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I thought Brave New World was an iconic classic. A masterpiece of insight and extrapolation.

Following popular request (well, from one person!), I have changed the tagline, for now, to, "I think......therefore I'm here." I used dots because I couldn't line things up for aesthetic effect using just one comma.

Think...Read...Understand

There is a real possibility that women will attempt to change the system from the 'grass is always greener' perspective. Then, once the change has occurred, they find themselves less happy, since they have artificially engineered an outcome that is contrary to their evolved natural preferences...

Actually Doc, I would like to respectfully challenge the x/2 + x/4 + x/8 to infinity being a case of not reaching x. Consider dropping a coin. That coin travels half distance between the point of release and the table top. That is x/2. Then it passes another half distance, x/4 and so on. There...

Let us imagine a writer who speculates about the flip phone. Ten years later, flip phones are everywhere. Someone reading that story will look at it as just normal everyday life, once those phones are ubiquitous. It is only if you read it earlier, it appears as science fiction. Without knowing...

A big thanks to all participants at The Mind Tavern. We have hit 2,000 posts! With a bit of luck, Google will slowly pick us up, expose us to the wider world and then we may get some additional participants.

Much of science fiction, I imagine, comes to pass. Does it therefore - over time - then lose status as science fiction and just becomes fiction? Are science fiction writers just modern day prophets? Do they represents the atheists messiah, complete with their own cult following? I would like to...

I believe in equality for all. The problem is in defining a) what equality looks like, and b) what is the correct definition of feminism. How do you define White? Nowadays, it seems you can be less than 1% native Amercian yet apply for work at Harvard claming minority status...

Actually Doc, I haven't read any Douglas Adams. I come up with the potty ideas myself! :D I would be interested in why you thought it was the case. Does he cover this topic? I have little knowledge of literature. It is a gaping hole in my knowledgebase. I would argue that you cannot approach...

I have always had a fascination of paradoxes. Their mysteries begged to be unlocked, yet each time you try you are left wanting. To illustrate, take 1/3. That is 0.3 recurring. 0.3 recurring x 3 = 0.9 recurring. But 1/3 x 3 = 1 Therefore, 0.9 recurring = 1. Yet, intuitively, 0.9 recurring does...

I have a few issues with Feminism if it looks at women's needs in isolation, when they are in a system that also involves men. Let me illustrate with a few examples. Person A is from one gender, Person B from the opposite gender. #1. Imagine a hypothetical case where Person A is advocating for...

As you approach infinity, the number of possibilities are not quite infinite. But when you reach infinity (that sounds wrong!), everything is possible probable. The permutations of something become infinite. Therefore the probability of the improbable becomes 100% probable, or certain. Thus...

I assume that a deity covers the entire cosmos, unless I have misunderstood. Given that, are they also therefore the rulers of aliens and yet to be born lifeforms? If the earth is only 7,000 years old, does it mean that ecosystems further away than 7,000 light years are exempt from this rule...

What governs how we think? Is it encoded in our genes, or is it a result of environmental influence? Where does the balance lie? Express as a percentage if you can. e.g. 70% nature, 30% nurture. I think, therefore I am. But do you think that because of your genes or the environment?

America is splitting into two as a country. The Republicans will be in their bunkers armed to the teeth with rifles, while the Democrats will be in theirs, protecting themselves with slurs and flowers. Sticks and stones will break my bones but slurs will crack my mind.

I sympathise with you Doc. I'm going through my own situation too.

My role models are Donald Trump for doing what needs to be done despite endless opposition and obstacles in his way, and Barack Obama for coming over in a dignified manner, with a warm heart and intentions. My anti-role models are Hillary Clinton because of all the lies and deceit of a corrupt...

Or, to agree there is a problem. Or to agree what the problem is. Consider Brexit, some think there is a problem being in the EU, others don't.

Why state that women are still not being listened to, when by the same token, men are also not being listened to? If two sides disagree, each can argue that their own point of view is not listened to. Who defines that it is indeed "thinking forward"? Change doesn't necessarily mean progress...