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Godel Escher and Bach: An Eternal Golden Braid, by Douglas Hofstadter I chose my career as a result of having read this book. It's clever, philosophical, educational, and beautiful on so many levels. Turning to almost any random page will fill your head with things to think about. Hofstadter...

1. Why is my bank closing in observance of some man who discovered nothing? 2. If the Indians were here first, then why don't Indians look like Indians? Didn't the Indians come from India? Then how come the type of Indian we see on the Buffalo nickle no more ressemble the...

Story at Yahoo! here. Is it just me or are the results of the first two questions kind of scary? Although, that last bit about being "ignorant about cancer" makes me feel a bit better.

This week was a weird one in the news: First, we learned the identity of "Deep Throat," the secret source for Bob Woodward and Carl Bernstein's articles regarding the illegal activities of the Nixon White House. That W. Mark Felt, the number two man at the FBI, was the one who leaked the...

This is my thread for abstract discussion of relatively philosophical issues about political shenanigans. I would prefer people keep trolls, flames and ad hominems to other threads. I can only Ignore offenders, but I'd be pleased if people managed to firewall this thread from the unpleasant...

For the next month I will be thinking only positive thoughts about the Palestinians and Isrealis. No cynicism, no drolleries, no snipes at towels as headgear. I will be unreservedly positive and upbeat and will let no one dampen my enthusiasm and hope for their future. I will draw no...

Brain chip offers hope for paralyzed Very cool stuff! I wonder if Interesting Ian has any "thoughts" on this matter? :)

http://journals.aol.com/hypnostaraliens/TheMysticalThoughtsofHypnostar Deanne, or "Hypnostar", writes about the Zeta aliens, Otherkins and "star seeds", and how hypnosis reveals past lives. She'll also sell you custom "self awareness tapes". :crazy:

What's your thought on immigration? Does anyone totally oppose it, or believe in free/open borders between all countries? If restrictions are put on immigration - what kind work best? Comments from anyone with knowledge of the economics is appreciated.

I was listening to a radio program in Philadephia that featured Randi (There's an archive link to the show in the "Forum Community" under the thread of "Randi vs Rodney..") and hear the commentator ask Randi if he was an atheist. Randi's response was something like "There are two types of...

I am thinking about getting a gaming machine. Since I have a HDTV the notion of running S-Video seems silly. Anyone here haave any experience using component outputs from a computer to a tv? RE. the machine itself. I figure just maxing out a dell something or other. Likw 2GB memory and a...

Does old-lady perfume count as a chemical weapon? Oversized sun glasses, obviously for shielding a nuclear blast...

I know Anti-Matter has opposit charges to Matter. Here is my question; are there Anti-Matter Chemical Elements?

If anyone was planning a thread like this one, and I've muscled in on your idea, I apologize. A few folks have posted briefly about their TAM2 experiences in Moe's thread, as well as in a few others, but I figured we could use this thread to post our thoughts about the conference in full and...

I was looking over the online version of the latest issue of "Time," which is available on CNN.com, and I noticed an article that asked whether the draft should be reinstated. There were a bunch of short position statements from various people. In general, about half were military professionals...

Sorry, its a great health technology development, but I really liked this headline. Explains a lot don't you think, politically and otherwise. http://www.detnews.com/2003/nation/0310/13/a04-296017.htm

I'm very interested in hearing other peoples' thoughts on TV psychics currently on television in the UK (and US). I am a sceptic, but do watch these psychic programmes from time to time out of interest. The programmes we get over here in the UK are: 6ixth Sense (Colin Fry) Crossing Over (John...

The Air Car Any thoughts on this thing? Sounds interesting. I'd be interested in finding how well it works in real world use.

Evolution thoughts for today: directed evolution 1. We are fixated on germ cells. Somatic cells can evolve as well. A beneficial mutation in a somatic cell can be passed to its offspring. Adapted offspring can outcompete others. Cancer is one example, but is it possible to evolve a better...

Great knowledge sees all in one. Small knowledge breaks down into the many When the body sleeps, the soul is enfolded in One. When the body wakes, the openings begin to function. They resound with every encounter With all the varied business of life, the strivings of the heart; Men...

I finally posted my thoughts about TAM. Here ya go.