Social Science - 7 January 2007

my dating life sucks,thanx to the "monster" ,i have lost a few friends to aids,i have a brother dying of aids currently,i am so afraid of contracting hiv so to avoid it i have devoted my life to my kids and job,i have no sexual life and seriously?i'm kinda bored and lonely.what should i do,and please dont say the obvious(psych) there are other ways of dealing with this i'm sure.

2007-01-07 14:53:09 · 5 answers · asked by knowingisbeautiful 1 in Psychology

We all appreciate beautiful flowers, natural sceneries, picture and art, women and men. But from where does the sense of beauty originate? I have not found any answer. Do you have any?
(Regarding beauty of women, I distinguish between pure beauty and sexual appeal. I am not using the word "beauty" in such a restricted sense.)

2007-01-07 14:52:30 · 22 answers · asked by Roy 2 in Psychology

I have to take a classin econ. this semester... and my class starts tomorrow.. I'm very nervous because this is one of the last classes I need to complete my major... has anyone else had it?? could you tell me basically what is learned in that class??

2007-01-07 14:50:58 · 2 answers · asked by Mj 4 in Economics

Not "I dont like spiders" Unless they really make you have palpatations.

Real psychological fears.
Eg, I blacked out driving once, luckily at night, and I ditched with no-one else on the road.
But now, driving, especially rush hour and motorways, can give me the naff stomach and the odd nervous hand shake. Nowhere near as bad as 18 months ago when it happened, but it's still at the back of my mind.
Perish the thought I ever black out again and put someone elses life at risk.

Anybody have "concerns/anxieties" about aspects of their life, and how did you get them?

2007-01-07 14:49:41 · 21 answers · asked by Anonymous in Psychology

This remarkable book contains over 120 sayings from the founders of modern physics paired with parallel sayings from the seminal works of Buddhist, Hindu and Taoist contemplatives. Einstein and Buddha is a fascinating collection of quotes that challenges us to think deeper about the relationship between modern physics and mystical insight. Although these two ways of understanding and investigating reality have significant differences, the parallels suggest that they share a mysterious and profound connection.
The parallel sayings are organized by theme and touch upon the nature of matter and energy, the relationship between subject and object, the understanding of time and space, the importance of direct experience, the role of paradox and contradiction in our understanding, the limits of language in describing reality, and the interdependence of all created things. Each section is accompanied by a brief introduction to how these concepts relate to the scientific and spiritual ways of knowing. On each page is an insightful quote from an eminent physicist such as Albert Einstein, Niels Bohr, Erwin Schrödinger, Werner Heisenberg, or David Bohm, together with a surprisingly similar statement from a renown authority of Eastern religion such as the Buddha, Chaung Tzu, the Upanishads, D. T. Suzuki, or the Dalai Lama.




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Sample parallels from the book EINSTEIN BUDDHA
According to general relativity, the concept of space detached from any physical content does not exist.
-Einstein If there is only empty space, with no suns nor planets in it, then space loses its substantiality.
-Buddha
Physical concepts are free creations of the human mind, and are not, however it may seem, uniquely determined by the external world.
-Einstein All such notions as causation, succession, atoms, primary elements...are all figments of the imagination and manifestations of the mind.
-Buddha
Time and again the passion for understanding has led to the illusion that man is able to comprehend the objective world rationally by pure thought without any empirical foundations—in short, by metaphysics.
-Einstein By becoming attached to names and forms, not realising that they have no more basis than the activities of the mind itself, error rises…and the way to emancipation is blocked.
-Buddha
In our thinking...we attribute to this concept of the bodily object a significance, which is to high degree independent of the sense impression which originally gives rise to it. This is what we mean when we attribute to the bodily object "a real existence." ...By means of such concepts and mental relations between them, we are able to orient ourselves in the labyrinth of sense impressions. These notions and relations...appear to us as stronger and more unalterable than the individual sense experience itself, the character of which as anything other than the result of an illusion or hallucination is never completely guaranteed.
-Einstein I teach that the multitudinousness of objects have no reality in themselves but are only seen of the mind and, therefore, are of the nature of maya and a dream. ...It is true that in one sense they are seen and discriminated by the senses as individualized objects; but in another sense, because of the absence of any characteristic marks of self-nature, they are not seen but are only imagined. In one sense they are graspable, but in another sense, they are not graspable.
-Buddha
The belief in an external world independent of the perceiving subject is the basis of all natural science. Since, however, sense perception only gives information of this external world or of "physical reality" indirectly, we can only grasp the latter by speculative means. It follows from this that our notions of physical reality can never be final. We must always be ready to change these notions—that is to say, the axiomatic basis of physics—in order to do justice to perceived facts in the most perfect way logically.
-Einstein While the Tathagata, in his teaching, constantly makes use of conceptions and ideas about them, disciples should keep in mind the unreality of all such conceptions and ideas. They should recall that the Tathagata, in making use of them in explaining the Dharma always uses them in the semblance of a raft that is of use only to cross a river. As the raft is of no further use after the river is crossed, it should be discarded. So these arbitrary conceptions of things and about things should be wholly given up as one attains enlightenment.
-Buddha



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About the Author
Thomas J. McFarlane is "an independent scholar of no mean stature" in the words of eminent professor of religion and philosophy Huston Smith. A graduate of Stanford University in physics, he also holds advanced degrees in mathematics and in philosophy and religion. In addition to his scholarly work, he has been immersed in the study and practice of the spiritual traditions of the world for over 15 years, and is a registered patent agent. He lives in Eugene, Oregon.



