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What is Autocosmology

Thu, 21 Aug 2008 04:24:50 GMT

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Autocosmology is a synthesis of metaphysical naturalism, ontological materialism, epistemological empiricism and positivism, mental functionalism, theological atheism, axiological extropianism, political libertarianism, economic capitalism, constitutional federalism, biological evolutionism, evolutionary psychology, and technological optimism. Autocosmology is the worldview asserted by this text.

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What Is Kindness?

Thu, 21 Aug 2008 03:17:50 GMT

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clipper's remarks: All persons should

* protect personal life and liberty and prevent torture and extinction;
* practice virtue and resist vice; and
* choose and pursue their values.

Humans should value love, family, fellowship, and industry.

Clip Source: humanknowledge.net

Kindness. Kindness is the most sublime of the virtues. Kindness includes being in a good mood and assuming in others the best motive that is consistent with available evidence.

The virtue of kindness makes humans want to help their fellow humans, especially those in need. A common view is that the best form of kindness is charity. Charity is the sharing of material wealth with the needy. But throughout history the greatest improvements in human well-being have come not from charity but from justice and knowledge. Humanity's surplus of injustice, superstition, and ignorance is a far bigger problem than its deficit of charity.

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What Is Economics?

Thu, 21 Aug 2008 04:15:49 GMT

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clipper's remarks: Exchange is the trading of goods for money or for other goods. A market is any mechanism for buyers and sellers to exchange goods. A free market is a market in which buyers and sellers are generally free to decide what to exchange and under what terms. Money is anything generally accepted as a medium of exchange and thus useful for storing or measuring economic value. The price of a good is the amount of economic value that must be exchanged to acquire it. Demand is willingness and ability to buy. Supply is availability and proffer for sale. The scarcity of a good is the excess of its demand over its supply, and in a free market is measured by price.

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Economics: the study of production, exchange, and consumption of goods by persons.

Fundamental Concepts

Economic value is utility or desirability to persons, especially as determined by free markets. Goods are anything which has economic value. The economic cost of a good is the economic value of the goods and resources expended to produce it. Economic efficiency is economic value divided by economic cost.

Production is the transformation of economic resources into goods. Economic resources are any natural resources, human resources, or capital resources that are useful for production. Capital is any product that is has utility for production. Human resources are the labor, skills, and knowledge of persons.

Exchange

Consumption is any use of goods that subtracts from wealth without adding to production. Wealth is the economic value of what one owns minus what one owes. Income is change in net wealth plus the value of goods consumed.

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Statistical Resources on the Web

Fri, 07 Dec 2007 02:32:49 GMT

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clipper's remarks: Nice resources

Clip Source: www.lib.umich.edu

Statistical Resources on the Web

Agriculture
Crops and Livestock

Foreign Governments
Statistical Agencies

Government Finances
US,State,Local

Consumers
Places,Surveys,Tourism

Cost of Living
Price Indexes and Comparative Costs

Housing
Housing Characteristics and Homelessness

Demographics
Population, Social, Economic Characteristics, Poverty

Energy
Production and Consumption

Science
Computers, Science,
R&D, Telecommunications

Transportation
Rail, Air, Water

Environment
Air, Wildlife, Water, Waste

Foreign Economics
International Sources

Labor
Labor Force, Occupations, Salaries

Military
Armed Forces, Wars, Weapons

Health
Natality, Morbidity, Mortality

Business and Industry
Employment, Production

Education
K-12 and Higher
Books, Libraries, Literacy

Sociology
Children,Crime,Elderly
Immigration,Refugees<

Politics
Data Sets,Elections,Polls

Foreign Trade
U.S. Imports and Exports

Comprehensive Subjects
Directories & Multi-Topic

Economics
Historical and Current

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stumble 'knowledge' results - The British Libray

Tue, 08 Jul 2008 15:04:54 GMT

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clipper's remarks: We hold over 13 million books, 920,000 journal and newspaper titles, 57 million patents, 3 million sound recordings, and so much more. Start exploring here.

Clip Source: blpc.bl.uk

We hold over 13 million books, 920,000 journal and newspaper titles, 57 million patents, 3 million sound recordings, and so much more. Start exploring here.

