Monthly Archives: July 2016

Curiosity

Posted on July 31, 2016 by Ted Howard NZ

July 29-31,’16 ~QofDay~ Learned From Your Curiosities What have you learned from your own curiosities from your past? Just about everything I find useful to me I have learned as a result of my curiosity. I get curious about something, … Continue reading →

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Superstition

Posted on July 31, 2016 by Ted Howard NZ

July 25-28,’16 ~QofDay~ Superstition Do you have any superstition? A superstition is something believed in fear or ignorance that is not accurate. Which leads on to the definition I most like “a superstition is only a superstition when it is … Continue reading →

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Our view of Evolution

Posted on July 31, 2016 by Ted Howard NZ

The fundamental lie in the popular view of evolution! For many people, their understanding of evolution is contained in two phrases: Darwin’s “Survival of the fittest” and Huxley’s “Nature red in tooth and claw”. Both of those ideas can be … Continue reading →

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On Gratitude and Death

Posted on July 31, 2016 by Ted Howard NZ

On Gratitude and Death a two part post by James Radcliffe Hi James A lot in what you write, and a few assumptions in there that seem to me to be major limitations on the classes of possibility that may … Continue reading →

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Healthy life extension

Posted on July 31, 2016 by Ted Howard NZ

Scenarios for the future of healthy life extension Great presentation David. The one critical aspect you didn’t raise, is on the logic of life extension (your page 43). If you think about it from a “cell’s eye” view, then all … Continue reading →

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Personalised plates

Posted on July 31, 2016 by Ted Howard NZ

Smiling in Boise If you have personalized license plates, what do they say? Hi Laurie, For my 40th, Ailsa got me the plates BEARFT Those plates have been on several different vehicles, mostly 4WDs, over the last 21 years. Because … Continue reading →

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Paradigms

Posted on July 31, 2016 by Ted Howard NZ

History tells us what may happen next with Brexit & Trump I wrote this essay mainly to organise thoughts in my head, and to share them with others. I understand your two articles were “opinion pieces”, and I note your … Continue reading →

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Imagining a world without work

Posted on July 31, 2016 by Ted Howard NZ

Rob Nail: a sci fi future now Can you imagine a world where robots do basic jobs and allow people to work only 10 hours a week? Visionary Rob Nail, CEO and associate founder of Singularity University, sees the exponential … Continue reading →

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Can anyone fix economics?

Posted on July 31, 2016 by Ted Howard NZ

Orthodox Economics Is Broken. How Evolution, Ecology, and Collective Behavior Can Help Us Avoid Catastrophe After the crash, can biologists fix economics? I recall the first economics conference I attended in 1984 – IIFET (International Institute of Fisheries Economics and … Continue reading →

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Curiosity

Posted on July 22, 2016 by Ted Howard NZ

July 20-23,’16 ~ QofDay~ Curiosity Brings You? What does curiosity mean to you? Great answer FOS For me, curiosity is science. Curiosity is the eternal quest to find out what exists beyond the current limits. Curiosity is the search for … Continue reading →

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