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2007-01-07 14:44:11 · 2 answers · asked by Thomas 6 in Other - Social Science

It always confuses me when people say that. How does that make something right?

2007-01-07 14:34:39 · 10 answers · asked by Anonymous in Psychology

is 131 a good I.Q.? i did one of those 12 page i.q. tests and thats what i got...not sure if it is a valid test, but if it is a valid test, i think i did pretty good considering that i am hammered drunk right now and when i took the test...so i must be a freakin genius when i am sober!

2007-01-07 14:25:49 · 14 answers · asked by John M 2 in Psychology

especially in old age why do they complain so much? just can't take it anymore.i know that we have to be caring and understanding towards them but this negative energy is getting on to me.any suggestions.

2007-01-07 14:21:42 · 28 answers · asked by tina 3 in Psychology

I think I'm a kind person for the most part but I loath possums and run them over when I get the chance. My friends tell me that only mean guys do this and that I as a woman should be more kind. How about it women? Tell me I'm not the only lady who does this.

2007-01-07 14:21:08 · 31 answers · asked by Jessica D 2 in Gender Studies

In Cairo there exists a cottage industry which mutilates children to be used as beggars. The more gruesome and pitiable the mutilations, the more the beggars will earn. The disfigured children are placed on mats on street corners with a begging bowl.

Is it bad? Um

ONE IN 4 CHILDREN ARE BORN OUT OF WEDLOCK
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/15835429/

DIVORCE IS INITIATED BY THE WOMAN 2/3 OF THE TIME:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Divorce#Who_initiates_divorce.3F

THE CONSEQUENCES ARE:
http://www.civitas.org.uk/pubs/experiments.php

Children living without their biological fathers

* Are more likely to live in poverty and deprivation
* Have more trouble in school
* Tend tend to have more trouble getting along with others
* Have higher risk of health proboblems
* Are at greater risk of suffering physical, emotional, or sexual abuse.

Feminists point at this and ask for more money despite them largely being there due to feminist inspired 'choice'.

What's the difference?

2007-01-07 14:20:22 · 13 answers · asked by Happy Bullet 3 in Gender Studies

well when a guy says that a girl is only good for a few things and that is cooking and cleaning and taking care of the baby (if u have one) well when a guy says that us women just walk away and we just let it go but what should we do?? i have had that happen to me and i was just so mad that i walked away and i couldnt do anything at all for what he had said to me. so what am i going to do if that happenes again



thanks to any1 that helps me answer this question :)

2007-01-07 14:13:19 · 16 answers · asked by kc_fishes 1 in Gender Studies

Do you care?

2007-01-07 14:12:46 · 26 answers · asked by Anonymous in Psychology

2007-01-07 14:06:17 · 12 answers · asked by cer 2 in Economics

Please share a personal story of a time in your life that was hard (that you overcomed) or a happy time in your life! I need some inspiration...tough time in my life at the moment

2007-01-07 14:05:51 · 6 answers · asked by Fi 2 in Psychology

After studies a few years ago, using people of all faiths "praying" for a test group of hospital patients, then comparing those patients to a control group with the same medical conditions, for some inexplicable reason there seemed to be a slight, but still noticable improvement in the health of those who had been "prayed" for.

Now I don't believe that an almighty figure answered said prayers, but I am open to the possibility that the collective positive/negative thinking by one group, can possibly affect another group to a small extent.

And if reports of the CIA funding people to stare at goats, to try to affect the animals wellbeing are to be believed, it seems like I'm not the only person that thinks this may be not completely impossible!

What are your opinions?

2007-01-07 14:04:35 · 16 answers · asked by Anonymous in Psychology

2007-01-07 14:03:53 · 8 answers · asked by FOREVER AUTUMN 5 in Psychology

2007-01-07 13:57:55 · 4 answers · asked by Hockeyplaya88 2 in Psychology

Why are we breaking apart?

2007-01-07 13:57:47 · 9 answers · asked by Christian 1 in Sociology

I am really depressed cuz I really do not want to go to school and I want to skip all these grade s so I can become a dog rehabilitator?
please give me some advice? How do you overcome negativity?

