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Eine neue Studie von Psychologen der Universität von Middlesex soll beweisen, dass Menschen, welche Gewaltspiele spielen, nach dem Spiel wesentlich entspannter und ausgeglichener sind, als andere Menschen. Zu diesem Zweck wurden 292 online-gamer, männlich als auch weiblich, getestet. Nach dem spielen fühlten sie sich gelassen oder etwas müde. Unterschiede gab es im Alter, dem Geschlecht und der Persönlichkeit des Spielers. Es wurden höhere Level der Entspannung erreicht, mit dem Spiel, in dem Falle World of Warcraft.
Also, bei Gewaltspielen ist es wie in anderen Dingen auch, die Dosis ist entscheidend. via NEXT Generation
Die Anthropologin Helen Fisher studiert die Liebe:ihre Evolution, ihre bio-chemischen Grundlagen und die lebensnotwendige Bedeutung für die menschliche Gesellschaft.
Sie skizziert drei Etappen der Liebe, Lust, Vernarrtheit und langfristige Anhänglichkeiten. Sie beleuchtet die ewige Frage, warum wir lieben, und warum wir fremdgehen. Sie diskutiert ebenso über die Bedeutung der Frauen in unserer modernen Gesellschaft.
Mit anderen Worten, ein interessanter Beitrag.
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"This is what you shall do: Love the earth and sun and the animals, despise riches, give alms to every one that asks, stand up for the stupid and crazy, devote your income and labor to others, hate tyrants, argue not concerning God, have patience and indulgence toward the people, take off your hat to nothing known or unknown or to any man or number of men, go freely with powerful uneducated persons and with the young and with the mothers of families, read these leaves in the open air every season of every year of your life, re-examine all you have been told at school or church or in any book, dismiss whatever insults your own soul; and your very flesh shall be a great poem and have the richest fluency not only in its words but in the silent lines of its lips and face and between the lashes of your eyes and in every motion and joint of your body´s".
"You know holiday shopping is offensive and wasteful. You know Christmas "wish lists" and "gift exchanges" degrade the concept of giving. You know Christmas marketing is a scam, benefiting manufacturers, stores, and huge corporations, while driving individuals into debt. You know this annual consumer frenzy wreaks havoc on the environment, filling landfills with useless packaging and discarded gifts.
Yet, every year, you cave in and go shopping. The relentless onslaught of advertising exerts constant pressure. So do the unified bleatings of herds of shoppers, who call you "Scrooge" if you fail to enthusiastically join their ritual orgy of consumption. Friends and family needle you with gift requests, store windows beckon with shiny colorful packages, the same "classic" holiday jingles are piped constantly through every speaker in town.
How can you resist?Join the Christmas Resistance Movement!
The growing CHRISTMAS RESISTANCE MOVEMENT is joined in solidarity against the Shopping Season. For every 100 automatons who call you "Scrooge," there's a sparkly-eyed CHRISTMAS RESISTOR who supports YOU in NOT BUYING INTO THE HOLIDAY HYSTERIA.
Together, we boycott Christmas Shopping, Christmas decorations, Christmas cards, and every variety of Christmas Crap. We refuse to support the Holiday Industry. We show our love for friends and family by giving our time and care, not by purchasing consumer goods. We maintain the integrity of giving by giving spontaneously and from our hearts, rather than during a specified season.
You are not alone. Together, we can RESIST CHRISTMAS!"Überall in den Buchläden finden wir "The Secret", diese glatte, neuverpackte Geschichte über die Ideen und die Einheit des Christentums.
The Secret of the Universe hat mit all dem nichts zu tun. Es ist der Versuch auf die großen Fragen unserer Zeit eine Antwort zu finden. Gott, sexuelle Ethik, Moral, politische Ideologie. Wie wirken sie in unserem Leben, wie beeinflussen sie die Welt um uns herum. Ein interessantes Buch, für alle die sich mit den bisher gegebenen Antworten zu unserem Leben nicht zufrieden geben wollen.
Die Rede von Douglas Adams Digital Biota 2, 1998, Cambridge. In meinen Augen sein bester Vortrag ever. Die Rede als mp3. Die Qualität ist lausig, aber was macht das? :)»So, my argument is that as we become more and more scientifically literate, it's worth remembering that the fictions with which we previously populated our world may have some function that it's worth trying to understand and preserve the essential components of, rather than throwing out the baby with the bath water; because even though we may not accept the reasons given for them being here in the first place, it may well be that there are good practical reasons for them, or something like them, to be there. I suspect that as we move further and further into the field of digital or artificial life we will find more and more unexpected properties begin to emerge out of what we see happening and that this is a precise parallel to the entities we create around ourselves to inform and shape our lives and enable us to work and live together. Therefore, I would argue that though there isn't an actual god there is an artificial god and we should probably bear that in mind. That is my debating point and you are now free to start hurling the chairs around!«