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85Different Sizes of Infinity
Believe it. Many people who have not seen advanced mathematics do not know about the fact that there are many different types of infinity, some of which are bigger than others. This hub will provide an explanation of this phenomenon for someone...
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84A Heuristic Inquiry into the Correlations between Consciousness and Theoretical Physics
This thesis is a first-person heuristic investigation of consciousness and theoretical physics. The result of this inquiry is a theoretical construct: the finite-bias principle. This principle is the result of paradoxical findings discovered while researching the correlations between physics and consciousness derived from the difference between perceptual reality and actual reality as a matter of finite and infinite conceptualization.
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82The Truth Behind The Debt Ceiling Debate
The debate going on now regarding the conditions for raising the United States Debt Ceiling have been predictably political and murky. It is true that progressive Democrats have emphasized protecting social programs and raising revenues. At the same...
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78Leland Stanford, Junior, Museum/Cantor Arts Center
Last weekend I visited the Stanford Museum/Cantor Arts Center to see Richard Avedon's "In the American West" photographs. The exhibit was well worth the hour drive from Berkeley. Moreover, in addition to the stunning Avedon photographs, we enjoyed the museum's huge Rodin collection, the paintings of the Leland Stanford family, including Mrs. Stanford's regal jewelry collection and a unique bronze sculpture of a horse by Deborah Butterfield.
78John of Gaunt, the Last Medieval Knight. A review of Norman Cantor's The Last Knight.
An overview of John of Gaunt, the last Medieval Man.
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76More Grampa's Favorite Songs, Singers
The popularity of my earlier compilation spurred this follow-up of some of the great songs and singers that your grandfather knew and loved a few decades ago. There's a brief bio of the performers and a representative video of their work. If you're not familiar with these artists, you have a treat in store for you.
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77Political Soup Republican Style
Well it's been a few months now since the GOP had their political serge. Boy they have hit the ground running. Now the only unfinished business is making sure President Obama will not get reelected. So Mitch O'Connell made it known to all his...
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77TP Freshmen have captured Congress
Let Freshmen be Freshmen Washington, DC, July 30, 2011--Take a moment to saunter with me through a maze of metaphors, a bouquet of disparate literary allusions and a cautious trek through the briars of animosity toward the Tea Party Republicans...
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75Answering the question IN A NUTSHELL
Of all the questions asked by science, two of the most perplexing are, "Why is there something rather than nothing?" and "How is it that we are conscious?" These questions are typically the realm of philosophy, but science is now entering these fields. Our investigations into the cosmos have revealed some very strange things indeed, such as the ephemeral nature of matter and how existence is tied up with consciousness.
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76Fractal Geometry :: Fractals in Nature
A fractal is defined as a "rough or fragmented geometric shape that can be split into parts, each of which is (at least approximately) a reduced-size copy of the whole," according to their "discoverer" Benoit Mendelbrot (Nov. 20, 1924 – Oct. 14,...
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