Think

Question: Think........? Put the words zeros, piano, pianos, hero, heroes, radio, radios, studios, rodeos, glossaries, dynamos, raw, protect, and concentrate into one or more paragraphs.... Half the people in Harvard can't do this... (It has to make sense too)

Answer: I didn't understand what do you want to know...

Question: What do you think is the essence of human personhood? I've been thinking about this and was wondering what the rest of you think... What about humans makes us higher than animals for example? What makes us human? I think our Declaration of Independence defines a lot of us, as well as classical literature and writers. What do you think? Do you think any of our founding documents or classical writers help define us as humans? What is that quality, that "essence," that gives us human personhood?

Answer: there truly is nothing in history that says "were the best therefore the rest of you are simply animals and we get to eat you... life sucks!" (too bad im a vegetarian) but i think the main reason we are considered to be the higher of two species is our hope for a future. unlike any other animal on the earth, we prepare for a future we do not know is guaranteed. sure there are cases of animals fattening for a winter or hoarding food, but that is simply their instinct and the expectation of what happens every year. there is no effort to make preparations to possibly FURTHER their species in particular the way we strive to as humans. i think as a whole, the homo sapiens goal is always to prepare for a brighter future while preventing the mishaps of the past. this quality alone separates us from the other animals on earth we see as more primitive. i hope that made sense... ahahahah

Question: What is your opinion on baby think it over and the pregnancy profile vest? Do you think its a good idea to make teens have the baby think it over and the pregnancy profile vest? I've done both of them and I think I benifited from both. Do you think it should be required in school, or just optional? The baby think it over cries every 3 or 4 hours. You have to rock it when its fussy, feed it, change its diaper etc. You also have to support its neck and not shake it. The pregnancy profile vest has a "head" that moves when you walk. It makes you gain 30 pounds (i think). It makes you have to frequently use the restroom. It also had two feet up by your stomach. It is very hot to wear. Do you think these are even teaching teens anything? Any other opinions?

Answer: the baby think it over was used in my high school.... though i didn't take the course that required you to have one (child development)... my best friend did... so i got to help... it was just like a game for us.... i can honestly say that it didn't keep our students from having sex... but promoted the use of protection.... about 10 or less people in my class got pregnant/had children before high school was over... and i'll guess and say about 50-60 through out the school... by the time i graduated.. my best friend had her first child when she was 21 and recently gave birth to her second.... so i guess it had some effect on some people.... we didn't use the pregnancy profile vest... but im sure in addition to the baby think it over .... it will prove effective.

Question: What do you think are some of the reasons that the poor get poorer? For example, say theres a 10 pound bag of potatoes for $3.00 and a 5 pound bag of potatoes for $2.00, he only has enough money to buy the 5 pound bag. It seems as if a person with more money can save a lot more money than a poor person can. I think another reason is that a poor person has to borrow money now and then and pay back interest, where as a person with more money would not have to borrow as often and pay back interest. Can you think of some more reasons? I think a good question to ask also is why the rich get richer, but I think I will do that later, or let someone else ask, but if you want to comment on that too, go ahead. I am not really asking to make a comment or to cause any argument. I don't even want to know why they are poor to begin with. I'm not expecting any special philosophy. Just want to know some simple reasons like the examples I mentioned.

Answer: In general the poor are not getting poorer, they are just not getting richer at the same rate as the rich. Recent studies have shown that the 2 major reasons people in the US get poorer is ill health and family breakups.

Question: What do you think of the idea that religion is for controlling society? Because I have thought of this and thought. And then came this video game, I forgot the name where you can make civilizations and then make churches and religion to keep people calm during times of war and stuff. But then again, there is faith and faith is the game it is not always true. I do not believe this idea I just thought about it, but what do you think about it?

