It looks like some medical books will be redrafted. A patient who woke from a coma a decade ago and has been vegetative ever since, has now communicated with carers through brain imaging. It’s the first time an uncommunicative, severely brain-injured patient has been able to give “answers” clinically relevant to their care. It will …
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Category:Philosophy
The Old Lie: dulce et decorum est pro patria mori
The lie that inspires people to kill, and to die. Don’t forget. Remember the shame of war. Remember the cost of war, which honour and glory can not repay. Dulce Est Decorum Est Bent double, like old beggars under sacks, Knock-kneed, coughing like hags, we cursed through sludge, Till on the haunting flares we turned …
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Einstein on brain vs brawn.
Any intelligent fool can make things bigger, more complicated and more violent. It takes a touch of genius, and a lot of courage, to move in the opposite direction.
Sustainable development portal, Wikipedia
A good place to learn about balancing economics, environment and ethics. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portal:Sustainable_development
Peace on earth. Can it happen again?
Chuck Lorre Vanity Card #392 From what little I know of prehistory, man roamed the Earth for hundreds of thousands of years in small tribes — probably no more than two hundred people per group. During this time all wisdom was passed along according to the oral tradition. Everything you needed to know in order …
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Sitcom Church
How can a sitcom (like The Big Bang Theory) facilitate communion with god? Well, … CHUCK LORRE PRODUCTIONS, #263 ME: I believe that watching tonight’s show might constitute a spiritual experience. YOU: That’s a pretty bold statement. How do you figure? ME: Glad you asked. Since the concept of past and future is entirely man-made …
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Set yourself on fire to change the world.
It must demand the greatest will power. It must demand selfless sacrifice. To set yourself on fire to bring attention to injustice. It still happens in our world in which we think everything is OK. (BBC: Tibetan men in ‘first self-immolations in Lhasa’) We may not need to martyr ourselves though our political system is …
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Chuck Lorre Vanity Cards
For a meaning of life … http://www.chucklorre.com for example: CHUCK LORRE PRODUCTIONS, #210 I believe that in order to walk through grief, fear, loneliness, despair, confusion and anger without recourse to drugs, alcohol, over-eating, over-sexing, or the endless mind-numbing distractions provided by Western culture, one must become a spiritual warrior. I further believe that the …
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Don’t give up.
“First they ignore you, then they ridicule you, then they fight you, then you win.” Mahatma Gandhi This is the struggle to change for good. You are facing the torrent of fear and greed and trying to turn the flow, and yourself, to love. Until all humanity knows and feels the honesty of cosmic law, …
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Love
Love “Ai,” the traditional Chinese character for love (?) consists of a heart (middle) inside of “accept,” “feel,” or “perceive,” which shows a graceful emotion. It can also be interpreted as a hand offering ones heart to another hand. is patient is kind does not envy does not boast is not proud is not rude …
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