This is a short analysis I just did after reading a good article on nature vs. nurture. What is the ratio of genetic to environmental influences in understanding the source and expression of various biological and behavioral characteristics? This is the essence of the nature versus nurture debate. I got my black hair from my mother and my skin tone from my father. While it's clear that physical characteristics are hereditary, the genetic waters get a bit murkier when it come's an individ...

Everyone, that is a broad term meaning all humanity, we all have one thing in common. Beautiful women, the strongest man, the most intelligent scholar, all have one thing in common. This convergent trait is death. It is the one thing that no one including the fastest human, can escape. What if death was no longer a fear, a certainty, and an eventual embrace of our anticipation? Needless to say the advancement of medical science is synchronous with that of emerging technology. Treatments...

A few years back I was at a carnival with my then girlfriend at one of the games which you play to win certain prizes. Needless to say machismo took over and I emptied my resources on the game. The game consisted of shooting an air-gun at balloons that were 20 feet away. After many tries and with much bravado I actually won in a flurry of popped balloons. I gave my girlfriend the “I told you so” look at which point she pointed at my empty wallet. Although I wasted more money than I would...

Humanity in itself is a unique as it is similar. We all go through pretty much the same stages in life. We grow up and want to establish ourselves and leave an imprint on this world. When it comes to our behavior we can all mostly be categorized into groups. Physically you are part of an ethnic or racial class. Economically you are poor, middle class, or rich. Unfortunately these same groups create division in the form of being prejudiced. The question which I ponder is what if we all ...

In reading and watching all the latest international news it is disconcerting to see that we are still fighting the same war that has raged for centuries. I speak of this so-called holy war between the "crusaders" and the muslims. It has been raging for centuries, this struggle of religions. The Muslim world (extremists that is) now embraces the notion that they are fighting the western world or crusaders for their God..Allah. The country that they are fighting in this era is the U.S. whi...

I am a new to this website but what I have noticed of everything that everyone shares is the fact we all have different opinions. On a larger scale all countries have different opinions. There is something that I ponder every once in a while. What if the world was under one government. One global order under which all countries would unite. Could it work? Would it work? Is humankind capable of such a feat? The world is already becoming a global economy. Communication has become complete...

It's good to have a nice life.   A life that reflects our ideals, beliefs, and desires.   Some people get to witness this higher plain of life so to speak.   This higher plain, for the most part, must be worked for in order to achieve it.   I know that someday I want to have a professional career but what exactly motivates me to want this?   I want to live my life the way I want it while reaching success.   Currently I am working towards it and I focus on w...

The value of a human life is difficult to define, in a more simplistic sense it is priceless. No one can truly know the potential contribution an individual may or may not provide for themselves and/or humankind. Without speaking too general, changes can only be made by the individual's will. This brings me to my point about justice. Justice in itself is also very hard to define. There are different forms of justice; personal justice, moral justice, and societal law....