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Pythagorean Theorem. Out of the blue?
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Pythagorean Theorem. Out of the blue?

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Where did Pythagoras get the idea for his theorem?

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100 Feet in 1000 Years
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100 Feet in 1000 Years

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For four successive millennia, the ocean level rose one hundred feet in each thousand year period.

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Elliptical Orbits and Center of Mass
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Elliptical Orbits and Center of Mass

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The planets' orbitals are elliptical because astronomical measurements are made to the center of the sun rather than the center of mass of the system.

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Can we increase our IQ?
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Can we increase our IQ?

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An extra year of compulsory schooling added 3.7 IQ points.

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Staircase of Science
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Staircase of Science

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Science has lost of the thread of life going down the staircase, perhaps that's why it can't find free will on the way up.

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Some Brain Connections are Not Complete until Your 20s
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Some Brain Connections are Not Complete until Your 20s

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One's mental maturity, the age at which a person is able to integrate the full power of their thoughts, is reached more than a decade after puberty.

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Agents of Human Evolution
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Agents of Human Evolution

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Nature experiments more freely in evolution with the male of the species.

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Rate of Evolution, Rate of Mutation
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Rate of Evolution, Rate of Mutation

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I always thought the rate of evolution was equal to the rate of mutation, but that's not right.

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Increments of tiny things can add up to something large
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Increments of tiny things can add up to something large

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Significant changes do occur although daily or even yearly the incremental changes are barely noticeable.

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I worked in software design for thirty years, until I retired in 2010. Before that, there was a stint in the Marines, a job as a stock clerk for a data processing shop, and then college under the GI Bill. In the work force, I got trained in programming, moved up to tech analysis, and after night school at Johns Hopkins APL, shifted into software architecture and data warehousing. During those years, married with a growing family, I stuffed my ideas and projects into folders and file cabinets—for when I retired. Now, these years.

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I also post on the mind’s working. I’ve been a Mensan since 1973, studying the mind as an interested observer. Visit the Mental Construction site. How does neural characteristics of the brain affect our thinking? Mainly by abstraction, similarity, and association driving the non-logical aspects of our mind.

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