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Terraforming the Planet Earth
Terraforming (literally, "Earth-forming") of a planetary body is the process of deliberately modifying its atmosphere, temperature, surface topography or ecoogy to be similar to those of Earth to make it habitable by terran life forms - that is...
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The 6 Ages of Comics
- As Seen Through the Lens of my Life I cannot remember the exact age that I got interested in American comic books but I know that I was quite young – certainly younger than ten; probably quite a bit younger than ten. I would be given...
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Why Banking Needs to Die
At the heart of banking is the concept of “No Risk”. There is a saying that a bank is like a person who will lend you an umbrella when the sun is shining and take it away if it looks like it is going to rain – and this is correct. When you go...
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Beat Writer's Block
This is expanded version of an answer I gave on Yahoo! Answers about writer's block and how I have overcome it. Although it is about script writing in particular, it works with any fiction. If you suffer from this problem, I hope these words help....
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Jersey and Guernsey
There is a rivalry amongst neighbours. Take Yorkshire and Lancashire or England and France. The same is true of Jersey and its neighbouring bailiwick Guernsey. There is an old saying amongst Jersey folk: “Red sky at night, Jerseyman's delight …....
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The Nonsense of Quantum Mechanics
Take a simple experiment: take a light beam and shine it through a thin slit and it goes straight through. If you take two thin slits very closely together, you get a wave pattern of bright and dark slots. This is called a diffraction pattern and...
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The Value of Human Life
John 8:31,34: To the Jews who had believed him, Jesus said, "If you hold to my teaching, you are really my disciples. Then you will know the truth and the truth will set you free ... So if the Son sets you free, you will be free indeed". ...
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Ecological Collapse
There are three problems causing ecological collapse: Irresponsible Technology and Pollution Dwindling Resources Waste IRRESPONSIBLE TECHNOLOGY AND POLLUTION There are two types of irresponsibility: deliberate (warfare technology) and...
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Social Collapse
The human race is an endangered species. When you read the not-so-vital statistics of the world we live in, you may wonder if mankind has any real hope for the future. The human race is an endangered species. But why should you care? You may not...
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Consumerism: A Life Threatening Disease
LUKE 12:15: Then Jesus said to them, "Watch out! Be on your guard against greed; a man's life does not consist in the abundance of his possessions." THEODORE ROSZAK: If the resistance of the counter-culture fails, I think there will be nothing left...
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Tomorrows Crises: War
In the capitalist's eye, war is the most desirable state of affairs because it is the most profitable. THE SECOND WORLD WAR The Second World War was the first war where all the propaganda and slogans took a back seat to the harsh realities...
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Health, Wealth and Happiness
REDUCING SUFFERING BY MEETING HUMAN NEEDS BASIC NEEDS The World Employment Conference of I.L.O. in 1976 defined the five basic needs as: Food Health Clean water & sanitation ...
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Today's Problems, Tomorrow's Crises
THE FUTURE STARTS HERE BENJAMIN DISRAELI: The more extensive a man's knowledge of what has been done, the greater will be his power knowing what to do. At first sight, humankind does not seem to fit our prominent place on the earth. We are not as...
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The Alternative to The Consumer Mentality
But why should you care? Because if this situation is left to continue unchecked, it will not be long before our planet and our lives will not be worth saving. We will be so riddled with disease and cancers that the most humane thing to do...
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Economic Collapse
Proverbs 23:4,5: Do not wear yourself out to get rich; have the wisdom to show restraint. Cast but a glance at riches, and they are gone, for they will surely sprout wings and fly off to the sky like an eagle. The human race is an endangered...
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Living Without Cruelty
This is my latest re-write of my first book "Community, Church and Community". The title was inspired by a line of cosmetics that contained wholesome ingredients that had not been tested on animals. It was called "Beauty Without Cruelty" and the...
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Human Needs
A DEFINITION OF HUMANITY For the sake of this report, a good working definition of humanity lies with our basic human needs. If these needs are unfulfilled, we fail to express our full humanity. It is true that humans react to their...
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Wealth Not Money
Money is continually mistaken for wealth. Because we value everything in terms of money, we believe that wealth must mean money. We think that having a lot of money means that we are wealthy. But real wealth consists of what is produced: the food we...
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Does Graphology Work?
Graphology is the study of handwriting in order to get information about underlying personality. It is alleged to be a pseudo-science because tests have proven inconclusive. However, everyone knows that graphology works because they will say,...
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The Problem With Probability
My elder brother Terry is responsible for a real epiphany moment in my understanding of mathematics. One day we were at home and he turned to me and said “I bet I can get 10 heads in a row”. Having an interest in mathematics, I knew the...
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Functionalism and Its Implications
Functionalism was an 19th Century idea that the function of an object was independent of the structure of the object. You may not think this is a big deal but it was a difficult for a 19th mind to consider because in that time there was no object...
