Thought provoking

71% of the Earth's surface is water-covered, and this sounds like a lot of water. But only 0.12% of Earth's total volume is liquid water. Look at this chart. The largest sphere represents all of Earth's water. Its diameter is about 860 miles and has a volume of... See more

Es ist wichtig zu verstehen, dass aufgrund des Placebo-Effekts jede Art von Therapie zu einer deutlichen Besserung des Gesundheitszustands führt – so esoterisch diese Therapien auch sein mögen (wie etwa die Rückführungstherapie, die Edelstein- bzw. Kristalltherapie, die Astrologie, Wallfahrten, Wasser aus den Quellen von Lourdes). Die Tatsache,

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However, when it comes to the current internet we have, the city where we live digitally, I can’t feel any message of ambition. Yes, Amazon told me, “You should buy more stuff,” Facebook told me, “You should talk to your friends,” Netflix told me, “You should have more entertainment.” But the Internet itself has no strong message, but a lot of... See more

Young people do not degenerate; this occurs only after grown men have already become corrupt,” wrote Montesquieu in the eighteenth century.1 Our children may take this statement to heart when they find that their elders are leaving them with a poorer future. Three-quarters of American adults today are not confident that their children will be

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If God wanted us to build Type 1 Civilization, he would have: 1. put a giant fusion reactor in the sky (emitting blackbody radiation around 5800 K) 2. made 28% of Earth's crust out of a semiconductor with a matching bandgap (~1.1 eV or so) 3. filled the oceans with an... See more

But the immunization that seeks to protect the body (and mind) of each citizen is an important reality. The forms of aversion multiply, the phobia toward contact spreads, and retreating into oneself becomes a spontaneous act. Indeed, it is precisely in this latter movement that we should make out the tendency of the citizen who distances himself

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