Answer: As popular as that theory is, I just don't see it. The most successful authoritarian regimes in history have always began with the secularization of society and the suppression of religious belief. Here are a few reasons why: Looking at history, the best way to control a population is 1) Use threats of violence. Religion typically empowers people to undergo persecution in the hope of an eternal reward, negating threats of violence. 2) Encourage situational ethics in order to get people to act against their natural inclinations. Religion tends to encourage absolute morality and individual interpretations of morality. 3) Convince people that the present good of the group is more important than the present or future good of the individual. Religion tends to posit the future good of the individual over the present good of the group, or even over the present good of the individual. 4) Convince people to act as a concerted group. Religion tends to encourage personal experience over corporate dogma (which is evident in the vast number of religions, denominations and sects on earth), and frequently leads to sectarian dissent even in relatively small religious populations. In short, religion is perhaps the worst possible tool for controlling population. The Romans, for example, blamed many military losses on religion, claiming that religious devotion caused men to act effeminately and the population to become docile. Religion severely hampered military operations in Medieval Europe (mainly because of religious prohibitions against killing), and many nobles were forced to pull armies from a cross-section of foreign mercenaries. The Communists recognized religion as an opiate, and blamed it for producing a docile and submissive proletariat. Nietzsche blamed religion for the rampant nihilism that undermined capitalism and the European class society. Hitler echoed that thought, blaming Christianity, in particular, for hindering human evolution through the vice of compassion and subverting the triumphs of the Aryan race. Mao blamed religion for hindering the development of scientific thought and breaking up China into competing factions. The leaders of the Reign of Terror in post-revolution France blamed religion for enabling the nobility to maintain a tyrannical control over the population, and even enshrined Reason as a goddess in the cathedrals of Paris before slaughtering both each other and thousands of innocent Parisians.

Question: What do you think about the penalty for committing murder? Do you believe in the death penalty? What do you think should happen to those who are charged and convicted of murder? I personally believe in the death penalty, BUT i also think there should have to be over whelming evidence, ie: confession, dna, malti witnesses. I also believe in pacificism (an eye for an eye) I think if you murder someone you should be murdered or if you shoot someone and they survive you should be shot. What does everyone else think the penalty for murder should be? Porkrod- Thats very true, When your addrenalian is pumping your scared and your not really thinking about distictive things about the guy.

Answer: I believe in the death penalty if they are 100% sure they commited murder. If we had strickter laws maybe people would think twice about commiting crime.

Question: Do you think that some animals have less importance than others? Do you think that some animals have less importance than others? Not really "importance" but that their life has value? Say it is a hamster and a dog. Say someone killed a hamster, and someone killed a dog. Do you think that the person that killed the dog should go to jail, or the one who killed the hamster or both? Because some people think that since it is "just a hamster" It doesn't matter. What do you think?

Answer: That is a very good question. Most people would think a hamster is just a little stupid thing, and a dog is some great wonderful animal. But either way, it is animal cruelty. People could go to jail either way. No one should ever harm an animal, it is just wrong.

Question: How do I stop thinking about what others think of me being a success or failure? I think if I stopped thinking about what others think of my actions (which are constructive ones usually) I can focus more and increase success rate. How do I stop thinking and get my confidence out of a set of beliefs and values?

Answer: only you can tell if you are successful in life because one measurement of success is happiness. so, don't let other people set the standard for you. each one of us is gifted and equipped to hone our life..know and do whatever makes you happy and satisfied. minding others will only make you clamor for more yet never satisfied..

Question: What do you think about our competitive behavior? Have you ever thought about what the world would be like if species survived through cooperation, rather than competition? In what ways do you think our lives would be different? Do you think competition has helped humanity advance at the rate we have, because we are always trying to be the best? Or, do you think cooperation would have been better, because we would always try and do what's best? What if instead of killing, animals and humans were like plants, and only needed sunlight? Oh, sunlight and water. Oh, don't get me wrong, I'm not trying to support communism, or even socialism. Those are forced cooperation systems. I'm talking about what life would be like if we were NATURALLY cooperative. Hmm, I know that we survived this long because of our competetive behaviors. Sparta mentions a society that was cooperative, but failed because of corruption. Humans, like most species, are naturally competetive, that is why it failed. What if we had not competetive drive? What I'm trying to say is, what if all species, including humans, on this planet were naturally cooperative?

