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...a-- Book 6 Our Psychological Motivations 1 “. . . AND GU... ...N--OUR REASONS FOR DOING ........................................................................................................... 10 FREUD--AND TH... ...was in philosophy but we knew each other socially. Then I got a ‗post doc‘ at Stanford and she got one at Berkeley. Nowadays we are often put on the... ...afraid we won‘t be seen as logical. People are more likely to do something from a psychological need for power, then rationalize their actions based ... ... we won‘t be seen as logical. People are more likely to do something from a psychological need for power, then rationalize their actions based on the... ...e who is less powerful than I am. I feel good. My rationalization for why I did it may be societal, ‗he is in a different gang.‘ It may be God based,... ...s I‘ve had. Seeing Aida in the Baths of Caracalla in Rome. The greatest voices from La Scala, camels and elephants, one of the Verdi‘s finest operas... ...20,000 eager minds devouring some of Verdi‘s tenderest morsels, the music of the Muses. The language of angels filled the warm summer air, as Romeo ... ...er minds devouring some of Verdi‘s tenderest morsels, the music of the Muses. The language of angels filled the warm summer air, as Romeo and Juliet...

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...Overpopulation is responsible for many of our planet's problems--global warming, the lack of fresh water, poverty, high gasoline and food prices, air and water pollutions, the scarcity of natural resources, the excess of wastes and their proper disposal, and even some wars. In the year 2020 Commander Lemuel Gulliver XVI returns from a twenty year odyss...

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...of Utopia— Book 4 A Look at Human Values 1 ―. . . AND GULLIVER RETURNS‖ --In Search of Utopia-- BOOK 4 A Look at Human... ............................................... 14 WE MUST THINK MORE DEEPLY—AND UNDERSTAND OUR THINKING ............... 24 OUR BASIC ASSUMPTIONS -- T... ..................................................................... 37 GOD BASED ASSUMPTIONS ............................................................ ......................................................... 233 Moral from God based assumptions ............................................................ ................................................................. 330 Spying on the citizens has value from a self centered point of view ................. ... sleep anywhere and you don‘t have to worry about the weight of your body on a mattress. I had trouble sleeping on my bed in California, but these ai... ...luable to a society, should we give tax breaks to symphony orchestras and operas and to their musicians and singers? How about secular private schoo... ... In fact Shakespeare was rather outspoken in his derision of lawyers, in ‗Romeo and Juliet‘ it is about your primary concern being your fees, possib... ...hakespeare was rather outspoken in his derision of lawyers, in ‗Romeo and Juliet‘ it is about your primary concern being your fees, possibly to the ...

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...Capitalistic Musings 1 st EDITION Sam Vaknin, Ph.D. Editing and Design: Lidija Rangelovska Lidija Rangelovska A Na... ...glected Branch II. The Misconception of Scarcity III. The Roller Coaster Market – On Volatility IV. The Friendly Trend V. The Merits of Inflatio... ...end V. The Merits of Inflation VI. The Benefits of Oligopolies VII. Moral Hazard and the Survival Value of Risk VIII. The Business of Risk IX.... ...e Fabric of Economic Trust XIX. Scavenger Economies, Predator Economies XX. Notes on the Economics of Game Theory XXI. Knowledge and Power XXII.... ...ining of data for emerging patterns, rules, and "laws"? On the one hand, patterns based on limited - or, worse, non-recurrent - sets of data form ... ...orm a questionable foundation for any kind of "science". On the other hand, models based on assumptions are also in doubt because they are bound to... ...re I give to thee, The more I have, for both are infinite. (William Shakespeare, Romeo and Juliet, Act 2, Scene 2) Are we confronted merely with ... ...to thee, The more I have, for both are infinite. (William Shakespeare, Romeo and Juliet, Act 2, Scene 2) Are we confronted merely with a bear mar... ...s derelict economies and destitute people to the kitschy glamour of the tacky soap operas that flooded their television screens. Bedazzled by the a...

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...The Path of Splitness is a major non fiction work of 1,868 pages: This is the latest revised version. The book analyzes and explains: 1: The origins of our Universe: where it came from and how it was created. 2: Basic aspects and dynamics of the Organic Universe and Organic Life. 3: The origins of modern humans going back 25 million years...

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...Excerpt: On a January evening of the early seventies, Christine Nilsson was singing in Faust at the Academy of Music in New York. Though there was already talk of the erection, in remote metropolitan distances ?above the Forties,? of ...

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