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April Flowers for redOrbit.com - Your Universe Online In 1999, the first in a series of movies came out suggesting that we are all parts of a computer simulation. The Matrix was the ultimate horror story of artificial intelligence gone wrong. But could it be true? Could we be living in a computer simulation? And how would we ever know? A British philosopher, Nick Bostrom, hypothesized that we might in fact be living in a computer simulation being run by our descendants in the future....
Dropwise Essentials announced the release of their eBook, 50 Conscious Gift Ideas for the Holidays & Beyond. (PRWEB) December 10, 2012 Dropwise Essentials announced the release of their eBook, 50 Conscious Gift Ideas for the Holidays & Beyond. This report gives anyone who is pressed for time, great ideas for gifts that make a positive difference in others' lives and have a beneficial impact on the greater good. The report spans over 20 pages in total and is neatly organized...
Tho holiday season means many things to many people, but certainly is a great time to give oneself the gift of self discovery. Jacksonville, Florida (PRWEB) December 05, 2012 The holiday season starting with Thanksgiving and ending with New Years Day is special in many ways; not the least being a good time to “Find Yourself” according to the creator of “Your Two Sense Worth” Daniel Padgug. Thanksgiving is often used as a time to reflect upon what there is to be thankful for and...
Creativity/ Innovation is the leading skill out of the four skills for the 21st Century, affectionately referred to as the “Four C’s”. The sad irony, neither schools or corporations have the time or resource to teach the “four C’s internally. Detroit, MI (PRWEB) December 03, 2012 Can employers grow without innovation? No business can. For this reason, every man, woman and child must learn to become master idea generators. Idea generation is creativity, imagination, and...
NEW YORK, Nov. 28, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Beginning with Adam in the Garden of Eden and continuing down through the annals of history, poor decision-making has disastrously impacted the personal futures of even those thought to be the smartest. Joe Paterno, Lance Armstrong, and General Petraeus are some of the latest notables to be undone by dumb decisions. They're not likely to be the last. Yet wise decision-making is a simple skill everyone can learn. For most of us, it is the...
Alan McStravick for redOrbit.com - Your Universe Online Who would have ever thought we could solve math equations in our sleep? Well, maybe our level of unconsciousness might have to be a bit more elevated but researchers from the Psychology Department at the Hebrew University in Jerusalem have found that we can actually read words and phrases or even solve multi-step mathematical problems without our having been consciously aware of them. The team, headed by Dr. Ran Hassin, along with...
April Flowers for redOrbit.com - Your Universe Online Most children experience nighttime fears at some point in their development, whether it is monsters under the bed or boogeymen in the closet. Most children outgrow these fears without professional help, but some contend with them for extended periods of time. For these children, experts say, there is a risk of developing anxiety problems later in life. Professor Avi Sadeh of Tel Aviv University's School of Psychological Sciences is...
April Flowers for redOrbit.com - Your Universe Online Alex Seaman is 20 years old, and for the last year and a half, he's been a patient at the Royal Hospital for Neuro-disability. He is awake and even has his eyes open at times, but Alex has no apparent awareness and is unable to talk or respond with his body. Alex suffered a severe head injury last April. He had been out celebrating a friend's 18th birthday and missed his bus stop. The bus was still moving when he jumped off and hit...
Alan McStravick for redOrbit.com - Your Universe Online Nick Frye-Cox of the University of Missouri has recently published a study that details a particular threat to marriages and other intimate relationships. Frye-Cox is a doctoral student in the Department of Human Development and Family Studies. Along with other researchers, his contention is that persons who possess a certain dissociative personality trait unwittingly harm their personal relationships. While communication can...
Michael Harper for redOrbit.com – Your Universe Online There are many experiments in which an analog works just fine. After all, popular television show Mythbusters wouldn’t be where it is today without their willingness to put a dummy or a slab of bacon in harm’s way to conduct particularly dangerous experiments. To test the way the body reacts to sudden shock or any manner of ballistics, a half pig often does the trick. However, there are some experiments and studies which must be...
