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Christian Science - Understanding God's Creation

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• A reply on Talk: Stewart Brand: The dawn of de-extinction. Are you ready?

  May 8 2013: When de-extinction becomes so efficient that it becomes so commonplace that it can no longer be (ethically) regulated, we will then drive every species to the edges of extinction - constantly bring them back for fast food or guiltless fun. "Is Wholly Mammoth on the menu today?" "Hey, Man vs. Dinasour is on ESPN-X tonight!" There will be no stopping this after we're dead and gone (or maybe they'll bring us back too for sport in a modified chicken egg in a futuristic Happy Meal?). Science always stretches morality.

• A comment on Talk: Taylor Wilson: My radical plan for small nuclear fission reactors

  May 6 2013: Historically famous last words: "I'm going to change the world". It would be wise for us to change the message this time to "We are going to change the world" and democratize the intellectual property. Those who can stop this already have the knowledge of this technology monopolized and want to keep it that way. Ironically, it is about "power" but ideas do not change the world on their own. Sadly, politics determines its fate and is inherantly resistant to change - expecially that which cannot be controlled. They want 3rd world countries dependent on them as a means of control. Solve that first and have this ready for that moment.

• A comment on Talk: David Pogue: 10 top time-saving tech tips

  Apr 30 2013: This is the difference between the creator of art and the creator of technology. Art is intended to be interpreted by the end user. Technology, however, is intended to be interpreted by the creator - the end user is expected to be his cloned mirror image and understand that.
  
  It is truly an art (and a lot of work) to create simple useful technology - perhaps the reason for the popularity of 'the App' (single-function technology).
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  A reply on Conversation: What is your definition of 'freedom'?

  Apr 30 2013: I have found a complete and logical definition of freedom written in the Bible: Everything that can be is a result of what is. Everything that is is a result of God's creation. God did not make sin but chose to give us the responsibility of free choice (the equal potential to love or to hate, for example). Everything that exists has laws. So, there is no "absolute freedom" without natural consequence or moral judgement against a predefined set of laws which existed from creation. Freedom, therefore, is defined by the limit of law (or what is left - love, charity, kindness, patience, humility, peace, joy, etc... against which there is no law to limit). Furthermore, all this is externally imposed (natural law), but there is a deeper freedom which is imposed from within. The more you understand the weight of responsibility that freedom brings within 'natural law', the less free you choose to make yourlself (you quickly learn you can't win a boardgame of life if you don't play by the rules). So, the more externally free you think you are, the more inwardly ignorant you may be. The more internal law you impose upon your own self through self realization, the more internally and externally free you become as you literally then let who you are change your external circumstances instead of letting circumstance change who you are.

• A reply on Conversation: What is your definition of 'freedom'?

  Apr 30 2013: Worth a TED Talk on his own!
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  A comment on Conversation: What is your definition of 'freedom'?

  Apr 30 2013: GREAT AND RELEVANT QUESTION IN THESE TIMES!
  
  The Bible puts freedom in full context. Freedom is a product of law and not the absense of it (now how unexpected is that!). Actually, let me start form the top down.
  
  DOMINION - (top level) The full physical territory and theoretical scope of influence. For God, this includes everything He created except our free will (a similar consequence of God's choice otherwise it wouldn't be free). Man's domain is the earth and his ideas.
  
  POWER - (lower level) The ability to produce change in something or someone else inside our realm of dominion.
  
  GOVERNMENT / KINGDOM - The system of power employed or power structure excersised.
  
  LAW - The proactive communication of that system of power and that which defines (and simultaneously limits) our freedom. JUDGEMENT - (sticking this one in there) The reactive communication and excersize of that power which limits our freedom.
  
  AUTHORITY - (the middle) The individual (legitimate) power that remains within the confines of the Law (what the Republic of America was built on).
  
  PURPOSE - (lower, more fundamental level) The internal goal that further limits our freedom, around which we exercise our (legitimate) authority, and the direct product of our identity.
  
  IDENTITY - (the core) In short, your position towards God, "your Creator".
  
  So, the more free you realize you are, the more responsibility you equally have - ignorance is (temporary) bliss. This may seem more familiar to some if you read them in reverse order.
  
  [Anecdote: God was free to ignore/destroy his creation but freely chose self-sacrifice to set the 1st example of the consequence of freedom.]

• A comment on Talk: Laura Snyder: The Philosophical Breakfast Club

  Apr 15 2013: If knowledge is power it's already been hijacked by The Corporation.

• A reply on Conversation: Do we have an opinion about everything? If not, should we?

  Apr 9 2013: My opinion is "Facts about Opinions" is the goal.
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  A comment on Conversation: Do we have an opinion about everything? If not, should we?

  Apr 9 2013: Very clever ideas, Zhao!
  
  "...I can only use my stick to measure your stick" is so true.
  
  And that is a good philosophical point you made: if our judgement is based on Universal Truth, is it still subjective opinion?
  
  My opinion is no, it did not come from us but was somehow revealed and given to us. So it remains Truth if it is preserved and communicated without modification. Like good copyrighters, we must then always be careful to state the source of our comments so that there is no confusion between preserved/revealed Universal Truth and changing subjective personal opinion. I will try to practice that. :-)
  
  "The Truth is..." vs. "But my undecided personal opinion is..."
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  A comment on Talk: Kees Moeliker: How a dead duck changed my life

  Apr 8 2013: I'd like to propose that 2 things are contributing to these animals copulating with their dead friends:
  
  1. The dead animal produces the same or similar scent during copulation as when traumatically killed in a sudden death (my guess... the smell of adrenaline or whatever birds use).
  
  2. The dead animal on the ground simulates a subjugated, receiving attitude that is to die for.