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I'm passionate about

Im passionate about the way emotions can change our very being and the way we view life. and i really like seeing people understand and connect with animals.

An idea worth spreading

Always respect the person in front of you. whether it is your enemy or your friend. another great idea i believe in is to think before you act and not to make important decisions when angry.

Talk to me about

Anything and everything. teach me about science and biology and learn from me (hopefully) about how to fight for what you believe in without burning every other aspect in your life.

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• A comment on Talk: Jack Horner: Shape-shifting dinosaurs

  Feb 14 2012: So... this talk is actually about how big the ego of scientists is... the bigger the ego-the bigger the dinosaur. :)
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  A reply on Conversation: Its hard to accept that universe is expanding. It might be but not necessarily true.

  Sep 13 2011: Totally unrelated to this debate, why do you call nature "she"?

• A comment on Conversation: Are humans domesticated by technology?

  Sep 13 2011: I had my iPhone stolen 5 days ago. since then ive been walking around without a cellphone or an electric calendernote taker etc. i write everything in a little note book and the result is actually very good. every appointment i make i schedule before i leave my house and i plan my day as a single chain of events that is mostly planed ahead. i leave my house with 5 things i must finish and i actually manage to finish them, while when i had my iPhone i would rescheduled and cancel appointments all the time and would leave the house with 3 assignments and end up completing 7 other ones that hadnothing to do with my list, completely missing the 3 i wanted to get done. the down side is that im unreachable most of the time and i miss the feeling of having a strong socialtechnological device at hand which i can use at any minute to improve what im doing. but im way happier and i feel like i achieved alot with a single list and a non changeable time table, while with the iPhone i would do a million things a day and had access to answers for many problems on real time.
  
  i would get another smartphone but i think i will try to develop some restrictions to when i should use it and how often.
  come to think about it, i believe that if this type of technology is helping you at work and life then its a good thing. if it directs you from what you want and distracts you, then you should place boundaries on that (on yourself, of course).

• A reply on Conversation: How Do We Teach Children Compassion and Empathy?

  Sep 13 2011: so... more Homeschooling then. ;)
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  A comment on Talk: Julia Bacha: Pay attention to nonviolence

  Sep 12 2011: It is interesting that this talk is coming out now, the month palastinian authority is about to turn to the u.n to declare them as a country. so maybe the entire debate here about who is wrong or right and who has a more "righteous" claim of this land, is not that important and we should follow the next month and see how things develop. and try to asses before-hand what and how the outcomes will turn... just to see how far off you can always be, even if you are of palastinian/israeli origin.

• A comment on Talk: Philip Zimbardo: The demise of guys?

  Sep 12 2011: The problem is a real one and he is bringing the truth to the surface. but why the people that comment claim he is using the wrong data to prove it. excessive porn and video games creates a new world for young males to escape to. so, while porn and video games might not be the cause of the problem, it is still good data to support the "rise of the demise" as Zimbardo claims.
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  A comment on Conversation: Do young people have a valid role to play in national and international politics?

  Sep 12 2011: Seems problematic, dosnt it. when they are young they can be full of passion and are craving for change and willing to work hard for it, but they sometime lack the wisdom of experience that comes with age.
  On the other hand, when they are older and more experienced, they tend to bend to the rules of the game, and they become part of the system and loss interest in changing so badly. maybe they get tired, maybe they loss heart and maybe they see things arent so easy as they imagined it would be. whats clear to me (this days at least) is that we have to raise the young generations to understand they are the future and they most understand it well because it looks like a complex future and we still have much to do at preparing.
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  A reply on Conversation: Why is so difficult to Forgive and Forget ?

  Sep 12 2011: Very hard being just and merciful at the same time. sometimes you can even resort to violence, thinking it would bring justice. but soon you realize you are caught up with the hatred and have lost the balance between when it is time to be merciful and when it is time to be just.

• A comment on Conversation: How Do We Teach Children Compassion and Empathy?

  Sep 12 2011: Because it is more like a behavior that can be learned by observing and imitating rather then chemistry that can be taught through papers and tablets, i think we should teach by showing compassion and empathy to one another and surround our children with people (parents, family, teachers) that behave in that way. but we most remember that compassion and empathy are not the only qualities of a good society so we most not build a fantasy world for them as well.

• A comment on Talk: Mark Bittman: What's wrong with what we eat

  Sep 12 2011: I love this talk and i like this guy. he is smart, realistic (as much as you can when telling the world to loss his bad habits) and has data to back this up. but i think the biggest problem with cutting down on junk food and/or meat is the need to cook much and the feeling that you have been deprived of things that you are emotionally attached to and that make you happy even when things in your life are bad. so i assume the biggest obstacle to face are those 2, and we need to find ways to put more meaning to healthy food and balanced diet...