Re: Mind's Eye Re: Thinking Earth

My favorite childhood book was a travel-adventure type by Richard
Halliburton. I finally got to Egypt- a lovely stay at Mena House and
cruise up the Nile but would never, ever return, God willing.

The internet is here to stay...or else we are in for big mischief as
so much of modern society is dependent upon it for control and
regulation- the military, utilities, finance, transportation,
commerce, health & medical procedures, research, etc., etc., etc.
Banking and education will change even more- farewell checks and
teachers. Social media is the medium for two or three generations now
and will expand to include everything the law allows. :-) Etiquette is
useless- so is beautiful penmanship. Let us cling to our symphony
halls and art museums while we can- it will be so much cheaper to put
them on line. Why build stores? Order everything on-line. Or churches?
Click the god of choice and voila! Instant grace.

I imagine no one thought the printing press would last- or the
automobile- or television, etc. Though I know a lot of people who have
unplugged the tv forever and never directly answer their line phones
any longer. We still have a choice but the day may dawn when we have a
chip inserted at birth that denies that choice.

On Jun 25, 1:45 am, malcymo <malc...@gmail.com> wrote:
> I think I was lucky. As a young child a raed a veritable mathematical tome
> which covered all sorts of mathematical ideas in a simplistic but
> unpatronising fashion. The name of this large thick book eludes me but it
> fostered a love for the subject. Lucky. As for the internet I don't think
> it will ever catch on, do you?
>
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> On Monday, 25 June 2012 17:33:46 UTC+12, rigsy03 wrote:
>
> > I didn't hate math but it certainly wasn't promoted for girls after
> > algebra- we were lured to the wild blue yonder of bull in the liberal
> > arts. But I bet you used math anyway. Life was fine without the
> > internet- how can you miss something that doesn't exist?
>
> > On Jun 24, 2:16 am, Allan H <allanh1...@gmail.com> wrote:
> > > hated math when I was a kid..  now it fascinating..  whoa is me, dumb
> > dumb,
> > > dumb,  hmm but then the internet was not around either..  whoa is me..
> > > Allan
> > > lol
>
> > > On Sun, Jun 24, 2012 at 6:53 AM, malcymo <malc...@gmail.com> wrote:
> > > > And to think that some mathematical ratios are also aesthetically
> > > > beautiful. I am thinking of the Golden Ratio in art and the most
> > delightful
> > > > aspect ratio for a picture or TV screen.
>
> > > > On Sunday, June 24, 2012 4:26:15 AM UTC+12, pol.science kid wrote:
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> > > >> I came accross this article mentioning the fibbonacci series... and
> > > >> the mathematical patterns in nature.. then i wikied it... there were
> > > >> too many concepts for me to grasp cos i am not familiar with math
> > that
> > > >> much(i feel now i should do something about it).. it was really
> > > >> amazing for me... specific patterns.. in precison.. makes you wonder
> > > >> whether after there is a MIND that contains us... and whether there
> > > >> are accidents indeed?.. i kknow many of you atre science experts..
> > > >> please bulid the discussion as you might.. i would love to know
> > > >> more.... and know what you guys think...
>
> > > --
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> > >   )
> > > |_D Allan
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