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Using Contrast Constructively

Submitted by Reii on Tuesday, July 4, 2017 4:00 PM
http://pixabay.com Using contrast constructively Without the dark days, how would we appreciate the blessed ones? Without the hard times, how could we recognise the easy times? Without darkness, how would we ever be able to gaze up at the night sky and behold the stars in their magnificence? Simply put, we can't. The challenging periods Read More…
Create From Joy, Not Fear

Submitted by Reii on Tuesday, July 4, 2017 3:53 PM
http://pixabay.com "Therefore I tell you, whatever you ask for in prayer, believe that you have received it, and it will be yours." -Mark 11:24 Christ is telling us here that to have our prayers answered we must believe that they have already been answered, but what does this entail? To feel is to believe because Read More…
The Unconscious: A Tool For Studying Consciousness

Submitted by Peer on Monday, July 3, 2017 4:20 PM
http://pixabay.com There is an old joke: to find out if a computer is conscious, you program it to tell the truth, and you ask it if it is. The point behind the joke is deep, I think. If we made a computer, we would know how we could make it correctly report sensor data like Read More…
Moral Absolutes

Submitted by Infinite Being on Monday, July 3, 2017 12:44 PM
http://pixabay.com Is an inward sense of justice really evidence of the existence of moral absolutes? Consider the concept ‘justice’. Without any absolute (universal and objective) moral standards, it would be impossible to judge any action (particularly the actions of others). And without such judgement, there could be no such thing as justice. To the extent Read More…
Seven Things They Never Told Me At School But Could Have

Submitted by Now What on Sunday, July 2, 2017 10:47 AM
http://pixabay.com It's funny, but when asked about things learnt that have served to be the greatest contribution to their lives most people will not mention anything from school days. Have you noticed this? I can say that the things I have learnt which have served as a platform for personal growth did not come from Read More…
Genetically Modified Humans For A Super Soldier Army?

Submitted by Mad Max on Sunday, July 2, 2017 10:18 AM
http://pixabay.com You’ve seen it as science-fiction on TV or in the movies, but now it's science-fact. I’m talking about the Pentagon’s DARPA (Defence Advanced Research Project Agency) creation of a super soldier army with super human abilities achieved through genetic modification. Going on for some years, shrouded in secrecy, these mutants will make future wars Read More…
Why We Fall Prey To Misinformation

Submitted by Glorious Bastard on Friday, June 30, 2017 2:50 PM
pixabay.com Even when we know better, we often rely on inaccurate or misleading information to make future decisions. But why are we so easily influenced by false statements such as “vaccinations cause autism” or “30 million illegal immigrants live in the U.S.?” In a new review of existing research, psychological scientist David Rapp (Northwestern University) Read More…
Moral Principles Are the Truly Big Ideas

Submitted by Larien El on Wednesday, June 28, 2017 11:20 AM
http://pixabay.com Morally powerful quotes posted on social media get a lot of traction. We respond with enthusiasm when we read, “The ultimate test of a moral society is the kind of world that it leaves to its children,” a line attributed to Dietrich Bonhoeffer. Or Martin Luther King Jr.’s statement: “A man dies when he Read More…
The Guilt System

Submitted by Jaded Philosopher on Tuesday, June 27, 2017 11:52 PM
pixabay.com Most of the unpleasantness of the “real world” – the competitiveness, hostility, resentment, anxiety – can be traced to the guilt system. In a sense we each created our own version of Hell from our first encounter with guilt. The fall from grace occurred during infancy when we received the message (usually from our Read More…
Enough Already

Submitted by Rabbi Ezra Stern on Tuesday, June 27, 2017 12:38 PM
derivativeimages Enough already! Sounds rather Jewish doesn't it? Here is a wonderful post by Mr. Jon Thurman who hits the nail on the head about how people usually feel about themselves which is a topic that comes up in every counseling session I have on a daily basis. So, how much is enough? My guess Read More…