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Global Warming: Cooling the Planet
In 1974, Professor Stephen Salter of the University of Edinburgh invented a novel device that became known as the Salter Duck or Nodding Duck or Edinburgh Duck. In small scale controlled tests, the Duck's curved cam-like body could stop 90% of wave...
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Writing and HubPages
WRITING IS EASY, HUBPAGES ARE HARD I have been writing now for almost 30 years. I just do 1 page a day as a minimum. If I am more creative, great but if not, then at least I have done one page. At the end of the year, I will have at least 365 pages...
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Comics: Just For Kids?
I believe the oldest comic starts with the words “I Ramses the Great did achieve a great victory ...” and was chiselled onto a temple wall in Luxor in Egypt abut 1274 BC.The Egyptians were big fans of comics (or if you prefer, sequential art)...
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Favourite Lists Were Not Easy
I decided to do a sponsored event for charity by writing a 365 HubPages this year or an average of one every day. I thought that it would be easy; after all, I have written 2 books that way. But it quickly became apparent that writing a book and...
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Global Warming: Why the Computer Models Need to Get it Wrong
Richard Attenborough was finally swayed by the argument for global warming when he saw how closely a computer model matched real life. Unfortunately, this is a classic example of hoodwinking - whether intentionally or not. It is really easy to get...
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Banks: The Credit Crunch Was Their Fault
The thing that angered me about the Credit Crunch was that the banks were bailed out by governments around the world when it was entirely and utterly their fault. At the heart of banking is the concept of “No Risk”. There is a saying that a...
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Towards a Better Designed Wind Turbine
Wind power represents a real and cost effective means of sustainable, carbon-neutral and green energy production. The disadvantages come from the fact that they need to be tall. The higher up you go the more likely you are to get the wind speeds...
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The Internet Nation
Graphic Endeavours by Matt W Moore he thing that really annoys me about Star Trek is the complete lack of understanding they have for the teleport system. To them, it is just a convenient way to get from A to B. They do not understand the impact...
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The Selfish (Non-Nucleic) Gene
1976 saw the publication of a book called “The Selfish Gene” by Richard Dawkins which has recently been updated to celebrate its thirty years in publication. I first came across it around 1979/1980 as a recommended book for one of my zoology...
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There is No Such Thing as a Fact in Historical Research
I normally get lynched by angry mobs when I put this argument forward. The argument is simply this: history is based on the accounts of people and people very rarely tell the truth. Take a simple example like a road accident. If you compare...
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The Power of Art
ART THERAPY: ART AS HEALING The use of art has always been used for self-expression and to convey ideas and emotions that are difficult to describe verbally. Its potential as a therapeutic tool became apparent after World War 2 when survivors of...
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Better Alternatives to Taxation
Everyone who enters this sordid and ugly world of politics has a pet hate - mine is taxation. There are two aspects that I wish to deal with: the first is the abuse of existing laws, particularly income tax and ITIS; and the second is the inadequacy...
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Thank God for Texting and the Internet
There has been a torrent of complaints about texting and the internet. It is claimed that they are destroying the English language in particular and communication in general. They also complain that the internet is clogged with mundane, boring and...
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Maguire's Laws of Experts
Everyone talks about the population explosion. But a far worse danger is the explosion in the number of experts that appear on TV and in the news giving their opinions about every part of life. Next time, you are listening to an expert spouting...
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Thank God for Blogging
I have one photograph of my mother as a child - just one. She was aged 4 and it was a formal pose at a professional photographers. The earliest photo I have of my grandfather is at the age of 18 posing in his World War 1 uniform before he left for...
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Thank God for Social Media
Cubed by Lorin Brown When I was at university, I wrote two books. The first book was an accident because I did not intend to write a book, I was simply going to write a letter. I got a letter from my local pastor asking everyone for their thoughts...
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Is it Really Possible to Bend Spoons Just Using Your Mind?
Uri Geller claims he can bend spoons and stop watches using only his thoughts. Others claim to be able to make pencils roll across a table by a mere act of will. Well, spoons have been bent by people claiming telekinetic powers. However, you can...
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Oil is Running Out - Hoorah!
Oil is running out. My friend John is of the opinion that when we do eventually run out, we will have to go back to somekind of Dark Ages. And there are many like him. There are many social commentators who predict the end of the world as we know it...
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Global Warming: How High Will the Sea Rise?
There has been much discussion about just how high the sea level is expected to rise because of global warming. According to a report prepared for the British Irish Council in 2003, it was suggested that the rise in the next 100 years would be...
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Parenting: Being A Step Parent
If you came here looking for advice on being a parent, forget it. I cannot tell you anything about that because I have never been one. But I have been a Step Parent and I freely offer my experiences, some of which may help you and some of which will...
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Thank God for Modern Art
The good news for everyone is that Twentieth Century Art has removed the artifice from art. I do not know who was responsible - the usual suspects are Pablo Picasso, Marcel Duchamp or Jackson Pollock. Personally I think it was all of them. Removing...