I love to read about philosophy of all kinds and from all cultures. This is the very best way to learn to understand and come to terms with the changing world around us - the antithesis of which is to wind up like...well...Trump and his supporters. At any rate, here is some interesting information about 'la filosofía de lo mexicano' 🤟😊 :

I love to read about philosophy of all kinds and from all cultures. This is the very best way to learn to understand and come to terms with the changing world around us - the antithesis of which is to wind up like...well...Trump and his supporters. At any rate, here is some interesting information about 'la filosofía de lo mexicano' 🤟😊 : - What is meant by the philosophy of Mexicanness? An introduction to the ideas of Emilio Uranga

Some rather interesting Chinese history:

Some rather interesting Chinese history: -

Many societies suffer from the notion that women are less intelligent and capable than men. Even in more economically developed countries, where women have in the past two centuries won a variety of political and economic rights, prejudice agai...

Also known as: 'Why it doesn't pay to be overly conservative':

Also known as: 'Why it doesn't pay to be overly conservative': - More than a century of death notices have not diminished the achievements and the necessity of liberalism

Some valuable perspective:

Some valuable perspective: - The free-market arguments won’t wash: prostitution trades on the lives of the poor and marginalised – just like slavery

Turns out, it's a deep, philosophical question that stumps even the so-called experts! Food for your brain (it's ALWAYS healthy):

Turns out, it's a deep, philosophical question that stumps even the so-called experts! Food for your brain (it's ALWAYS healthy): - The glass of orange juice at the breakfast table tells a tale about what’s natural, what’s whole and what’s healthy for us

Holey Moley! It seems unimportant - right until the end. ;)

Holey Moley! It seems unimportant - right until the end. ;) -

It seems indisputable that there are holes. For example, there are keyholes, black holes and sinkholes; and there are holes in things such as sieves, golf courses and doughnuts. We come into the world through holes, and when we die man...

Here's a pretty cool article for my friends who are culturally and musically inclined: 🎸 😎👍 🎶

Here's a pretty cool article for my friends who are culturally and musically inclined: 🎸 😎👍 🎶 - Rare exceptions may only underline the rule: a good rock riff should be simple, primal—two, three, maybe four notes. What makes a riff so distinctive you can’t stop humming it in the shower? Personality. Bends, slides, double-stops, etc, put in exactly the right places.

SpaceX's Falcon 9 Rocket Launches Dragon to the International Space Station

SpaceX's Falcon 9 Rocket Launches Dragon to the International Space Station - At 5:42 a.m. EDT Friday, June 29, 2018, SpaceX's Dragon spacecraft lifts off on a Falcon 9 rocket from Space Launch Complex 40 at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida. Dragon is carrying more than 5,900 pounds of research, equipment, cargo and supplies that will support dozens of investigatio...

Chaotic Clouds of Jupiter

Chaotic Clouds of Jupiter - This image captures swirling cloud belts and tumultuous vortices within Jupiter’s northern hemisphere.

Launching to Observe Our Sun

Launching to Observe Our Sun - On June 21, 1975, NASA successfully launched the eighth Orbiting Solar Observatory aboard a Delta rocket from Cape Canaveral, Florida. This satellite was the final in a series of spacecraft specifically designed to look at the Sun in high-energy wavelength bands.

Once in a Blue Dune

Once in a Blue Dune - Sand dunes often accumulate in the floors of craters. In this region of Lyot Crater, NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO) shows a field of classic barchan dunes on Jan. 24, 2018.

Rover Under the Milky Way - Atacama Rover Astrobiology Drilling Studies

Rover Under the Milky Way - Atacama Rover Astrobiology Drilling Studies - The Moon begins to rise behind the ARADS rover during the 2017 season of field tests in Chile’s Atacama Desert.

Another Day at the Office

Another Day at the Office - "Space was our office yesterday. #EVA51," said International Space Station astronaut Ricky Arnold on Friday.