Answer: There are two kinds of competition, what you might call constructive and destructive. The plains Nations called them male and female competition. Male competition was the constructive sort; even in wars you they were less competition and more opposition. You didn't hate your enemy, you might admire him, and give a whoop when he counted coup even when it was on you, because you admired his courage. By using the enemy as opposition instead of competition you end up fighting yourself, trying to improve so you can stay in the running. Sports are a good example of this today. True, one side wins and the other loses, but everybody applauds when somebody does something amazing or spectacular and in some cases the MVP might be on the losing side. With this sort of competition you don't have to crush your enemies; indeed the greater your opposition the greater you must strive to achieve. Female competition or the destructive kind can't win unless the other side loses. Happiness can never be achieved unless the enemy is crushed, destroyed, and ruined. It's not enough to defeat them on the battlefield; their children and wives must be slaves, their houses burnt, their animals slaughtered or captured. It's the epitome of what they call bad sportsmanship. The creative destruction of the economic system has some aspects of this kind of competition, but it is not entirely destructive. It's hard to find a perfect example today. I'm not entirely sure why it was called female competition. To quote one Arapaho chieftain 'competition was opposition's ugly sister.' Perhaps this has something to do with the sort of spite and vindictiveness that is a traditionally female style, however being male I'm only peripherally aware of female society so it seems unusual among women today to--to me anyway. I saw Mean Girls, and that's as good an example as I can come up with. So to finally answer your question, without constructive competition nothing would exist, not even plants, because they strive with each other too, and in the larger sense, ie the ecology which they inhabit, their form of competition is constructive. The same goes even for predators and prey, as they balance each other even though for individuals it might seem pretty cruel. Without destructive competition where would we be? A lot further along than we are. Whether destructive competition is female in style or not (and I think not), it has been used by countless men in positions of power to do innumerable evils. Whether it's Subotai killing everybody in an enemy city or the Crusaders running amok in Jerusalem, the concept of demonizing the enemy has a long and grotesque history. I think we could easily do without destructive competition, and yet we would still not have to be cooperative or turn into plants or anything.

Question: Do people think cats are evolving to become more dependent? This is a question I've been wondering about recently. I've noticed that a lot more people are getting more than one cat, and a lot of them say it's because their cat was lonely and needed a buddy (obviously that shouldn't be the only reason to get another cat). Personally, I have two cats and neither of them act very independent at all. I'm not sure what i think on this matter, but I was wondering what other people think. Do you think cats are evolving to become less independent?

Answer: They are social animals - not as social as dogs, but I once saw as many as 10 stray cats walking around together like a pack. And of course, they're descendants of wild species and have been tamed over generations to accommodate man better. (You wouldn't want something with the temperament of a lynx in your home!) Some cat races also have characteristics. Siamese are more independent and haughty (they were once revered as Gods - as if cats didn't have enough of an ego!). Maine Coons are really friendly and affectionate. Spanish tabbies are quiet, etc... They've been bred that way. I don't think there's any recent development, though. Evolution doesn't work that fast.

Question: Do you think that electrically charged objects behave the same way as two magnets? Do you think that electrically charged objects behave the same way as two magnets, or do you think they behave differently? Why do you think so?

Answer: Forces between individual charges follow an inverse square law, Coulomb's Law. Magnetic fields are seldom that simple, especially since there is no known magnetic monopole.

Question: How good do you think Miley performed at the American music awards? I thought she did okay but personally I thought I could of did a little better than her. I know its hard because its a lot work like running around and singing and dancing but I still think I've could of did better but she tried. And I like Miley Cyrus too but I think she doesn't sound good live.

Answer: the whole performance had a cool concept, and to be perfectly honest, i really thought that was her at the beginning--getting out of the car. the singing wasn't that great, but at least she changed her outfit, because what she was wearing earlier was not appropriate. i'm not a fan, but i have to say that it was not her worst performance. her worst was the AI finale. but i didn't like her hair swinging and the getting on her knees part. sometimes it seemed like she was doing some PCD moves if you know what i mean. sometimes her singing was actually ok, but you could tell when she was getting tired. but you're right, she isn't very good at singing live. hope i helped!

Question: How much do you think has change when employers hire people for work? Like the topic question, how much do you think has change? For Whites, Blacks, Latinos, Asians, Pacific islanders, and another others that I have missed. I person think there has been an improvement but not by a lot. Equality in work places is a whole other story thought. I would count that as part of employment discrimination because of unequal pay when they are doing the same quality work. This has happen to many of my friends. They believe it is because of race. What do you think?

