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Monday, April 27th, 2009 Posted in Brain, consciosness, free will | No Comments »The puzzle the conscious and non conscious minds, and of human thought, brings in the puzzle of free will. The following is a comment submitted by Jim Nester which I find is the best interpretation I have received so far: "First, I see ...
The Mind within a Mind [part II]
Monday, April 27th, 2009 Posted in Brain, consciosness, cosmology | No Comments »When we left off in part I, we said our non conscious mind is like the part of an iceberg below the surface, and the conscious mind, like the visible part that just sticks out above the surface of the ...
Grandpa Boomers
Friday, April 17th, 2009 Posted in Boomers, family | No Comments »I was born in 1931 ...a depression baby ... not a baby boomer. The 11 grandchildren I write my blogs to were born between 1992 and 2007 ... so they don't count as baby boomer's either. When my son set ...
The Mind within a Mind [part I]
Friday, April 17th, 2009 Posted in Brain, consciosness, cosmology | No Comments »As part of our cosmology effort with the 11 grandchildren, we came up with the Nested Universes concept. Human thought and consciousness is our second area of interest. Let's come up with an idea that is equally as plausable as our ...
Update on the 2nd Prediction [part III]
Monday, April 13th, 2009 Posted in Brain, consciosness, cosmology | No Comments »My New Years Day 2000 prediction: "The greatest advance in the next 50 years will be the acceptance of a common spiritual concept by the majority if all religions, science, and by the majority of humankind. A spiritual understanding will be born ...
Results on the 1st Prediction [part II]
Monday, April 13th, 2009 Posted in Brain, consciosness, cosmology | No Comments »I'm sure there are many other opinions about what was the most important advancement in the 2nd half of the 20th century. But from my perspective, advancement in understanding the human brain was the most important ... It turns out ...
Predictions [part I]
Monday, April 13th, 2009 Posted in Brain, consciosness, cosmology | No Comments »Nostradamus is probably the best known predictor. I've made two half century predictions. I like to consider them as my two best guesses. My first prediction came about over a few beers with a college age friend in the wee ...
Happy Birthday Joseph age 7
Monday, April 13th, 2009 Posted in family | No Comments »Your getting to be a big guy Joseph. Grandpa still thinks of you as a tinkerer. The Master's Golf Tournament had an ad by Exxon-Mobil about young people like you who are potential engineers. It's a good and rewarding profession ...
A Thought Experiment – part II
Saturday, April 11th, 2009 Posted in Politics, consciosness, media | 5 Comments »The gun control issue is an emotional issue on both sides. The gun control issue is not the thought experiment. In the previous blog, I tried to make the gun control example as neutral as possible. If both sides see ...
A Thought Experiment
Thursday, April 9th, 2009 Posted in Politics, Statistics, media | No Comments »If the NRA had complete control and responsibility over the gun licensing and the sale of fire arms to the American public, would things be any different? No comments please. Think about it. I't's a thought experiment.
Boomers aren’t babies anymore
Monday, April 6th, 2009 Posted in General, media, science | No Comments »About 25% of the US population was born between 1946 and 1964. They are now between the ages of 44 and 62. Barack Obama is 47. This generation has looked upon itself as being special. If the climate actually starts to adversely ...