Peter A. Corning, Ph.D. It has always seemed to me ironic that we are surrounded and sustained by synergistic phenomena—combined (or “co-operative”) effects that can only be produced by two […]
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Today, Elisabet Sahtouris helps us see how Evolution works as we continue with another chapter from EarthDance. Yesterday, Elisabet described Evidence of Evolution—7 . Also see: A Great Leap—6, The Dance of Life—5, The […]
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Recall N. Arthur Coulter’s Multiple Point of View Rotary: “First, I think of all the examples of when and where the idea is right, then of all the examples of […]
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Last week, I posted a link to Noam Chomsky’s speech “The current crises in the Middle East: What can we do?” A few days ago, I came across a documentary in my […]
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Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. “I have the audacity to believe that peoples everywhere can have three meals a day for their bodies, education and culture for their minds, and […]
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Received a nice letter from Don Steehler in follow-up to my two part series Understanding Humanity in Universe (1), (2). Don Steehler Timothy: I began reading your material during the […]
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Timothy Wilken When I was in medical school learning to be a Doctor, I and my fellow students spend hundreds of hours reading, studying, and drilling each other in our […]
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From the late Donella Meadows’ weekly column called “The Global Citizen.” Donella Meadows A couple of years ago, while I was doing something else, I heard snatches of a radio […]
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Timothy Wilken Building commUnity requires common unity. We must be together. We will have to find those groups of humans who share our concerns and vision of a positive future. […]
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We continue with excerpts from Elisabet Sahtouris’ EarthDance. Yesterday, Elisabet discussed The Problems for Earthlife—4, this followed Sunday’s description of The Young Earth—3, she had earlier told of our Cosmic […]
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