Social Science - 8 October 2006

ppl think: a rich person has all this money and s/he employs ppl, thank god for rich ppl!

but if the rich person got his money by overcharging, then arent you really being employed by money stolen from now-poor ppl?

over 1/4 of the price of a microsoft computer goes to bill gates IN RETURN FOR NOTHING - his fairpay for his work is part of costs

[it only takes a personal av annual profit rate of 36% to turn the 5 million he started with into the 50+ billion he has, 30 years later - ie, the 30th root of 10,000 is 1.36] - and there are many microsoft millionaires - ie, the total costs of making microsoft ware may be as little as a 1/4 of price

proverb: the poor man pays for all

the poorer the person, the more certain it is that he ISNT a thief

the richer the person, the more certain it is that he IS a thief

[the maximum EARNABLE fortune is only around US$1 million - 'the only honest way to make a million is to save $500 a week for 40 years']

are we all backtofront?

2006-10-08 20:46:27 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous in Economics

In what ways are emotions similar and how do they differ?

2006-10-08 20:35:45 · 3 answers · asked by ? 1 in Psychology

my understanding is that

repayments exceed loans to third world countries by $200 billion, ie the third world is giving $200 billion a year aid to first world -

also, that 80% of loans are spent in first world countries -

also, that most aid is military, so that those countries can enforce first world control on the third world

that most aid is given to strategic countries, ie, in first world's defence interests -

so that the first world extends its power and control through the third world through national leaders who are actually first world friends or puppets [made friendly by big bribes] and the first world gets the poor to repay the loans used to buy the weapons that are used to oppress them

which when you think of it, is no different from taxing the first world poor to pay for the weapons used to oppress the home population - the usual story: kings taxing the ppl into the ground to pay for his wars of conquest at home and abroad

2006-10-08 20:21:47 · 3 answers · asked by Anonymous in Economics

2006-10-08 20:09:33 · 13 answers · asked by CICCIO ? 5 in Gender Studies

if we didnt torture interns for years with dangerously long hours & sleep deprivation, and we paid doctors to study [as in justice we should, since study is work], would doctors be more plentiful, cheaper, and less idolised and more real and ordinary and natural?

is the punishing internship and the long years part of a plan to keep numbers low and therefore price of doctors high?

[adam smith [father of economics] said: people never get into a group except to defraud the people

and shakespeare said similarly: there is unlimited profit in limited professions

AMA: when america was being flooded with highly trained european doctors before and during ww2, the numbers of doctors did not increase at all - they were kept out by pretending that american doctoring was so different from european

chemists, plumbers use the same trick - any expensive profession - it is only because of limiting the profession - govts could intervene to decide numbers so these professions were not expe

2006-10-08 20:07:06 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous in Economics

ways to protect it
need to protect it

2006-10-08 20:05:14 · 1 answers · asked by Anonymous in Other - Social Science

2006-10-08 20:04:05 · 4 answers · asked by Rastaman 2 in Sociology

Hi...I will try not to go into alot of detail but i am a very "shy" socially anxious person...I am a 17 yr. old male and i have had this problem my entire life...I got a phone call from one of my "former" friends and i started getting extremely nervous; my heart starting POUNDING, i started sweating, i was breathing hard, and quite frankly couldn't carry on the conversation...People have told me to "just be myself" and "don't worry about what others think of you!" but that helps me VERY minimal...My father was anything but shy and i don't have a clue how i got this...I would appreciate any suggestions or some advise for this problem......thanks.

2006-10-08 20:01:07 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous in Psychology

In the so-called theory,"survivor of the fittest",the most intelligent of all living things would eventually succeed in passing on their genes for the species to survive esspecially among geniuses.But,how about the mildly intelligent or creative groups of people?As far as i know it's the creative one's that usually invented many tools or gadgets and makes a lot of contribution in modernizing the human race while the geniuses had to study it first.What do you guys think about this?

2006-10-08 19:55:34 · 13 answers · asked by georgiasnakemaroon 1 in Anthropology

2006-10-08 19:40:00 · 3 answers · asked by bobby j 1 in Economics

just for fun.....

2006-10-08 19:35:04 · 11 answers · asked by Happy Summer 6 in Other - Social Science

Seriously i do believe that men and women are equals but nature has shown us that most of the time masculinity dominates and amazingly it really works to mantain the survival of one's species.These law even works in a long story of humanity and most cultures put men on a higher rank yet this does'nt necessarily meant that women are inferior it's just that....well,you know what i'm talking about here.So what do you guys esspecially ladies out there think about this?Do you think male domination might still work today or even in the future or will there be some sort of win-win situation between the sexes?Do you really think that male dominants are really a bad idea or was it the other way around?I really hope any ladies out there would share their opinions on this question in full honesty.Thank you;-))

2006-10-08 19:27:44 · 16 answers · asked by georgiasnakemaroon 1 in Gender Studies

2006-10-08 19:20:52 · 11 answers · asked by Answerer 7 in Psychology

2006-10-08 19:09:11 · 8 answers · asked by just_me 1 in Psychology

say something powerful, meaningful, emotional, moving, clever, funny, witty, random. Give me your best and get 10 points. I want to sleep on a powerful thought, idea, story, anything. I need something.

