The Problem with Literal Bibical Intrepation

Literal Biblical interpretation requires a perpetual habit of blindness to the facts Martin Scheen brings up in this video. Literal interpretation weakens the impact of the great truths in the Bible and leaves its defenders with the task of explaining just how some of these statements make sense. That is an almost impossible task.

Community informatics

Community informatics, also known as community networking, electronic community networking, community-based technologies or community technology refers to an emerging set of principles and practices concerned with the use of information and communication technology (ICT) as understood in the information systems discipline, in conjunction with community development and other social academic and practice areas, for the personal, social, cultural or economic development of and within communities. It can be considered as a cross or interdisciplinary approach utilising ICTs for different forms of community action in the real or virtual spheres.

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Community informatics looks like a confused, beginning discussion about ways to use old and new communications technology to make changes and discusses programs.  The confusion would not be allowed if the methods and goals of ICT were understood.  The wikopedia article the link references is a good starting point for joining the discussion.

Tags: ICT, community informatics, CI, information and communication technology

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Deepak Chopra

Deepak Chopra Has it about Right:

Deepak Chopra clearly states what I have believed for many years. Death is the lose of personal consciousness. Good cannot exist without evil. Sin is its own punishment.
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Tags: Deepak Chopra, Organized Religion, Consciousness

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StumbleVideo: BBC-Horizon-The Six Billion Dollar Experiment

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This video reviews the hopes for the large hadron collider.  It's done by the BBC.  It's very well done and goes a long way to ask fundamental questions in the few minutes it runs.

Tags: Large Hadron Collider, Geneva, Atomic Physics

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Bionic Arm

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Bionic Arms Approach the Real Thing

Bionic muscles have been a long standing goal. This movie shows the state of the art. The device seems to be able to move in all the ranges a human arm can. 

It seems that when all these pieces are put together and decent AI is present we are ready for a truly capable robot companion.

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Tags: Robots, Artifical Arms, prosthetics, muscles

The Noosphere

This approach by defenders of religious positions is much more effective than the name calling that is normally done.

The North American Union

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This video lays out the goals of the North American Union. The time frame is boggling for the size of this task.