Just One point: shifts in focus

During the bitter struggle for Stalingrad in the Second World War the Germans had the initial advantage but the element of surprise was worn thin by the indomitable courage of the Russians who were fighting for the Motherland. The Russians would not give up and were reduced to fight for every street. In this close [...]

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Omar Says-Rubaiyat for the Present Day

Remote control it is not, press I well Surfing channels of reason, my eyes fail- If Nature stayed true to will and please My senses-Ah it would be worth my while. In this age of instant gratification can Omar Khayyam be relevant to us? I believe the quatrain form could be used to convey our [...]

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The Rabbi Benn Weiss Stories

A Human Scale© One evening a beggar approached Rabbi Benn Weiss and said that he was an angel in disguise.” Never mind these tatters, Rabbi,” he said in a conspiratorial tone, “I am indeed an angel sent down to find how many in this City of Peace are worthy to be called His own. So [...]

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Cheshire Cat and Its Grin

`I didn’t know that Cheshire cats always grinned; in fact, I didn’t know that cats could grin.’ `They all can,’ said the Duchess; `and most of ‘em do.’ `I don’t know of any that do,’ Alice said very politely, feeling quite pleased to have got into a conversation. `You don’t know much,’ said the Duchess; [...]

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I Seek My Place and I am Found

The fruity smell of a banana is on account of a chemical substance, ester. It is distinct from that of a pineapple. Three carbons and six hydrogen in a molecular structure give its distinctive signature. Ethyl caprylate or amyl acetate is created when molecules are compounded in a correct sequence. With it each substance would [...]

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Cosmos and I

Cosmos and I are bound in ways no logic or reason can explain. To think a rational mind can think everything to its logical conclusion is a folly. Chemistry that makes me thrive does not reason but imposes its will on me nevertheless. I choose my way and if it is proved right way I [...]

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Well of Time: Here or There?-4

If We aren’t Here We are There In quantum physics no two fermions may occupy the same quantum state. A little background information may be needed here. An atom has three types of particles protons,electrons and neutrons. The exclusion principle by Pauli will assign electrons under heightened energy states exclusion zones. In short electrons cannot [...]

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Well of Time-2 Shaping emotions

First let me give opinions of an anthropologist and a biologist. ‘Our emotions make us unique 

While human aggression is a naturally evolved phenomenon we have in common with other animals, the difference between human and animal violence comes down to the complexity of the emotion driving it, said Elizabeth Cashdan professor of Anthropology of [...]

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Well of Time-I human brain

What is evolution but adapting things that are already existing? Thus we have some primitive parts from lizards and jellyfish.As a result our brain at its best have to account for what it is built upon. “Although the things it can do are very wonderful and impressive, its design is very poor engineering in many [...]

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Free Will

Do we have a choice in striking out a path for ourselves? Look at the manner we have described progress in which man’ deliberate choices connect with similar needs and choices made by others. The nameless inventor of wheel didn’t anticipate flywheel for a watch, gyroscope or wheels, which are as essential in flying. Our [...]

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