It looks like some medical books will be redrafted. A patient who woke from a coma a decade ago and has been vegetative ever since, has now communicated with carers through brain imaging. It’s the first time an uncommunicative, severely brain-injured patient has been able to give “answers” clinically relevant to their care. It will …
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Category:7 Holonics and Life
The Old Lie: dulce et decorum est pro patria mori
The lie that inspires people to kill, and to die. Don’t forget. Remember the shame of war. Remember the cost of war, which honour and glory can not repay. Dulce Est Decorum Est Bent double, like old beggars under sacks, Knock-kneed, coughing like hags, we cursed through sludge, Till on the haunting flares we turned …
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Why driving is dangerous.
Even if you’re a reckless driver … So, take it easy …
Health, simply.
The best six doctors are sunshine, water, rest, air, exercise and diet.
Einstein on brain vs brawn.
Any intelligent fool can make things bigger, more complicated and more violent. It takes a touch of genius, and a lot of courage, to move in the opposite direction.
Outlook 2013: If you haven’t found the answer yet, read this.
If you see some question about what the future holds the ideas outlined in the WFS Outlook 2013 will stimulate. Even if you have found teh answer it will still feed you brain. Enjoy it. http://www.wfs.org/futurist/november-december-2012-vol-46-no-6/outlook-2013 Outlook 2013 INTRODUCTION Human actions could become more accurately predictable, thanks to neuroscience. Nano-sized robots will deliver cancer-fighting …
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Can we face reality? Can we do the right thing?
Some have said for a long time that the management of Ireland has been corrupt, collusive and self-destructive. The solutions have been evident, but require action by those that are party to the inefficiencies. The track record is not good – even the priests never owned up about their corruption. Perhaps enough people will wake-up …
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Sustainable development portal, Wikipedia
A good place to learn about balancing economics, environment and ethics. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portal:Sustainable_development
Peace on earth. Can it happen again?
Chuck Lorre Vanity Card #392 From what little I know of prehistory, man roamed the Earth for hundreds of thousands of years in small tribes — probably no more than two hundred people per group. During this time all wisdom was passed along according to the oral tradition. Everything you needed to know in order …
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Now we have heart disease in primary school children.
Another study has reiterated the foolishness of stuffing children with chocolate and chips. The health problems of middle age are now occurring in children from as young as two years old who are obese. Either the love or carelessness of parents is killing children. Parents want to give the children what they want, or don’t …
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