There are lots of supernatural ways to predict the future. None of them have produced convincing results, although they do give people a way to free themselves from stress and to make important life decisions. Some critics of such things would say that the important thing is that predictions don’t stand up to scrutiny...
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In 1939 a man named Semyon Kirlian found that if an electrically charged object is left sitting on a photographic plate, an image of the small electrical discharges around the edge of the object is recorded. Kirlian connected the record of the electrical discharges around living things like plants with the theory that all...
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We think that we have an intuitive understanding of what kind of event is likely to happen naturally and which events might have some kind of supernatural explanation. A mathematician named J.E. Littlewood formulated a way of connecting unusual events with probability. It’s called Littlewood’s Law, and it states that we can expect to...
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Hoaxes are a part of life. Governments offer us lies or half-truths to further their aims, scientists cite fictitious studies to back up their claims, religious people pretend that their doctrines are science instead of religion. But hoaxes would never be accepted if we did not have the willingness to accept any old tale...
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It seems to matter to people that the events that happen in our lives have a purpose behind them. For a large section of the population of the world there’s definitely a need to believe that things happen for a reason.
When some people think about the injustices in the world, atrocities of war and...
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If you are one of the millions of people who say they would like to learn how to draw but “have no talent”, why not think again and make an attempt to let go of your self-imposed limitations? There is nothing mysterious connected to opening up your natural ability to draw, just the need...
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The guardian angel, in the way it is understood in modern times, is an invention of a fifth century Christian philosopher called Pseudo-Dionysius The Areopagite. According to Christian thinkig, your guardian angel is not only looking after your physical well-being but also asks God to overlook some of your sins on account of your...
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Oddly enough, one of the requirements in order to be a champion hotdog eating contest winner is a healthy diet. It stands to reason that if you are going to abuse your stomach on a regular basis, you should be kind to it the rest of the time. If you are going to enter...
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This post is a follow-up to a previous post on how to become an artist.
Becoming an artist requires mixing with people, learning from them and discussing art with them. But at the same time you will find that much of the time it is very lonely. So find opportunities to work with other people,...
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What am I, how did I get here and where am I going? The most important question is “what am I?”. If I am just a combination of my physical and mental wheels turning, then how can I expect to survive? If I subscribe to the idea of the soul, what is it? Is...
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