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Certainly a valid point. I simply cannot help but think in relative terms of Malaria. A popular figure is that at least 1 million people will die of the disease this year - the majority being children - and generally in third world sub-Saharan Afirca. It is said that every 30 seconds a child in...

Actually, not necessarily. The idea of black smokers forming in the oceans of Europa presumes they would be fed by volcanic fault lines caused by the constant tidal tug of Jupiter on Europa's core itself. In other words, sulphur based life forms would simply require a constant vulcanicity to...

He's specualting! I don't see the "50-50" as having a mathematical basis, just an expression of his fears. :) He raises important points - but I think your post suggests he is confusing "humanity" with "civlisation". It would be extremely difficult to eradicate huamnity. However, a major...

It didn't actually convince when I had it - at least, rationally. I was probably at my most rationalist then, coming out from science A-levels and then taking a psychology A-level. I was faced with the rationalisation of the experience in biological terms - but that never actually felt...

The first I came across the "Desiderata" was on a Leonard Nimoy Album. I honestly thought he'd written it at first. The following line just cracked me up: Once you've heard Mr Spock say that, it makes it a little harder to connect with the intended widom of the sentence.

It's actually already on www.sacerd-texts.com in HTML form, and I've certainly considered putting up at least some content from it. Think I linked to an article from it on the topic of the Fool in that thread? Either way, the Chronicles "Gathering Encyclopaedia" was such an utter time-intensive...

Rievaulx Abbey really is very nice - very extensive ruins, widespread site - plus set in a wooded valley among the Yorkshire Wolds. Very nice. :) I think I'll have to think about taking the family there again this year. Long drive, but...ah, could be worth it if we pick a nice day. ;)

We have an aging hamster named "Binky". Not enough room for a dog, and never sure about getting a cat. Bigmacscanlon - you had a pet die on you recently - a dog, perhaps? Seemed a little sensitive? Or is it simply your casual manner? ;)

Confucianism section now updated - was actually just one page mis-spelled, but I optimised the titles for all the other pages under that section as well. ;) Oh - and I've now uploaded 18 new pages comprising of bad mis-spellings of world religion names. :) Talk about marketing... ;D

The notion of voodoo seems to have more in common with an abusive relationship, where the victim allows the "practitioner" to dominate their own sense of reality. And such practices can play on some very real and powerful inner fears - only in such instances, the practitioner involved is able to...

I guess belief in God comes from 2 main avenues - being told that there is God, and experiencing something that feels like God. I'm one of the latter - general life experience has given myself a sense that the notion of a Concept of God (beyond all human comprehension) as like an active...

Here's the link: Glacier crack places Peruvian city in peril

Well, the search has begun to trace looted items: International effort to recover stolen Iraqi treasures

Yup - the announcement two years ago was just a little premature - but now the mapping is complete and finalised: Human genome finally complete

I guess the Great Apes are like the litmus test for enviromental protection - if we cannot even protect them, then what can we actually protect on earth?