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The WORLD 2008 CIA World Factbook

Sat, 12 Jul 2008 14:10:14 GMT

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clipper's remarks: Amazing bits of information

Clip Source: www.cia.gov

Population:

6,677,563,921 (July 2008 est.)

Age structure:

0-14 years: 27% (male 933,716,943/female 877,734,429)
15-64 years: 65% (male 2,205,342,972/female 2,153,959,605)
65 years and over: 8% (male 222,346,221/female 284,463,751) (2008 est.)

Median age:

total:
male: 27.4 years
female: 28.7 years (2008 est.)

Population growth rate:

1.159% (2008 est.)

Birth rate:

19.97 births/1,000 population (2008 est.)

Death rate:

8.32 deaths/1,000 population (2008 est.)

Sex ratio:

at birth: 1.07 male(s)/female
under 15 years: 1.06 male(s)/female
15-64 years: 1.02 male(s)/female
65 years and over: 0.78 male(s)/female
total population: 1.01 male(s)/female (2008 est.)

Religions:

Languages:

Literacy:

definition: age 15 and over can read and write
total population: 82%
male: 87%
female: 77%
note: over two-thirds of the world's 785 million illiterate adults are found in only eight countries

Government

266 nations, dependent areas, and other entities

Internet users:

1,018,057,389 (2005)

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Pacific Ocean - 2008 CIA World Factbook

Sat, 12 Jul 2008 14:06:48 GMT

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Clip Source: www.cia.gov

The Pacific Ocean is the largest of the world's five oceans (followed by the Atlantic Ocean, Indian Ocean, Southern Ocean, and Arctic Ocean). Strategically important access waterways include the La Perouse, Tsugaru, Tsushima, Taiwan, Singapore, and Torres Straits. The decision by the International Hydrographic Organization in the spring of 2000 to delimit a fifth ocean, the Southern Ocean, removed the portion of the Pacific Ocean south of 60 degrees south.

body of water between the Southern Ocean, Asia, Australia, and the Western Hemisphere

0 00 N, 160 00 W

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CIA World Factbook 2008

Sat, 12 Jul 2008 14:04:48 GMT

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clipper's remarks: A Wealth of Knowledge

Clip Source: www.cia.gov

Appendixes
Reference Maps
Notes and Definitions
Guide to Country Profiles
Guide to Rank Order Pages
History of The World Factbook
Contributors and Copyright Information
Purchasing Information
Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs)

Flags of the World
Gallery of Covers

Text/Low Bandwidth Version

Download This Publication
Submit a Factual Update
Search The World Factbook

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Stumble 'Knowledge' Results - LectureFox

Tue, 08 Jul 2008 15:03:17 GMT

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clipper's remarks: LectureFox - free university lectures

Clip Source: lecturefox.com

free university lectures

The Future of Science and Technology in Europe

The City Car

Nanophotonics: Magic of Light in Nanostructures

Ingmar Bergman, Cinematic Philosopher

Input/Output-Algorithms

Mechanical Behavior of Materials

Communication System Design

Polymer Physics

Principles of Microeconomics

Marine Chemistry

Teaching the Second Law

Advancements in Underwater Vehicles

The Second Law and Biophysics

Ideal Language Learning

Open Science and Scientific Publishing

Games and Civic Engagement

Animal Behavior

Foundations of the Second Law

The World is Flat 3.0

Electricity and Magnetism

Explorations in Language Learnability

The Second Law and Cosmology

Bioelectronic Interfaces

Fundamentals of Physics

Frontiers and Controversies in Astrophysics

Introduction to Psychology

Death

Modern Poetry

Introduction to Political Philosophy

Introduction to the Old Testament

Practical Aspects of Modern Cryptography

Thermodynamics and Kinetics

Microscale Engineering

Marine Organic Geochemistry

The Second Law and Quantum Physics

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Stumble 'knowledge' results - Information Resource Network

Tue, 08 Jul 2008 15:08:56 GMT

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clipper's remarks: Knowledge Is Power

Clip Source: www.informationresourcenetwork.com

Home
Contact Me
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Search Directories
Thesaurus
Travel Jokes and Humor

Web Design

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Did You Know?

