Category: Living
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I exist...
I exist. (GR. "υπάρχω") I am under the influence of the Principle. (GR. "υπάρχω" < υπό + Αρχή) (1, 2, 3) And this principle I seek. I am not "existed". I actively seek the meaning. I create it on my own... [written on 7/2014]
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Control. Life. Death.
A recent study found out that older adults feel younger when they feel that they have more control over their daily lives, regardless of stress or health concerns. However, stress and health - not a sense of control - play a significant role in how old younger adults feel. (1) Old people try to control…
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Draw… you.
It's the archetypal child's drawing - family, pet, maybe a house and garden, and the child themselves. Yet, how do children represent themselves in their drawings, and does this representation alter according to who will look at the picture? A research found that children's expressive drawings of themselves vary according to the authority of and…
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Give. So that you can receive…
The happiness we feel after a particular event or activity diminishes each time we experience that event, a phenomenon known as hedonic adaptation. But giving to others may be the exception to this rule, according to research forthcoming in Psychological Science, a journal of the Association for Psychological Science. In two studies, psychology researchers Ed…
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Back to analog… Looking at the forest again…
Analog computers were used to predict tides from the early to mid-20th century, guide weapons on battleships and launch NASA's first rockets into space. They first used gears and vacuum tubes, and later, transistors, that could be configured to solve problems with a range of variables. They perform mathematical functions directly. For instance, to add 5…
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