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Appreciating simplicity is a view on life that should not be ignored! one of peace, sense, tranquility, holidays,good food, culture,family,spirituality,meditation. Natural wonders are all eye openers to the truth about beauty.. Simplicity makes an easier life ..but you can also add meaning to life by making goals and working towards them.

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• A comment on Conversation: Creativity, Innovation, and Change are Side Effects of Empathizing (Please read the description before replying)

  Feb 25 2012: Well many people like to create or make things to entertain themselves, not necessarily to impress others. We make things to please and feed our curiosity and discover how things work so then we can use it to our benefit. But yeah i agree with you, a lot of things that we make could be to empathize with others, but not all.

• A reply on Conversation: similarities between intelligence and creativity

  Feb 25 2012: I'm so happy with your answer, somewhere in my thoughts i knew there was something that would make intelligence equals creativity and is also the main reason why i asked this question in Ted. Thank you so much Frans !

• A reply on Conversation: similarities between intelligence and creativity

  Feb 25 2012: You just answered another question i had in mind about the IQ tests haha thank you!
  Good to see you too. How are you Allan?

• A comment on Conversation: Do you think Genetically Modified food (GM) is morally justifiable? How about the "Industrialisation" of food production?

  Feb 25 2012: As long as the animals are treated well while they are alive , i think its alright.

• A reply on Conversation: similarities between intelligence and creativity

  Feb 25 2012: why? any examples? :)

• A reply on Conversation: What is the point in jail and punishment? most the time you come out feeling more rebellious!

  Feb 6 2012: If most of the prisoners have mental health issues, prisons should have psychologist to help this people by using conditioning and motivate them to become better people. psychological help should not be an option, it should be a requirement to get out of jail because there is NO punishment given to this people for what they did and if there is no punishment people hardly learn from their mistakes.
  "The majority of prisons and jails are fill with men and women that have behave very badly to begin with, and they are put into this places where they have the best resources around them to help them figure out how to be better predators." Sunny Schwartz author of the book: "Dreams From a Monster Factory"
  I'm a psychology student and i would love to work with this people because even if they did something bad, they are still humans that need to feel good with themselves and learn that bad behavior wont give them a good reward.

• A reply on Conversation: How much "mystery crime"books affects the mind of an individual?

  Jan 27 2012: Right! But those animate objects have information that can affects others. Is like having a book with a list on how to kill your friend. For example Barry dale loukaitis killed his algebra teacher and two students, at the end he said "this sure beats algebra?doesn't it?" that was a quote from Stephen king novel Rage .. i respect your point of view but mine is different.
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  A comment on Conversation: If you could learn 1 thing from a child what would it be ?

  Jan 12 2012: The ability to forgive others right away.

• A comment on Conversation: How to find a true passion?

  Nov 23 2011: Most of the time we can't force ourself to be passionate about something, it just happens.
  If you want to search for a passion you have to try new things, and remain open minded until you find something that will give you a unique feeling, i dont know how to describe the feeling but you will know. In the process you will learn more of who you really are.
  Being an expert on something doesn't necessary means you have a passion for it. Some people are experts on certain things not because they are passionate about it but because they need to; this is why many people are not happy with their jobs.

• A comment on Conversation: Which books have inspired you the most?

  Nov 22 2011: Pooh's Little Instruction Book, by A. A. MilneFavorite quote from the book, "A little consideration, a little Thought for Others makes all the difference.