Did you know that 47 countries’ have reestablished their embassies in Iraq ?

Did you know that the Iraqi government currently employs 1.2 million Iraqi people?

3100 schools have been renovated,

364 schools are under rehabilitation,

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stumble 'knowledge' results - Electic Commons

Tue, 08 Jul 2008 15:06:50 GMT

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Clip Source: eclecticcommons.telldat.com

The most important outlook on life is to remain curious. Curiosity is the key to all knowledge and wisdom.

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Education Science Bookmarks Links directory

Mon, 07 Jul 2008 13:31:41 GMT

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Directory: Education

Sub Directory: Science

Algebraic Surfaces Gallery

Calendar -- from Eric Weisstein's World of Astronomy

CHRONOS

Engines of Creation - K. Eric Drexler _ Table of Contents

Exploring Time

FirstScience - News

Foundational Theories

Functional Group Reactions

goSmithsonian.com _ Your personal guide to the Smithsonian museums and the National Mall

Human Knowledge_ Foundations and Limits

Logarithmic timeline of universe

Modern Mechanix

Operation Clambake presents_ Baloney Detection Kit

Orders of magnitude (time) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Quackwatch

RedOrbit Knowledge Network - Upload Your Photo

Science Channel_ Space, Technology, Earth Science, Geology

SciScoop

SciTech Daily Review - science, technology, future developments, innovations, implications

Symbol

The Journal of Irreproducible Results

The Physics of Negative Mass Tachyons

The Science Channel __ 100 Greatest Discoveries_ The Big 100

The Skeptic's Dictionary

The Vega Science Trust - Richard Feynman

The WWW Virtual Library

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Wikimedia Commons

Sun, 13 Aug 2006 07:05:55 GMT

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Clip Source: commons.wikimedia.org

What is the Wikimedia Commons?

Wikimedia Commons is a media repository that is created and maintained not by paid-for artists, but by volunteers. Its name "Wikimedia Commons" is derived from that of the umbrella project "Wikimedia" managing all Wikimedia projects and from the plural noun "commons" as its contents are shared by different language versions and different kinds of Wikimedia projects. Thus it provides a central repository for freely licensed photographs, diagrams, animations, music, spoken text, video clips, and media of all sorts that are useful for any Wikimedia project.

Launched on September 7, 2004, Wikimedia Commons hit the 100,000 uploaded media file milestone on May 24, 2005 and currently contains 749,124 files and 41,137 collections (numbers in English notation). More background information about the Wikimedia Commons project itself can be found in the General disclaimer, at the Wikipedia page about Wikimedia Commons and its page in Meta-wiki.

Unlike traditional media repositories Wikimedia Commons is free. Everyone is allowed to copy, use and modify any files here freely as long the source and the authors are credited and as long you release your copies/improvements under the same freedom to others. The Wikimedia Commons database itself and the texts in it are licensed under the GNU Free Documentation License. The license conditions of each individual media file can be found on their description pages. More information on usage conditions...

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Memetics

Tue, 01 Jul 2008 18:40:19 GMT

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Clip Source: pespmc1.vub.ac.be

Memetics

Meme: an information pattern, held in an individual's memory, which is capable of being copied to another individual's memory.
Memetics: the theoretical and empirical science that studies the replication, spread and evolution of memes

Cultural evolution, including the evolution of knowledge, can be modelled through the same basic principles of variation and selection that underly biological evolution. This implies a shift from genes as units of biological information to a new type of units of cultural information: memes.

Tags: memetics, meme, cultural evolution, variation, selection, information

Aluna - a useless waste of money

Tue, 01 Jul 2008 18:33:36 GMT

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Clip Source: www.alunatime.org

Imagine a breathtaking sculpture that combines cutting edge design and technology with an ancient knowledge of the Earth's natural rhythms.

A monumental timepiece for the planet, a beacon for a sustainable future, reconnecting people with the Moon and tides. Find out more...

Tags: aluna, moon-clock, sculture, timepiece, wasted resources

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