Social Science - 4 October 2006

If suffering in life is 'human nature', then what would happen if
humans were to be stripped of their beliefs, their knowledge, their identity, their personality, their desires, their sufferings, their morals, their experiences, their achievements and their material belongings... what would we be?

Still human beings?

Or are we just pure consciousness deep down inside hidden away by many, many layers of impressions collected from society and past lives?

2006-10-04 05:12:23 · 28 answers · asked by Presea 4 in Psychology

I dreamt that I was taking a walk and I see this guy (I know him in real life) eating at a restaurant but I don't want him to see me so I'm walking away. But suddenly I realize that he sees me and I start to run and he starts to follow me. So I'm running and suddenly all these people appear in front of me and splash water in my face so I'm obliged to turn around and I see him standing there. With the water already on the ground now, I slipped and fell on him and he kissed me. Does anyone know what it could mean?

2006-10-04 05:10:24 · 6 answers · asked by FairyGirl 2 in Psychology

I'm mostly thinking about the congressional page but it seems like everyone in power is preying on the people below. Why do they do that? Can we stop it without going to an anarchist society to prevent power in the first place?

2006-10-04 05:08:56 · 9 answers · asked by Anonymous in Sociology

list three characteristics of an economist as a scientist and three characteristics of an economist as a policy advisor.

2006-10-04 05:07:03 · 3 answers · asked by turlington999 1 in Economics

2006-10-04 05:05:21 · 7 answers · asked by ash akhir 1 in Sociology

2006-10-04 05:05:18 · 33 answers · asked by ? 4 in Psychology

How do I escape?

2006-10-04 05:01:13 · 8 answers · asked by Cindy 2 in Psychology

Its a counselling method

2006-10-04 04:58:08 · 2 answers · asked by Anonymous in Psychology

2006-10-04 04:55:17 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous in Sociology

2006-10-04 04:52:59 · 27 answers · asked by bidia 3 in Economics

A hundred years ago, nature had a way of dealing with overpopulation and weak genes - famine, pestilence and disease (so-called Malthusian principles). Now we strive to keep old people alive for longer, and prevent famine. Does nature know best? Perhaps we are storing up problems for humankind by creating an old and weak population. What do you think?

2006-10-04 04:52:25 · 17 answers · asked by Anonymous in Sociology

For example: Choosing marriage based on absolutely nothing, allowing codependant mate to facilitate drug behavior dependancy, observing violence and aggression daily in home, enduring dominant non-ambitious attitude and behavior, observing inferiority complex 'disorder' affect children. There has got to be some other way to live.

2006-10-04 04:49:30 · 3 answers · asked by ginarene71 5 in Psychology

I'm finding that stars are more meaningful than points. They're more personal and they give me the power to be quite rude.

2006-10-04 04:48:06 · 20 answers · asked by Trust Me 4 in Psychology

2006-10-04 04:44:15 · 35 answers · asked by Hacker 3 in Gender Studies

I've always found this topic to be troublesome. plz help.

2006-10-04 04:39:22 · 10 answers · asked by Nihili 2 in Psychology

Instead of, say, in the Religion & Spirituality category?

2006-10-04 04:38:49 · 7 answers · asked by Seeker 4 in Psychology

2006-10-04 04:38:43 · 6 answers · asked by dlavellab 1 in Anthropology

2006-10-04 04:28:19 · 15 answers · asked by maxmoves 2 in Sociology

I am really interested in why people hurt people. Have you all seen Hostel yet? That film has disturbed me and I just want to know what the mental profile is for people like that or are we all capable. I love astrology so to know how to spot a nut job astrologically would be good.
ps. If you haven't seen Hostel yet, watch it and if you have seen it....... the bit with the eye haunts my dreams!!!!!!!!!

2006-10-04 04:24:29 · 20 answers · asked by cutebeantree 2 in Psychology

2006-10-04 04:22:23 · 2 answers · asked by Akshay 1 in Economics

2006-10-04 04:21:03 · 39 answers · asked by Cat Commander 3 in Sociology

Would you try and save your self or have the best time of your life what exactly would you do?????

2006-10-04 04:12:07 · 29 answers · asked by Anonymous in Psychology

2006-10-04 04:11:54 · 8 answers · asked by Jane Doe 3 in Other - Social Science

we permit billionaires - unlimited fortunes - unlimited overpay - this causes unlimited underpay - which causes the violence [war and crime] which has escalated for 1000s of years to the present eve of extinction

what has bill gates done? - he has worked - not more than many - he has used his natural gifts - he deserves no credit, no reward for having these free gifts of nature - there is no reason to assume that his gifts are exceptional - and no reason to pay him for having received gifts from nature - he has studied, learned, read, thought - as have millions of others -

he has done nothing deserving of a superfortune - the superfortune came about for reasons nothing to do with him - new technology has built-in high demand, low supply - which allows price to be well above costs - costs of pc's may be as little as 1/4 or 10th of price

we allow him up to US$15 million AN HOUR - and thus extremely underpay other workers, generating extreme violence [war and crime] - madmadmad?

2006-10-04 04:02:05 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous in Economics

When you have relations, you are sad because you have expectations with them. Expectations lead you to sorrowfull incidents. And when you have no one to care for, no body cares you either.
But if a person has learnt the technique to love every individual, every entity possible on this earth and beyond, will he/she be happy alone. ????? What you say??

2006-10-04 03:57:47 · 25 answers · asked by saketanim 1 in Psychology

Linguistic
Math/Logic
Spacial
Interpersonal
Intrapersonal
Kinistetic (Bodily Movement)
Music

If so, where do you think your "intelligences lie." Do you learn better when people appeal to them?

2006-10-04 03:54:41 · 6 answers · asked by Kindred 5 in Psychology

Or is it that you have to get rid of one thought in order to allow other?

2006-10-04 03:47:26 · 17 answers · asked by Anonymous in Psychology

Men are just second class citizens again?

2006-10-04 03:46:38 · 8 answers · asked by smile 3 in Gender Studies

At the moment a male victim has to pay his abuser 18 years of 'child support'. [A bit like forcing gays to pay to go to 'concentration camps'.]

For those who condone rape; just turn it around and say that it should happen to women too. How's it sound now?

Fear does *not* stop an erection, and even if it could then Viagra would leave the man totally at the mercy of his attacker.

If the woman has a gun?

2006-10-04 03:44:57 · 12 answers · asked by smile 3 in Gender Studies

I am not sure if any of you are familiar with clothed female and nude male but I am attending an outing with six girls from work Nichole, Jackie, Tiffany, Jamie, and Laura. I am going to be nude all night in their presence while they are clothed. We often hang out together after work on Fridays for Happy Hour and we have floated around the idea for some time now. They want me to be nude in there presence, serve as the the slave/waitor and wait on them hand and foot. I am to be completely naked the entire evening and they get to have as they want with me. I have to admit these chicks are super hot and all are single so morally I know I am not doing anything wrong but do you think with working with these girls that it is a good idea? Could they turn this against me down the road. We all promised to keep it discreet and that no one else would know about this from work. I am very excited about this Friday but part of me is a little nervous. I love being an exhibitionist and they are cute.

2006-10-04 03:44:21 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous in Sociology