2007-01-07 13:53:52 · 9 answers · asked by happy 2 in Psychology

2007-01-07 13:53:02 · 10 answers · asked by Diesel Weasel 7 in Psychology

The 1st 6 years of my life is just wonderful. I'm already 21 but I still have those wonderful memories as a 3 year old. I feel loved by my parents,my siblings and during those times I hear the neighbors saying I'm a cute child and that I'll be handsome once I grew up. On those 6 years I have lots of friends and playmates. everyone is nice to me. I learned to read at age 3, So I heared praises that I'll be a gifted child. Then things changed when my family moved to a new city. The people there are very different and rude. Kids are making fun of me and I've been bullied. All of my struggle started when I was 7. I have no friends at school and I was being a center of joke. My self esteem is more crumbled because my Brother always bully me when I'm home. Because he is jelous that he is not the youngest child. But I'm not spoiled because my mom make my life a miserable hell. She always nag at me night and day and say mean words. I have a brother named Gerald, he died 8 years before my birth and my mom always say if Gerald didnt die, I dont have to exist in this world and i'm sort of a cheap replacement. There are so many reasons why I was being picked on at school. I'm from a middle class family and because I'm studying in a public school, Most of my classmates are from families below poverty line. Because of that they bully me because they think I'm a rich kid. There where kids acting like they where my friends but they just do that so they can eat the lunch prepared for me. I started to realize that I'm different from other kids because they think I'm weird and crazy. I have mannerisms typical kids dont do. I'm very hyperactive that there had been times I was being punished by the teachers. One teacher hits my head with a broom until it breaks into two. I'm also outcasted because I'm not Catholic and my Country, is a Catholic country. Unlike America The kid/teen who gets respect and popularity in school are the ones with the highest grades and I have terrible grades in math, I was always humiliated because of that. I tried to study hard but I think I have some learning disorder because until now I cant solve a simple arithmetic and I cant read the clock unless it's digital. My childhood is very terrible and I felt like I'm I'm a living a misery. At fifth Grade I discovered 3 passions of mine. Music, Martial arts and writting. My passion for music died because my mom dont want me to learn instruments but I still love singing. Then my passion for martial arts is not prospering because of money matters. At fifth grade there were people who said I have a great potential at writing so I pursue it. I'm writing poems, stories and songs. It fills my spirit and I love the people's reaction towards my works but my family dont give a damn. When i was on 5th Grade my life was a bit better because I have friends and my performance in school is good. But I'm back to hell at 6th Grade because I'm surrounded by kids smarter than me and they had treated me like a trash. My life is a bigger heck in highschool.I was turned into a fat insecure kid and I was always humiliated by the teachers.I've been discriminated at school because I'm not catholic and makes me more insecure. I was outcasted and I felt like the hedgehog who is never been hugged. My Highschool life is rouger when I became a Junior because Science became Mathematical and that is my weakness. I get to have 2 girlfriends during Highschool. My 1st one is ashamed that I'm her boyfriend while the other one makes me more insecure because she is an outcast like me. When I graduated Highschool, My Parents didnt support me for college. I tried taking up a computer vocational course because I found computers fun but it was a torture because Mathematical equations are back. I failed that course and it put me through more depresion. I got a scholarship to a course that i dont like and it's caregiving. I graduated recently but that course makes me feel more insecure because it's never been my dream to wash the butts of elderly people. I get back to my 1st love which is writing. I posted some of my works in fictionpress.com. My poems get positive reviews but I lose motivation from finishing novels because all I have is negative reviews and it kills me. I always get this review: "Your plot and story is nice but your grammar sucked."

2007-01-07 13:52:30 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous in Psychology

How do you not lose yourself and not get lost? How do you stay an individual and be proud of yourself?
How do you balance?

2007-01-07 13:52:13 · 7 answers · asked by Rachel T. 2 in Psychology

a.rice b.corn c.chicken

2007-01-07 13:49:43 · 14 answers · asked by Scorpius59 7 in Economics

More and more we hear about cloning. Would you like yourself to be cloned and have many of " YOU " around?

2007-01-07 13:49:34 · 11 answers · asked by montralia 5 in Psychology

if you could define character how would you?

2007-01-07 13:47:08 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous in Sociology

It seems that whenever I'm in line at the grocery store, someone has to come and stand within a foot or less behind me. If I shift back just a bit, I run into them. Americans have been known to enjoy our personal space even in public, so what gives? Is this just a product of an increasing population or is it a result of increased immigration?

2007-01-07 13:46:56 · 15 answers · asked by Melissa Me 7 in Sociology

2007-01-07 13:46:48 · 8 answers · asked by slick9591 1 in Gender Studies

2007-01-07 13:45:01 · 5 answers · asked by stacia 3 in Psychology

And then you can play your dream on a TV, or computer? Pretty wild idea, any thoughts on this. I remember hearing about this somewhere a few years ago.

2007-01-07 13:38:02 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous in Psychology

2007-01-07 13:32:32 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous in Psychology