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Mathematics: Invented, not Discovered?
An invention is a device we don’t see around us in nature, which we design starting from an idea flashing in our heads. To use the device, we often combine it with materials we find in nature. Read more
The Economic Recession: How to Love It and Profit
It is generally agreed in our society, among the haves as well as among those that have not, that economic growth is greatly to be desired. Business prospers; managers and owners get richer to live more lavish lifestyles, and the workers hold on to their jobs, getting by without too much hardship, able to feed their children, love their women, and have more children. Read more
Hassle and Joy: 10 Ways for Getting Past Hassles to Joys
Once upon a time, long long ago, a boy was born who liked messes, threw mud at people, screeched loudly, and generally dealt unpleasant, annoying, frustrating things; so his father and mother called him Hassle. The parents were lucky, however, because they also had a girl, sugar and spice and everything nice, who smiled, cleaned, played quietly; they named her Joy. Read more
More Fulfilling Sex
After food, shelter, security, and sleep, necessary for our survival, we tend to seek sex and love. Sex is our action for the survival of our genes, to which our bodies our hosts, genes characterizing us as individuals, families, tribes, humans, primates, mammals, animals–living things. Read more
The Fifth Force
Modern physics claims that four forces control everything that happens in our universe. These four forces are: first, gravitation, weak but extending to the end of space, pulling matter together; second, electromagnetism pushing objects around, strong but limited in range. Read more
Economic Growth, That Bitch Goddess
Practically everybody would like our nation’s economic growth to be larger, a larger Gross National Product (GNP). A growing GNP is good, right? Business owners, managers, and investors love it, for it makes them richer. Workers want economic growth, for it means more jobs, higher pay, more benefits to enjoy. Read more
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