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POPSMoscow calls for anti-U.S. alliance While Russia has insisted it was not intending to supplant NATO, Mr Medvedev made it clear that the US-dominated alliance was partly responsible for the war in the Caucasus by its failure to rein in Georgian "aggression". This is the result of the U.S. throwing its weight around the world for far too long. It is human nature that if one person is constantly directing policy onto everyone else then that person is going to be knocked down for being perceived as a bully. The time has come for the U.S. to relax its role as self appointed world police and let other nations handle their own affairs or we will be “uninvited to the party”. Hopefully, future U.S. presidents will bury this old school ‘might is right’ mentality that Bush/Cheney revitalized when they took office.
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POPSOn the Threshold of Eternity… It was, always have been in human nature... Depression. Terrible destructive feelings of hopelessness, darkness even in bright day. In the final count it is looseness, inability to manage your own life, copying with advancing troubles. Look at his haircut, beard, high hills... And he had his paintings. Instead of Internet.
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POPSOn Law and Neuroscience An interesting read describing the influence of evolution theory and neuroscience on basic legal and moral concepts such as responsibility and free will.
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POPSPelosi, Catholic light. Further, it cites Vatican instruction: “The inalienable rights of the person must be recognized and respected by civil society and the political authority. These human rights depend neither on single individuals nor on parents; nor do they represent a concession made by society and the state; they belong to human nature and are inherent in the person by virtue of the creative act from which the person took his origin. Among such fundamental rights one should mention in this regard every human being's right to life and physical integrity from the moment of conception until death.”
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POPSSocial Science is not Science "Their desire to hold on to that illusion causes them to resist many sorts of new information which conflict with their ideas. That is very human, but it ain't science. Indeed, what goes on in the social sciences would make for a fascinating sociological study." I have long held the view that social sciences are profound bullhockey, if I may use a technical term. If you research the foundations of these "disciplines" you will find that they are all based in a materialist foundation and seek to confirm that foundation through the masterful manipulation of descriptive and inferential statistics. It is time we recognize that sociology and much of the psycho-pop babble we are subjected to is nothing more than materialist propaganda.
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POPS1 Giant Leap A beautiful project :-) Video clips from all episodes of the program can be found on the web site.
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POPSCritical Neuroscience: popularisation and ideology Good to see that scientists themselves are raising concerns to do with the mishmash of mass media titbits about neuroscience that act ideologically to reinforce dominant social ideas pertaining to power, human nature and the political economy.
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POPSWhy is Rush so popular & effective Nice little article about a man who has held the Conservative movement together and gives us hope. When I first heard him, it was on TV many years ago. My jaw dropped as I heard someone say exactly what I thought & felt but with credibility and facts to back up what he was saying. He is an astute student of American history/politics and still has the values of the generations past of America. Plus he's optimistic and I rarely am. :~(
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POPSTrawlermen Cling on as Oceans Empty of Fish - And the Ecosystem Is Gasping
I saw what the trawles and longliners did to the tuna fishery in Hawaii. It would, of course, be better for everyone if these unsustainable practices could be shut down gently without the need for a crisis or the loss of jobs, but this seems to be more than human nature can bear. The EU has a programme for taking fishing boats out of service - the tonnage of the European fleet has fallen by 5% since 1999 - but the decline in boats is too slow to overtake the decline in stocks. Every year the EU, like every other fishery authority, tries to accommodate its surplus boats by setting quotas higher than those proposed by its scientific advisers, and every year the population of several species is pressed a little closer to extinction. The fishermen make two demands, which are taken up by politicians in coastal regions all over the world: they must be allowed to destroy their own livelihoods, and the rest of us should pay for it.
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POPSWhy Nice Guys Finish Last Too bad we didn't all know this in high school. Haha. Well I hope it helps out a lot of guys (and girls) out there! Nice guys rock! I don't totally agree with this article though it does make a valid point, I think it's just as much that many women aren't mature enough to appreciate a gentleman.
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POPSAliens need Christ’s redemption, too With human nature as it can be, there will be a bloody war between the different religions as to who should be the ones to convert - these people who have a great enough understanding of science to be able to travel to Earth. To meet them we send the descendants of people unable to understand their existance without a bogey man.
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POPSBelief-O-Matic An uncannily accurate little quiz to determine what religion could be for you. If you're into that.
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POPSCan we change? I saw this article at PsychologyToday.com and found it very interesting. I'm convinced that major changes in personality are not possible, but I do believe some modification of our outlook and reactions is possible. What do you think?
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