capital already accumulated as craftsmen and traders,
- networking abilities because they lived in many locations, could easily communicate with and alert one another as to the best buying and selling opportunities, and
- literacy, numeracy, and contract-enforcement institutions -- "gifts" that their religion has given them -- gave them an advantage over competitors.
By CNu at April 19, 2013 2 comments
Labels: History's Mysteries , tactical evolution
Thursday, April 18, 2013
the terrifying reality of long-term unemployment...,
By CNu at April 18, 2013 5 comments
Labels: Collapse Casualties , Livestock Management
sprawling and struggling: poverty in the suburbs
By CNu at April 18, 2013 13 comments
Labels: Collapse Casualties
Wednesday, April 17, 2013
nutrient-shaped, nutrient-seeking, macro-molecular machines...,
the beer of yesteryear..., |
By CNu at April 17, 2013 1 comments
Labels: dopamine , evolution , food-powered , hegemony
not only bad statistics, but deeply flawed/erroneous theories, as well...,
By CNu at April 17, 2013 2 comments
Labels: accountability , complications , institutional deconstruction
classic BD-ism: Since genetics is today's topic - genes for criminality -- Why IQ-75'z are disproportionately in prison...???
By CNu at April 17, 2013 5 comments
Labels: big don special , eugenics
Tuesday, April 16, 2013
are genes a "product of nature"?
By CNu at April 16, 2013 0 comments
Labels: Ass Clownery , Genetic Omni Determinism GOD
the human genome project 10 years on...,
How did it get so cheap? In April 2003, right after the completion of the human genome, our institute put into print a call for technology to deliver a $1,000 human genome sequence. That became the battle cry. I remember thinking someday we would get to a $1,000 genome. I don’t worry about the $1,000 genome anymore. We have had six orders of magnitude improvement in a decade.
What about the naysayers who asked, “Where are the cures for diseases that we were promised?” I became director of this institute three and a half years ago, and I remember when I first started going around and giving talks. Routinely I would hear: “You are seven years into this. Where are the wins? Where are the successes?”
I don’t hear that as much anymore. I think what’s happening, and it has happened in the last three years in particular, is just the sheer aggregate number of the success stories. The drumbeat of these successes is finally winning people over.
We are understanding cancer and rare genetic diseases. There are incredible stories now where we are able to draw blood from a pregnant woman and analyze the DNA of her unborn child.
Increasingly, we have more informed ways of prescribing medicine because we first do a genetic test. We can use microbial DNA to trace disease outbreaks in a matter of hours.
These are just game changers. It’s a wide field of accomplishment, and there is a logical story to be told.
By CNu at April 16, 2013 0 comments
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