GENIUS FORUMS

A gram is a unit of measure for mass. A mole is a unit of measure that is proportional to the number of molecules. A mole is clearly defined, but it's mass differs depending on what substance you have a mole of. This is proportional to if you were to say you had five molecules and you wanted to know...

oops i posted the same thing twice, sry

My understanding is that Atomic weight is roughly the amount of particles comprising the nucleus (the amount of protons and neutrons). If an element's nucleus is comprised of one neutron and one proton, then is has an AW of approximately 2. Electrons reportedly hardly make up any weight at all. And...

mass and weight isn't mixed up here standard atomic weight is the same thing as relative atomic mass (average of all isotopes atomic mass for the specific element in their respective percentages in the local environment of Earth). yes, odd terminology, but what can you do. If oxygen has an atomic ma...

Life coming from non-life http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Miller-Urey_experiment (Just some food for thought. I'd actually write something, and comment on a lot of the other things as well, but I'm really busy and tired right now. I've got three test next week, so I probably won't be able to reply soon...

I apologize for the lack of clarity. No, the wink means that I don't agree with your assertions about love and coupling even though I used your assertions to lead me to the word abnormal. Not all relationships work out well, most take effort. But that doesn't mean all men and women are as crazy as y...

James, That was a very interesting article. I just got through the it, it was quite long. I enjoyed the evolutionary approach. If there's any specific points you want to discuss, that could narrow things down. Sue, And it isn't. Women only care about Woman. As far as women are concerned, men are con...

Just because there is no God, does not mean one shouldn't have a sense of what is right and what is wrong. To have a developed conscience is to have a very clearly defined sense of right and wrong. To have a very gaunt conscience is to have a poorly developed and contradictory conduct in regards to...

I'm going to attempt to rewrite what you wrote so you can let me know if I understood it all correctly, I hope you don't mind. :] Hi! I do not think there is an oneness of mind/body/etc intrinsically, I suppose culture also needs to become adult and sage afterwards, so, not only the baby becomes tod...

I have an analogy: Ever desireless, one can see the forest, Ever desiring, one can see the trees. :) Hmmm, I don't think it captures the nature of the Tao very well. Any forest you can imagine is just another tree with respect to the Tao. Lol, I should have stated that I was playing off of the sayi...

How would you tie cause and effect into those two lines of Lao Tsu's? Do you think what he was saying is related to it or no? Yes, I do think cause and effect are related to those two lines. I'm not sure what exactly you're asking about though. But I'll try to answer. At the very least: Being desir...

First I thought I'd post some actual alternative translations that I found online: The translation you were using: Ever desireless, one can see the mystery Ever desiring, one can see the manifestations These two spring from the same source but differ in name; this appears as darkness Darkness within...

Ryan, You are merely projecting your own views onto everyone one else. It is like university students, they suffer through memorization, big student loans, and immoral teaching methods because they are hoping for something in the future, better job, recognition, to help humanity. However, their fant...

I have an analogy:

Ever desireless, one can see the forest,
Ever desiring, one can see the trees.

:)

Why did Lao Tsu say this: Ever desireless, one can see the mystery. Ever desiring, one can see the manifestations. instead of this: Ever desireless, one can see the mystery and the manifestations. Ever desiring, one can only see the manifestations. hmmm? I think that the manifestation and mystery a...

http://www.wou.edu/las/physci/ch412/perhist.htm

you might find this interesting

Prophet= highly intuitive
Genius= highly rational
Prophet + Genius = Wise man

;)
(actually it all depends on definitions, there aren't really any stable definitions for prophet or genius, so they can be the same or different depending on context)

Cat, I change to perceive phenomena, because "I" am phenomenal. Yes, there is no true continuity of self and identity over time only the perception of such created by our neural processes. But time is an illusion. Is there not consciousness in every moment? I'm not sure what you mean. Doe...

David, I change to perceive phenomena, because "I" am phenomenal. Yes, there is no true continuity of self and identity over time only the perception of such created by our neural processes. But time is an illusion. Is there not consciousness in every moment? You can only describe the limi...

Hmm, well I've thought about various concepts of rebirth over the years. Right now though, I'm under the strange impression that I am a slightly different person every moment, but not so much reborn. I'm just very very similar from moment to moment because not much has changed, but change did occur ...

I think it's interesting.
:)

I recommend reading Blink by Malcolm Gladwell if you're interested in this type of snap second decision making.

Why be ethical and not be a hedonist? (I think that's what your questions boil down to.)

The soul may be cured, but not fate. Fearful thing, an incurable destiny.
~Victor Hugo, Les Miserables

Doing what's right sets your mind free. Chasing pleasure only leads to suffering.

About living a "normal" existence. Having a home family and kids. At least one would would not be an outcaste from society. We are social animals after all, the alienation of a Hermit's life may be hazardous to the mind. M. My opinion: There's nothing wrong with a "normal" exist...

I think these tests are a bunch of crap. Your score is a mixture of what you think you are like and what you would like to be like and maybe a little bit of what you really are like. But of course, it only tells you what you tell it. It's still interesting even if it only lets you know what you thi...

Andymonk wrote: Sorry, but the complete flower of life is not an optical illusion. Do you not find it strange that egyptologists and archaeologists wont give a date for the flower,considering "the osireion" is the oldest building in egypt? You're missing the point, how old something is doe...