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A mantra is an utterance that is considered to have spiritual power. The word comes from Sanskrit, and literally means “instrument of thought”. A mantra is constructed from a sound, a word, or a phras...

Philosophy

Big Questions

What is the one physical quantity that can be measured more accurately and precisely than any other and yet can’t be defined in a way that is easily understood?

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Looking Up

How many times a day do we look up?

Philosophy

Two Sides

I used to ride horses. One thing I learned was that you had to train “both sides” of a horse. Their brains are bicameral (two hemispheres) just like ours, only the connection between the two is minima...

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Curiosity

When I was growing up, I often heard the saying: “Curiosity killed the cat. Satisfaction brought it back” *. Frankly, I found the satisfaction part rather baffling, but the “killed cat” stuck with me....

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Useless?

took six years of Latin in Grammar and High School. Even in the 1970s, Latin was considered a useless subject, but for a subject that had so little ‘supposed’ utility, what has surprised me over the y...