Answer: I don't know I'm biracial, but whites usually will be hired, so will latinos, so will asians; blacks and arabs MAY get the $ hitty end of the racist stick. However, if the neighborhood is predominantly black than whites may get the $ hitty end of the racist stick.

Question: How important do you think video game women are to kids' perspectives on gender? I was thinking the other day about Chun Li in the Street Fighter games. She was really a rather breakthrough character, in that she was the first one (so far as I know) to be a hero rather than damsel. Moreover, she was not created as an inferior fighter to the males. Of the 8 original characters, she was the fastest fighter (hence the one I was the best at till I got to play Vega.) Contrast this with video games in the early 80s. Any females would either be nonexistant or objects to be rescued--a trend that continued well after Chun Li in some cases. I never thought of women as lessers, as a child. I know some people have strong female role models in their real life, but I didn't, and not everyone else did either. Sometimes stories are all you have to go by. So how important do you think this is anyway? For all those kids who have no other strong woman in their world, how much difference do you think a video game character can make? By the way, I think presenting women as sex objects (such as Dead or Alive 3 where there are more female fighters than males, and most of them expose their panties with every move) creates its own problems. How important is it that more female characters be presented as important for whoever they are, and whatever they do, rather than how hot they are? Oh, and outside of fighting games, if you played as Princess Toadstool in Super Mario 2, her only useful trait was that her dress let her 'hover' in the air. Fantastic. Koreaguy: Good points, but is promoting a female character whose only redeeming characteristic that she kicks ass the best kind of female role model? (Particularly when she has to be HOT and kick ass.) Robinson: That's kind of my point. If video games teach boys the only measure of worth is physical superiority, and then they realize in the real world women usually aren't the combat equals of men, how has this helped them get any sort of positive impression of women?

Answer: I think it can make a huge difference. As someone who plays video games like crazy, I know about the hours one can invest into it. RPGs, for instance, can take up to 80 hours of game play, and most RPGs in the last 10-15 years have had plenty of strong female characters, usually fully dressed, even though the primary lead character is male most of the time. For instance, right now I'm playing Xenosaga, and about half the playable characters so far are female or female looking androids, only one of which really shows any flesh. Other games I like such as the Resident Evil series and Parasite Eve have strong female lead characters who definitely look hot but are dressed reasonably and can kick ass. For instance, Aya Brea from Parasite Eve is a New York City police detective who looks good but her outfit is basically jeans, t-shirt, and a leather jacket. So these days, you can have a video game that satisfies my "horny adolescent bloodlust" side without compromising the women characters involved. Everyone wins. Unfortunately, it seems that it's the Grand Theft Auto type games that have everyone's attention (I don't mind violence in video games- nothing I enjoy more than blowing heads off zombies in RE 2- but beating up hookers is a bit sadistic for my tastes). But really, most games on the market aren't like that. EDIT: Well, kicking ass is usually not her only redeeming characteristic; women in these games are often quick witted and intelligent. For isntance, Shion, the lead in Xenosaga is a genius who is in charge of the development of a powerful battle android called KOS-MOS. And as far as attractiveness goes, how many unattractive lead male characters are there? To Robinson: I actually haven't played Xenogears, though I really want to. I've played most major RPGs since the early 90s; that's one of the few I couldn't get my hands on.

Question: What do think is gona be better the natel project for the 360 or the motion sensor for the ps3? Im just wondering witch one you think will be better and do you think any of them will fail. And do you really think xbox can pull this off?

Answer: i like the motion controller for the ps3 better i would still like to have a controller but project natal looks cool nothing beats a controller though,i don't like moving around when playing video games

Question: What do you honestly think of a male becoming a dental assistant? What do you honestly think of a guy becoming a dental assistant? I know it's usually a female job but I'm a 22 year old guy and am thinking of becoming one? Do you think it's a good job or not? What is the male to female ratio in dental assistants? 1 to 10? I'm afraid I might not be able to get hired and what people might think of me because it's not a typical job for a man.

Answer: SittSitt Yes why not go into dentistry, its such a well paid profession. You're obviously interested in it. These days its very tech advanced and easier.