Category: Living
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Being good. For no reason at all.
Providing 'targeted' social support to other people in need activates regions of the brain involved in parental care - which may help researchers understand the positive health effects of social ties, reports a new study. (1) Being good. For no reason at all. Or even despite reasons against it. Something that is the easiest thing…
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Lying…
Psychologists have documented children lying as early as age two. Some experts even consider lying a developmental milestone, like crawling and walking, because it requires sophisticated planning, attention and the ability to see a situation from someone else's perspective to effectively manipulate them. Harvard cognitive neuroscientist Joshua Greene said for most of us, lying takes…
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Eugenics works! So why not use it? A hard problem begging for a simple answer...
In a recent online discussion where the idea of modern eugenics was brought up, many people were against it. Since eugenics bring up correlations with the Nazis it is easy for most people to discard such ideas as wrong or unethical. It is obvious that applying eugenics is wrong. But all obvious things are very…
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No, I do NOT want to be a billionaire! (or Bruce Lee)
There is a great hype lately about how some new billionaire must be our new idol. And I totally disagree with that hype. Billionaires are not only overrated. They are constantly advertising all those things that should not be part of the principles in a man's life. To begin with, there is nothing wrong with being successful. I…
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Seek peace. Conquer the world.
Modern man wants to conquer the world. He wishes to control the universe. Because he thinks he knows himself. Because he believes the cosmos should bow to him. And the cosmos laughs. And man dies in agony. For there is nothing to conquer but yourself. There is nothing to control except your desire to control…
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