For anyone interested in keeping track (and realize neither the media nor the 'President' is a reliable source), here is the official government record of the Special Counsel's Office:

For anyone interested in keeping track (and realize neither the media nor the 'President' is a reliable source), here is the official government record of the Special Counsel's Office: - On May 17, 2017, Robert S. Mueller III was appointed by acting Attorney General Rod J. Rosenstein to serve as Special Counsel by the order below.

"Taking pain seriously as a kind of social signal means truly throwing off the Cartesian thinking of old – looking at animals as more than little black boxes, responding to inputs into their biological circuitry." Sometimes, in my opinion, the philosophers get it wrong - and it has a detrimental effect on the human race, even when it is not really about the human race. "So why the resistance to seeing non-human suffering as a kind of communication? In part, it’s a hangover from René Descartes’s belief in the split between mind and body, within which animals were not accorded a mind." A great article, please read it! 😁👍

"Taking pain seriously as a kind of social signal means truly throwing off the Cartesian thinking of old – looking at animals as more than little black boxes, responding to inputs into their biological circuitry." Sometimes, in my opinion, the philosophers get it wrong - and it has a detrimental effect on the human race, even when it is not really about the human race. "So why the resistance to seeing non-human suffering as a kind of communication? In part, it’s a hangover from René Descartes’s belief in the split between mind and body, within which animals were not accorded a mind." A great article, please read it! 😁👍 -

If you watch kids at a local playground, sooner or later one of them will run around and fall face-first to the ground. For a moment, there’s likely to be silence. Then the child will look around, catch a glimpse of their parent, and fina...

I was interested in this article, specifically, where Alisdair Macintyre wrote: "We all approach our circumstances as bearers of a particular social identity … I belong to this clan, that tribe, this nation … As such I inherit from the past of my family, my city, my tribe, my nation, a variety of debts … and obligations." However, when your view is a global one, your family/clan/tribe is that of all humans (and, ideally, all living things - including flora and fauna) and you consider nationalism to be just another form of bigotry (often applied by those seeking a benefit or advantage over others for their own self-interest which is surely not a very familial, clannish or tribal thing to do when the group you are doing these things against is your own) and an obstacle to global peace and good will for all members of your clan/tribe - one might begin to see those who subscribe to a more 'limited' perspective as terribly short-sighted or, perhaps, even narrow-minded. Besides, as many will attest, soldiers seem to spend a lot more time serving the interests of congressmen, leaders and others in the ruling class as an extension of force for the protection of their own assets, rather than the good of the people in general, despite that being the reason they were empowered. At least, this is what I find myself thinking on far too many occasions and, as a soldier, also often believed. I do my best to keep an open mind, so there are, of course, examples in history and even occurrences in the modern day where such force is warranted, though, it is most often for defensive - rather than offensive - purposes. I suspect that much more critical thinking should be involved before applying oneself to a situation in order to make sure that its nature is true. It is terribly easy to 'drink the Kool-Aid' without reading the label but, in many cases (such as JONESTOWN), reading the label is well advised. It may be valuable to read this article (cognitive bias aside).

I was interested in this article, specifically, where Alisdair Macintyre wrote: "We all approach our circumstances as bearers of a particular social identity … I belong to this clan, that tribe, this nation … As such I inherit from the past of my family, my city, my tribe, my nation, a variety of debts … and obligations." However, when your view is a global one, your family/clan/tribe is that of all humans (and, ideally, all living things - including flora and fauna) and you consider nationalism to be just another form of bigotry (often applied by those seeking a benefit or advantage over others for their own self-interest which is surely not a very familial, clannish or tribal thing to do when the group you are doing these things against is your own) and an obstacle to global peace and good will for all members of your clan/tribe - one might begin to see those who subscribe to a more 'limited' perspective as terribly short-sighted or, perhaps, even narrow-minded. Besides, as many will attest, soldiers seem to spend a lot more time serving the interests of congressmen, leaders and others in the ruling class as an extension of force for the protection of their own assets, rather than the good of the people in general, despite that being the reason they were empowered. At least, this is what I find myself thinking on far too many occasions and, as a soldier, also often believed. I do my best to keep an open mind, so there are, of course, examples in history and even occurrences in the modern day where such force is warranted, though, it is most often for defensive - rather than offensive - purposes. I suspect that much more critical thinking should be involved before applying oneself to a situation in order to make sure that its nature is true. It is terribly easy to 'drink the Kool-Aid' without reading the label but, in many cases (such as JONESTOWN), reading the label is well advised. It may be valuable to read this article (cognitive bias aside). - The soldier in battle is confronted with agonising, even impossible, ethical decisions. Could studying philosophy help?

