Speaking of losing money on meaningful use, there is the obvious use of meaning in terms of meaningful bets. This sets up a tautological proof that meaning is pain and loss.

This is a new schema of defining personality based on the orientation of how one derives pleasure. It can be internal from oneself or external from others; it can be visceral or intellectual. This makes a 2x2 table of four personality types: the Jock (visceral external), the Stoner (visceral Internal), the Clown (intellectual and external) and of course, the nerd (intellectual and internal)

It should be a clue that Buddhism, street racing, Medicare, and the most important philosophers of the 20th Century all say the same thing: "Meaning comes from Loss and Pain". Of course Buddhism says "Life is Suffering", more interesting is Quine's argument against skepticism that some things exist otherwise why would they cause so much headache and pain. Right now, I'm dealing with "Meaningful Use" in medicine, and I assure you it is indeed Painful and created so I will LOSE money!

The basal ganglia area that is impaired in Parkinson's is involved in automatic movements. Among it's many useful activities are those involved in playing pinball

Different groups threw around the term Fascism before the election. Fundamentally, it refers to political systems in which they determine meanings for those they rule. This includes what economic system is allowed, what political terms mean, but also a lot of what is considered plain reality is defined by a central ruling elite. Facts are only what the fascist government says they are. That's why it's Fascism.

We're in the age of the cyborg. The people running the machines rule. BUT, still, Big Blue not only beat Kasparov, it got in his head and humiliated him. Listen to the audiotape of it

An overview of the development of what we know throughout Western Philosophy

A bit of a quick intro to what knowledge and truth are.

Synesthesia is having one sense perceived through another. While ones like hearing letters of the alphabet and hearing colors are relatively rare, perceiving music kinesthetically isn't. Someone might notice that. It is entirely consistent with some of the more widely held theories about synesthesia

This is actually selling my book on Amazon. It's a very different approach to dieting