Monthly Archives: December 2009

Uniqueness

Read, every day, something no one else is reading. Think, every day, something no one else is thinking. Do, every day, something no one else would be silly enough to do. It is bad for the mind to be always … Continue reading

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Green

We hear a lot about the color green these days. Green is the color of the newest global religion, the religion of environment before people, whose most recent convocation takes place in Copenhagen, Denmark as I write this post. In … Continue reading

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Tiny little wars

There are all kinds of wars. There are the grand, philosophical wars against ideas like poverty and drugs.  There are violent enterprises like Afghanistan. There are bloody clashes between tribes polities. Then there is my own personal war against poachers.

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Science in your own back yard

Via Wired comes the story of an amateur astronomer who was able to observe astronauts at work on the International Space station. This reminds me of the fact that science is not some kind of endeavor limited to people with … Continue reading

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It is now generally agreed…

If you hear a politician, businessman, or religious leader say “it is now generally agreed” you immediately know that the person making that statement has decided that something is true despite what other people might think about it. As an … Continue reading

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