Month: December 2013
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Why Do We Sleep?
It’s amazing to me that in spite of the advancements in science and technology, we still can’t definitively answer the simple question: Why do we sleep? Were you aware that we still don’t know the answer? The obvious answer is, “To recharge.” And that seems to be the case. We’re tired, we sleep, we wake up…
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Life Is a Game
Life is a game in which the end goal is happiness. It’s unlike any other game. We start out with the winning formula, although we don’t yet understand it, then it’s slowly hidden from us, covered in layers of beliefs imposed upon us. It’s then our job to uncover the formula once again by shedding…
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Winter’s First Snow
The sun rose cold and red, but the first snow clouds of the winter snuffed it out before it could brighten the land. And finally the sleeping trees and the rolling gray fields have their first coat of snow.
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The Good Earth: A Review
I read The Good Earth by Pearl S. Buck when I was in 8th grade, and I remembered it being a great read. On a whim, I bought it on Amazon and decided to read it again. Lately I mostly consume non-fiction, and I have a nasty habit of starting books and leaving them for others…
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The Limitations of Science
Science cannot prove that something does not exist, only that something exists. People seem to forget that. Since our technology has progressed so incredibly to where it is today, we like to think we know it all. We have cars that can drive themselves. GPS, the internet, voice-activated everything. We’ve figured it out! We know…