2006-10-08 18:58:40 · 13 answers · asked by if i only knew 3 in Psychology

ONLY 4 TESTS PER YEAR COINCIDING WITH 4 SEASONS. There are NO OTHER TESTS. Students are free to pursue what they want and they should not be overloaded with homework assignments. All schoolwork must be completed at the physical location of school.

2006-10-08 18:55:33 · 3 answers · asked by Anonymous in Other - Social Science

2006-10-08 18:51:17 · 15 answers · asked by Anonymous in Other - Social Science

And what makes eeach one different?

2006-10-08 18:35:55 · 19 answers · asked by Anonymous in Psychology

ooop's

2006-10-08 18:30:01 · 31 answers · asked by Anonymous in Other - Social Science

I came across this term in Robert Ludlum's 'The Bourne Supremacy'. However, geometry is not involved in the plot.

I'd like to know what the term means and how it is used.

2006-10-08 18:25:23 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous in Psychology

What are your views about the nature/nuture debate? Are humans products of their genetics or the environment?

2006-10-08 18:24:45 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous in Sociology

2006-10-08 18:14:37 · 21 answers · asked by Anonymous in Psychology

People, please it seem like these days every time a person has a problem they are mentally ill. If you cry because your mother dies, your depressed. If you cain't sleep you have insomia. If your traunatized, you have Bi-Polar. Bull ****.Psychiatrist must have OCD, it is their job to analyze and probe rentlessely. Could it just be, we are people dealing with life problems, and have the ability to look for answers presistentely. Where does it stop?

2006-10-08 18:13:35 · 7 answers · asked by dancinintherain 6 in Psychology

2006-10-08 18:01:40 · 3 answers · asked by Anonymous in Economics

why do most black people insist on looking stupid in oversized clothes and their ignorant language. do they realize how stupid they sound and that people would have more respect for them is they spoke with proper language and dressed decent.

2006-10-08 18:00:27 · 23 answers · asked by davidd 3 in Psychology

2006-10-08 17:54:44 · 4 answers · asked by Kiwi 1 in Economics

Medical model of psychiatric health: When symptoms go away you're "cured." Really? So the iatrogenic diseases I got from the side effects of psychotropic drugs is a non-problem? You mean when the roller coaster of mood swings is not abated by drugs like Depakote we should conclude mood stabilizers really "work?" You mean when I take a drug like Wellbutrin to stop depression and I still feel depressed I should blame myself and not the pharmaceutical industry for its false promises? You mean when I take tranquilizers for anxiety related problems I should stay on the maintenance dosage for the rest of my life why?--a) because I have a "chemical imbalance" or b) because the pharmaceutical industry needs all the "sick" people it can get to get hooked on addictive prescription drugs?

2006-10-08 17:43:19 · 12 answers · asked by What I Say 3 in Psychology

I get things done, but only in the last minute. Some people have said that this is a positive quality and others have told me it shows that i'm lazy (which I don't think is true!). What do you all think, and are any of you big time procrastinators?

Mainly talking about school work.

2006-10-08 17:39:05 · 13 answers · asked by Anonymous in Psychology

First let me address this fact (to help me when it happens,cause I know it will) I know there will be some who will not have the intellegence to wrap their mind around this. And some who do not even have the intellegence to address this in an intelligent manner. Now with that said.
Have you ever encountered or yourself thought on a problem or situation, till you pick it apart. It becomes so deep it is confusing. I mean literally disect, until you are in a state of total confusion. Sought after an answer till you relize there is no answer and seek that answer more and more. You feel like you have to much sense for your on good. You plan, organize clean and think, in an constant effort to stop or make this problem workable, with every concieveable thought you can empty from your mind.Only to find you are right back at square one with more questions, more confusion, and exhausted. Sometimes I wish I didn't have the ability to examine a problem to death, and go throught this cycle over.

2006-10-08 17:29:12 · 14 answers · asked by dancinintherain 6 in Psychology

please help. me afraid!?
i am 24 yrs old girl. i was unwanted child of my parents. i was sexually, physically, and mentally abused by my parents. i was raped at the age of seven by my baby sitter. i was raped by my bf and his frd in a car at the age 19, i was again raped at the age of 20 and 21. i was not allowed to socialise . i was tormented everyday till this july 2006 when i got a chance bcoz of my uncle , to participate in international exchange programme. but now i am here, i am a shy girl. i dont take part in all the group acitivities. i work in the workshop and attend meetings , but i dont feel like doing anything. as i want to concentrate on my decision which i have to take while i go back to india in november 2006. but my supervisors are angry they want me to participate in tomorrow's thanksgiving volunteer work. but i simply dont want to go. please help. me scared of their anger!

2006-10-08 17:19:22 · 14 answers · asked by priya t 1 in Psychology