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astronomy&cosmology, languages, cultural features&differences, cats, globe&atlas, colours, photography, psychology (especially NLP)

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An eye for an eye only ends up making the whole world blind - M. Gandhi.

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• A comment on Conversation: how to find out the truth about us?

  Apr 30 2012: That was a pleasure to read your writing with very touching music on the background.
  'I think either truth is as much apparent as the surface of Ocean, right in front of eyes... ' - but 'Fish is the last to discover water'.
  I am not sure about that one truth. Even though the overall truth would be able to exist, it would probably disappear, like - if everyone/thing would be equally beautiful/ugly, no one would be beautiful/ugly, in fact, no perception of this measure would exist.

• A reply on Conversation: Is it not absolutely natural to watch one's facial expressions, body posture, natural body qualities - the whole compound of them all?

  Apr 29 2012: Hello Leena,
  "Hijabs and Burqas have gracefully rendered an identity over the years to people/group who use it" - why then a tourist woman, for example, has to were a headscarf (and to be sure of the right length of sleeves and trousers)? I don't know about India, I suppose it's not necessary there, or it depends on a region, but, for example, in Iran it's necessary. So, I do not get the point here.

• A reply on Conversation: Is Fructose (table sugar as well) poisonous?

  Apr 13 2012: I meant that an absolutely average person who does not care of something like amount of sugar, who does not have overweight problems yet, who finds more interesting businesses than studying 'the eating' overdoses it.
  The main point here is that it may cause an addiction. Then, the idea of simple controlling of yourself does not work.

• A reply on Conversation: Is Fructose (table sugar as well) poisonous?

  Apr 13 2012: Hey, he was about some kind of addiction, what is much more likely to be less controlling of yourself, plus, it is not a crime, plus, sugar in most attractive forms is all around us and it is a hard mission for many people not to overdose it in their simple daily meals.

• A reply on Conversation: Is it not absolutely natural to watch one's facial expressions, body posture, natural body qualities - the whole compound of them all?

  Apr 11 2012: What about talking with a person with a stoned face and body? Does this lead to a pure 'reflection'?
  I suppose, any random detail may trigger memory - a fleck on a burca, the color of hair, shaking hands...
  Facial and body expressions is mainly a social function, isn't it? It's for showing feelings, thoughts (sometimes without words) as well as proving the words with them, sometimes for showing what you want to show. Is this not a highly valuable tool we all have? Is it not naturally vital - and we can refuse it?

• A reply on Conversation: Is it not absolutely natural to watch one's facial expressions, body posture, natural body qualities - the whole compound of them all?

  Apr 9 2012: I wonder if it can be replaced by something or be ignored at all without the serious outcome, maybe negative, maybe positive, but really a little far from our nature. As to me it seems to be vital, to refuse it is the same like refusing drinking or eating. We can refuse to drink for several days only, we can refuse to eat for around a month, and without 'scanning' the person we probably can live much longer, probably the whole life, but surely with some misunderstandings, which sometimes can be even fatal. A human is not a glass of water, or a piece of pie, here - you never know, even the 'scanning' does not always work properly, and refusing it it's something I can't understand, so I would especially appreciate some comments of people experiencing this in real, but oh, thanks for your reply, too =]

• A reply on Conversation: Is it not absolutely natural to watch one's facial expressions, body posture, natural body qualities - the whole compound of them all?

  Apr 9 2012: Are you saying that mindsets, beliefs and customs are 'ingrained deeper' than the natural 'laws'?
  It is quite easy to replace nudity with some clothes on, but can that 'scanning' of a person be replaced by something else? To me, it occurs, the 'scanning' is vital like sleeping, eating, cooperation, cognition of the environment, etc.

• A reply on Conversation: How do we achieve gender equality?

  Feb 14 2012: Hey! I was talking about myself, about my questions!
  It can't be achieved fully by feminism, but it's the tool to reach something certain quite fast compared to the process of traditions dying out which is main and overall but slow.

• A reply on Conversation: How do we achieve gender equality?

  Feb 14 2012: Yeah.. I got a feeling three questions in a row is a bad combination; seems to be too much 'attacking'.
  But the only thing I want to do is to understand better the attitude you and others have.
  I read you reply, some questions emerged, I asked.
  I did not want to answer to the main topic (similar topics appear several times a week here), but some answers attracted me, the one raised the questions, which keep standing.

• A reply on Conversation: How do we achieve gender equality?

  Feb 13 2012: Women gained the right to vote under the same literacy requirements as men in 1932 in Brazil.
  So you think this is wrong, OK. It's nice, of course, to get a very wide variety of opinions.