physical

Chimpanzees are up to 8 times stronger than the average adult human male. Chimpanzees can lift nearly 8 times as much. An average human male would have trouble dead lifting 250lbs but a chimp could dead lift 600lbs with one hand without a problem. Scientists have shown that the actual muscles...

I attended an interesting talk last night. Although the professor giving the talk stated firmly from the get-go that he didn't believe in ID and opposed teaching it in schools (to the general applause of the room), he then proceeded to tell us the best case for ID that could be presented - but...

Does anyone have a good summary of what the process is for turning philosophical ideas into physical reality? How do ideas like "capitalism" which may start in the mind or the mind may reflect the physical reality of people trading back and forth ----- how do those types of ideas become a...

I read this article that schools were phasing out Phys Ed even though state law requires a # of hrs per week. The thought being that the time can be better used on other subjects (ie We need to teach to the do-or-die standardize test) What do you think of phys ed?? We hear about kids getting...

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When reading a book, are there any lines that made you cry, or made a chill go down your spine? I remember the scene in Brave New World where the children are conditioned to not like flowers...they walk towards the flowers and loud noises suddenly come out, causing the children to cry and...