(September 10, 2013 at 6:08 am)KichigaiNeko Wrote: We have a thing we have named "Wine O'Clock" this is the time of day we discuss various thoughts/ revelations, problems/ solutions to our lives and thought processes..... topics range all over the shop but some new and interesting information is often brought forward... I may not necessarily like it but THAT is besides the point.Awesome concept... don't know how I could apply it at my home... maybe when the kids have grown and left...
(September 10, 2013 at 6:08 am)KichigaiNeko Wrote: Item one"have become", or "have always been, for the most part"?
Humans (VERY generally speaking) have become complacent and intellectually lazy. One could argue that this has been the case throughout human history.
Take religion…. As an example; here is where we have all the questions pre-digested and resolved so that the sheeple can go about being organic robots for some master or imagined other.
(September 10, 2013 at 6:08 am)KichigaiNeko Wrote: Item two??
Our global/ local economies; are just an idea construct. As Zen has stated “take away people and money dies” (my paraphrasing) To wit, if people no longer existed then the whole concept of money also no longer exists- take away people and a car will still exist (not necessarily performing its original function) but it will STILL exist
So… what are those with money so worried about? Loosing an ideology?
Evolution (as we define it) will also continue to exist sans people. So what are the religious so worried about?
Take away the people and the wealth that money represents will mostly go away, yes... but some will still be around.
A friend of mine once drew my attention to the fact that the value money has is mostly psychological. Money is valued because people perceive that money as something they can use to exchange for other things.
Not all money is equal.... would you accept monopoly money in exchange for your hard earned carrots?
(September 10, 2013 at 6:08 am)KichigaiNeko Wrote: Item threeFission and fusion rely on heating the material around with fast neutrons.
Gravity. JUST wtf IS it? We are able to observe its effects but just what is it?
Must add here that this little gem led us into Matter/ Anti-Matter, Fusion as opposed to Fission and how a Matter/Anti-Matter reaction would trump them both!
Matter/anti-matter annihilate and release only photons... in opposing directions! Look into solar sails and you'll probably come to the conclusion that photons don't give off that much power... although you should be getting the full energy of the two particles that annihilated.
There's a huge plus: no waste! everything gets turned to light.
And there's a huge con: The trouble* of handling anti-matter...
*trouble, as in amount of energy required.
(September 10, 2013 at 6:08 am)KichigaiNeko Wrote: Item four
Recycling, Solar Power-residential, local producers of food and the lessening the overall fossil-fuel impact/pollution to our environment.
Here the “Inconvenient Truth” is the fact that many current industries will die and humans will adapt to other forms of energy usage. Here in Australia the “grass-roots” have embraced recycling and Solar power (residential) to the point that the authorities are unable to keep up and are no longer funding such initiatives. We personally have our own “home garden” and grow many foods that are often too expensive (read take a lot of fossil fuels) or are “out of season” from our local growers/ supermarket suppliers.
Rachael has commented an excellent article regarding the Tesla Company and its forays into electric vehicles, the conclusion…truth in journalism no longer exists.
Living in an apartment, "home garden" is something that goes missing, we do have a few pots with flowers and stuff, but nothing we can live of.
Perhaps, some day...
(September 10, 2013 at 6:08 am)KichigaiNeko Wrote: Item five
The Media - “he who controls the media, control the people” Is this a true statement? Seems to be if you are a sheeple
I (like many others) follow links and strive to get the REAL information.
The question here is do you trust what is “Fed” to you? Or will you look a bit deeper to get the REAL story? Another question is...are we trusting less and less of our organisations to actually DO what they say they are doing?
When reasonable, I eat it... when it sounds like too much of a stretch, I try to dig deeper... take Syria... it's starting to look an awful lot like Iraq.
On the other hand, news like this, sound reasonable:
http://rt.com/news/radiation-tepco-fukushima-leak-637/
