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30 minutes ago: Amazing... inspiring...
what a wondeful talk!
without doubt this is one of the most inspirational speaches i've seen.

30 minutes ago: It's really a big difference between China and U.S when I watch the viedo. Kids in our country only cares about their paper works, their marks in the examination and the so-called prize from school. I hope one day in later future, China will also have such kind of a school like yours~~~

45 minutes ago: As some people have said, religion is not the cause of morals however, it is more the reflection of society. Then following with examples such as how religious groups lag behing in accepting gay rights. I havent seen any statistics, but in my life experience, i find atheists and religious people are equally opposed to homosexuality. Considering how many more atheists there are than say a specific branch of a religious community being christians, i find there are an equal amount of anti-gay atheists than christians. This is not backed by statistics, but is what through my perspective has been o observed. If you think thats the weak point of my argumant, then it is also the weak point of yours. I'm a christian and i accept gay rights, and even support them.

1 hour ago: Geography is without a doubt, a factor, but surely not the only one. Some of us can afford to migrate to more pristine environments but would that help improve our health? Bottom line is, one needs to lead a balanced life, meaning... eat healthy, reduce your stress, exercise and keep a positive attitude. After all, heart attacks are not only caused by environmental problems!

1 hour ago: All the educational institutions measure their success with success in outplacement - that is how many of their graduates found jobs even before they graduated as well as the quantum of offers they got. We constantly read about the graduates of some IIM or Harvard getting six figure offers etc. Now who are these employers? Most of these employers are Multi-National Corporations with a lot of money in their kitty. If you have ever worked in one of these organizations or interacted with an employee of these organizations - you will realize that job preservation is the foremost objective of almost everyone who works in these organizations and avoidance of failure or mistakes is their goal. I do believe this is the main force that prevents educational institutions in nurturing creativity - their desire to please corporations so they will hire more of their graduates.. The truly creative person simply cannot work in these organizations and hope to be creative.

1 hour ago: Does it really matter what motivates progress as long as progress is being made?

1 hour ago: I have a question for you James King (and Jeet P ). If happiness is not the goal then what is in your opinion. It would seem to me that the pursuit of happiness is the one of the the most basic motivations known to man. If you are not pursuing happiness then what are you pursuing.

1 hour ago: So amazing. I love this sort of thinking. How and when can we make this the Norm???

1 hour ago: If we're lucky, meat grown in laboratories will be able to replace much of agricultural business sometime soonish (a few years). In which case, we will have the available resources to pursue some of this more ecologically-friendly luxury food for those opposed to lab meat.

Now we just gotta push for more cool stuff like this with our purchasing power. If we want a market for healthy food, we're gonna need to prove it by refusing to buy junk food and giving our dollars to better business models. Money is the only thing these companies respond to after all.

1 hour ago: I am assuming this is sarcasm!

1 hour ago: What? You should cite some specifics, because I feel like I don't really understand your criticism. Are you bashing his presentation style or the ideas behind it? What numbers are "cooked up?"

I believe the point of this talk was to coerce corporations and governments into funding projects like this--to make it a good economical choice: save money and energy by doing this and thus increase your net profits. Corporations won't do good themselves, as I think you are saying, but perhaps we can trick them into doing good using their unquenchable thirst for profit.

Either way, I don't think you can say that his funding of a new reactor is a bad idea... especially one with such great potential.

1 hour ago: "Reason is the first thing you would gain by rejecting religion".

What a concise way to sum up the hypocrisy of Neo-Atheism. If reason really counters religion, shouldn't I need to have it before I can reject religion? You want to convince yourself that atheism is the only path a reasonable person can take, but evidence shows countless examples of the opposite. This data doesn't fit your world view, so you are forced to redefine "reasonable" to mean the same as "atheist".
Thus: Atheist = Reasonable
Reasonable = Atheist
That is what's known as circular reasoning, and it's a logical fallacy. The irony is that you are asking JM to accept atheism on faith. You really think you're free from prejudice?

1 hour ago: Haha, this... vaccine mention, makes no sense at all! How can vaccines help lower your reproduction capability. I understand that better health services means less unsuspected pregnancies, but vaccination has nothing to do with pregnancy... officially.

1 hour ago: haha, I know. This... vaccine mention makes no sense! How can vaccines help lower your reproduction capability. I understand that better health services means less unsuspected pregnancies, but vaccination has nothing to do with pregnancy... officially.

1 hour ago: Update:

As far as getting better 3D results in the model when you move around a scene, what I said above stands firm, but for those people who *insist* on only taking panoramas, the panorama side of Photosynth looks like it will be getting support for real stitched panoramas sometime very soon.

Watch this video if you're interested:
http://ch9.ms/BFV8

1 hour ago: "Commercial food is to natural, local food what Britney Spears is to music. ". Awesome.

1 hour ago: Dan Barber was simply fantastic on stage. He had a wonderful sense of timing and he really took us through two models of (agri)culture that we need to constantly confront until we have achieved a sustainable and healthy way to live for us and our children. I've studied and practiced Permaculture and this simple talk delivers the core of that design idea to everybody and with a smile. Well done.

2 hours ago: There was this piece by paganini for the guitar that i once was learning, it took me over a week to learn a few sections and the amount of joy it brought me as a musician to get those notes right was priceless. I'm not a psychologist so i won't comment on the psychological or mental aspects of such brilliance at the age of 11, but i do want to share the idea that, her playing such powerful and complex pieces gives her a lot of emotional satisfaction plus i'm sure it connects with her soul and bring out her best.

2 hours ago: Apparently America has too many rules to play the get rich quick game. Nowadays you need to live in a country ruled by communists; the “people’s republic” of China is a country adding billionaires at the highest rate…and is now just a handful of billionaires behind America!
Alternatively you could live in Russia, a country ruled by former communists where the state can do whatever it wants! Whenever it wants… Now the richest man on the planet is a Mexican! What did he do to make it to the top? I got some facts Here…
http://ketiva.com/News_and_Events/gates_open_to_allow_slim_to_pass_as_richest_man_on_planet.html

2 hours ago: I didn't hear Mr Graham claim that Jesus promises a disease free life, nor have I read it in the Bible, so where is the hypocrisy? As far as making money, he receives a reasonable paycheck from his association and does not have access to its accounts. He was also a leader of the civil rights movement, working closely with MLK and others. You don't need to be religious to recognize Graham as a good person, only educated about his life. Your barrage of name-calling only reflects poorly on you.