Here's an interesting article... 🤔 (I might subtitle it 'How We Lost Our Ethics")

Here's an interesting article... 🤔 (I might subtitle it 'How We Lost Our Ethics") -

Max Weber’s famous text The Protestant Ethic and the Spirit of Capitalism (1905) is surely one of the most misunderstood of all the canonical works regularly taught, mangled and revered in universities across the globe. This is not to ...

Another unfortunate loss... Rest In Peace, Matt - and say hello to Jake Blues (John Belushi) for us! 😎👍

Another unfortunate loss... Rest In Peace, Matt - and say hello to Jake Blues (John Belushi) for us! 😎👍 - One of the greatest sidemen in the history of blues music, Matt "Guitar" Murphy died last night. He was 88.

Bang and Whoosh!

Bang and Whoosh! - This HiRISE image from NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO) captures a new, dated (within about a decade) impact crater that triggered a slope streak.

A Deep Space Communications Hub in the Desert

A Deep Space Communications Hub in the Desert - When NASA engineers were looking for a place to build a network of large radio antennas in the 1950s, they knew they needed somewhere quiet.

Evaluating the Noise of Future Aircraft

Evaluating the Noise of Future Aircraft - To address the expected noise levels of future aircraft, NASA’s Commercial Supersonic Technology project is already developing technologies focused on reducing the noise produced by an aircraft’s engine exhaust.

Clouds Over Alaska's Wrangell Mountains

Clouds Over Alaska's Wrangell Mountains - Operation IceBridge missions over Alaska reveal some majestic icescapes, like this image of the Wrangell Mountains in eastern Alaska.

“Draining the swamp...”

“Draining the swamp...” - Former Kentucky judge Timothy Nolan was sentenced to 20 years in prison for human trafficking and other sexual offenses.

Hubble Images a Galaxy with Threads of Blue

Hubble Images a Galaxy with Threads of Blue - A ripple of bright blue gas threads through this galaxy like a misshapen lake system.

Soyuz Lifts Off to Bring New Crew to Space Station

Soyuz Lifts Off to Bring New Crew to Space Station - The Soyuz MS-09 rocket is launched with Soyuz Commander Sergey Prokopyev of Roscosmos and astronauts Serena Auñón-Chancellor of NASA and Alexander Gerst of ESA on June 6, 2018.

Soyuz Rolled to the Pad for Wednesday Launch to Space Station

Soyuz Rolled to the Pad for Wednesday Launch to Space Station - The Soyuz rocket is rolled out by train to the launch pad, Monday, June 4, 2018, at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan.

Expedition 55 Crew Returns Home from the International Space Station

Expedition 55 Crew Returns Home from the International Space Station - The Soyuz MS-07 spacecraft is seen as it lands with Expedition 55 crew members Anton Shkaplerov of Roscosmos, Scott Tingle of NASA, and Norishige Kanai of the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) near the town of Zhezkazgan, Kazakhstan on Sunday, June 3, 2018.

Jovian Jet Stream

Jovian Jet Stream - See a jet stream speeding through Jupiter’s atmosphere in this new view taken by NASA’s Juno spacecraft.