...es no "values" or "preferences". It simply exists. WE, humans, introduce our value systems, prejudices and priorities into our activities, science ... ...of Mental Illness By: Dr. Sam Vaknin "You can know the name of a bird in all the languages of the world, but when you're finished, you'll know a... ...tion of certain divinely-inspired texts, millennial scriptures, apocalyptic thought systems, and fundamentalist religious ideologies (such as the on... ... the wiring of the brain as pregnancy progresses. The latest evolutionary phase in programming is OOPS (Object Oriented Programming Systems). Objec... ... The latest evolutionary phase in programming is OOPS (Object Oriented Programming Systems). Objects are modules which encompass both data and inst... ...performed by these objects - but not with their structure and internal processes. Programming objects, in other words, are "black boxes" (an engin... ...ogists "a-priori categories", or "the collective unconscious". Computers and their programming evolve. Relational databases cannot be integrated wi... ...telling) nature of psychology. In a way, psychology has affinity with some private languages. It is a form of art and, as such, is self- sufficient.... ...nd emergentists ignore the existence of a hierarchy of scientific theories and meta-languages. They believe - and it is an article of faith, not of ...

...tal Health Professionals The Myth of Mental Illness "You can know the name of a bird in all the languages of the world, but when you're finished, y... ...l interpretation of certain divinely-inspired texts, millennial scriptures, apocalyptic thought systems, and fundamentalist religious ideologies (s... ...l example is a narcissist who changes numerous workplaces, a few careers, myriad hobbies, value systems or faiths. At the same time, he maintains (... ...ays and ONLY have real feelings when you are with a narcissist. It is your love map, it is the programming within your psyche. Does it need to cont... ...s resemble a personal computer. We are an all-purpose, universal, machine. Subject to the right programming (conditioning, socialization, education,... ...rapped by elaborate, florid, texts. They read between the lines, spawning a multitude of private languages, prejudices, superstitions, conspiracy th... ...s profound implications. Communication through unequivocal, unambiguous, information-rich symbol systems is such an integral and crucial part of our...

...personal computer. We are an all-purpose, universal, machine. Subject to the right programming (conditioning, socialization, education, upbringing)... ...y are destined to develop into testes or ovaries. There are also two different duct systems, one of which can develop into the female system of ovid... ...anity of the Defense By: Dr. Sam Vaknin "You can know the name of a bird in all the languages of the world, but when you're finished, you'll know a... ...tion of certain divinely-inspired texts, millennial scriptures, apocalyptic thought systems, and fundamentalist religious ideologies (such as the on...

.... Metaphors of the Net VII. The Solow Paradox VIII. Decision Support Systems Author: Sam Vaknin Contact Info: palma@unet.com.mk; samvaknin... ...s Suite101) use the Dewey decimal system. Others invented and implemented systems of their making. Additionally, one click publishing technology (su... ...-alone, instant self-publishing and self-assembly system. Self-publishing systems do exist (for instance, Purdue University's) - but they incorporat... ...ide the USA (in Germany, or Asia) and at least one offers papers in a few languages, Hebrew included. The problem, though, is not limited to the ... ...ival - strive to acquire as many users/listeners/viewers as possible. The programming is shallowed to the lowest (and widest) common denominator. Sh... ...mming is shallowed to the lowest (and widest) common denominator. Shallow programming dominates as long as the bloodbath proceeds. From Rags to Ric... ...e best, only, or relevant resource. Similar systems are available in many languages. Nexet, for example, provides such a resolution service in Hebre... ...ateral scroll - from left to right (or from right to left, in the Semitic languages). In many respects, audio books are much more revolutionary th... ...iple servers ("safety in redundancy"). They contain Web pages, television programming, films, e-books, archives of discussion lists, etc. Such mater...

...nd there cannot, therefore, be a universal, or eternal hierarchy. In Western moral systems, the Right to Life supersedes all other rights (includin... ...said subversion. The logical outcome is to call for the overthrow of all political systems, as Michael Bakunin suggested. Governments should theref... ...y to communicate (manipulate vocal-verbal-written symbols within structured symbol systems). Yet, we ignore the fact that using the same symbols do... ... them the same cognitive interpretations and the same emotional resonance ('private languages"). The same words, or symbols, often have different me... ...ruly global phenomenon in world affairs. Bound by a common history, a common set of languages, a common ethos, a common religion, common defenses an... ...d its correlate in the brain. The gap is even bigger when we try to apply natural languages to the description of emotions and sensations. This se... ...the wiring of the brain as pregnancy progresses. The latest evolutionary phase in programming is OOPS (Object Oriented Programming Systems). Objec... ... performed by these objects - but not with their structure and internal processes. Programming objects, in other words, are "black boxes" (an engin... ...ogists "a-priori categories", or "the collective unconscious". Computers and their programming evolve. Relational databases cannot be integrated wi...

...nd there cannot, therefore, be a universal, or eternal hierarchy. In Western moral systems, the Right to Life supersedes all other rights (includin... ...said subversion. The logical outcome is to call for the overthrow of all political systems, as Michael Bakunin suggested. Governments should theref... ...y to communicate (manipulate vocal-verbal-written symbols within structured symbol systems). Yet, we ignore the fact that using the same symbols do... ... them the same cognitive interpretations and the same emotional resonance ('private languages"). The same words, or symbols, often have different me... ...ruly global phenomenon in world affairs. Bound by a common history, a common set of languages, a common ethos, a common religion, common defenses an... ...d its correlate in the brain. The gap is even bigger when we try to apply natural languages to the description of emotions and sensations. This se... ...the wiring of the brain as pregnancy progresses. The latest evolutionary phase in programming is OOPS (Object Oriented Programming Systems). Objec... ... performed by these objects - but not with their structure and internal processes. Programming objects, in other words, are "black boxes" (an engin... ...ogists "a-priori categories", or "the collective unconscious". Computers and their programming evolve. Relational databases cannot be integrated wi...

...nature of the discipline. In a way, economics has an affinity with some private languages. It is a form of art and, as such, it is self- sufficie... ... more daringly. Governments would like to maintain the stability of their financial systems. The common interest is overwhelming - and moral hazard... ...ut within the same market. Hal Varian of the School of Information Management and Systems at the University of California in Berkeley summarizes t... ...local safety and health standards, price controls, quality of internal distribution systems, the size of the order, the size of the market, and so o... ...dowments, Public Goods, and Externalities Level of education, knowledge of foreign languages, quality of infrastructure, the court, banking, and pu... ...sparency, state of the physical infrastructure, education and knowledge of foreign languages and "mission critical skills", geographical position ... ...to ideograms. Consider computers. They started as pure alphabet beasts. I recall my programming days with ASSEMBLY, COBOL and PL/1 on a clunky IBM ... ...all converted. Today, the elite controls both the alphabet (machine and high level programming languages) and the ideograms (GUIs) - the masses hav... ...w much imputed to the robot itself? When a robot decides finally to ignore its own programming – how will we be informed of this momentous event? O...