Attacking The Hypocrisy Of Science

There is a prospect greater than the sea, and it is the sky; there is a prospect greater than the sky, and it is the human soul.
- Victor Hugo (1802 – 1885), Les MisérablesIt’s impossible at this time to know what Victor Hugo meant by “the human soul.” As many different concepts exist for it, [...]

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Are You A Doughhead? Find Out

We shall succeed only so far as we continue that most distasteful of all
activity, the intolerable labor of thought.
- Learned Hand, jurist (1872-1961)
Hand’s statement seems like a backhanded universal condemnation of humanity. The hope he offers of success for humanity seems dim, at best.
We are, indeed, surrounded by people who don’t think. They have brain [...]

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A Man’s Weakest Spot

Typically, the weakest spot of men is their manhood, be it physically or mentally. We all know that a blow to the genitals can bring down the strongest man. But striking at a man’s sense of manhood is just as efficient a cowardly “low blow”. The magical formula to defeat a macho is by pushing [...]

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One Little Mistake Cost 10 Million Lives

“We must be the change we wish to see in the world”
- Mohandas K. Gandhi
As much of an ardent admirer as I am of Mohandas Gandhi–his philosophy of life, learned by me as a child, helped to form the kind of person I am today–I believe he was wrong about one thing.
Known to his countrymen [...]

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The Greatest Motivational Act

The greatest motivational act one person can do for another is to listen.
- Roy E. Moody, motivational speaker
Judging by Google search results, this Roy Moody quote ranks as his most popular. And rightly so. A motivational speaker (president of Roy Moody & Associates) giving his best advice about how to motivate others.
But listening? Don’t we [...]

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Intellectual Obesity And Information Diarrhea

The internet and technology associated with it have opened access to quantities of information unparalleled in human history. No emperor of Rome, monarch of the British Empire or ruler of any other empire has ever been able to acquire information the way anyone with a computer can today.
A friend wants to buy a garden tractor. [...]

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Clarence Beat The Odds, Did The “Impossible”

 
 
 
So Clarence Brazier can read. So what? Who cares?
You should.
As obscure as Clarence Brazier remained for most of his life, he is now a public figure, a man of letters. Canada Post, Canada’s national postal service, in 2006 awarded Clarence its National Literacy Award. His country’s head of state, the Governor General, awarded him as [...]

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How A 15 year old Scandalized A Nation

How A 15-year-old Scandalized A Nation
Miley Cyrus did the unthinkable. She had the unmitigated gall to grow from a child to a woman without going through a graceful transition period where the American public could approve.
The daughter of Billy Ray Cyrus (think Achy-Breaky Heart and television’s Doc) is the runaway star of Disney’s Hannah Montana, [...]

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How To Avoid Marriage Failure

When you plant lettuce, if it does not grow well, you don’t blame the lettuce. You look for reasons it is not doing well. It may need fertilizer, or more water, or less sun. You never blame the lettuce.
Yet if we have problems with our friends or family, we blame the other person.
But if we [...]

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This Painless Pleasurable Gift Could Save A Life

We shall never know all the good that a simple smile can do.
- Mother Teresa
Without going into excruciating detail in analysis of kinds of smiles, let’s just say that they come in two basic types. With one type, the emotion is in-coming, with the other it flows outward.
Some people smile at how they benefit from [...]

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