A kiss that lasts a fraction of a second is a peck; one that lasts a minute is a proposition; and one that lasts five minutes is an act of resuscitation. Similarly, a contact, executed with longer duration is a touch, with shorter duration is a punch. Time, is therefore a constituent of our actions, not a container……
An embellished Torah bag hemmed with the arms of the Holy Roman Emperor, next to a photo of leder-hosened Jewish mountain climbers, reminds us that Germany was not always anti-Semitic……
The author expressed his views on an ancient debate topic: If neither East nor West has had any innate developmental advantage, what then allowed the West to propel itself forward so successfully in the 18th century? He guided us to understand the evolution of mankind’s past development and prognosticating the future of the continuing East-West horse race……
Can you believe that Homo Sapiens, once a species with no significance, skyrocketed to the top of the food chain because of our abilities to imagine fiction, bullshit and gossip?
We are average. This is why statistics work. This is why the most common distribution is Gaussian. This is also why human race can work in harmony, empathy can be developed, patterns can be found, systems can be built, rules can be set, and one-size products can fit most….though jeans are exceptions…….
It is noteworthy that the science of genes has once been the main fuel of Nazism. Lebensunwertes Leben— “lives unworthy of living”, this eerie phrase escalated the logic of eugenics. Nazi’s program of sterilization soon turned into outright murder of the genetic defectives. Euthanasia victims were killed, corpse were dissected and brain tissues were preserved for experiments. Ironically, “lives unworthy of living” were apparently of extreme worth for the advancement of science—genetic studies……
Thanks, The Alchemist. We had a good run.
But I’ve grown out of conservative bootstrap ideology and the spiritual goodies for the masses.
