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From Chaos to Harmony

By: Rav Michael Laitman

...my of Sciences in Mos- cow, and an MSc in bio-cybernetics from the Faculty of Biology and Cybernetics at the Institute of Science at St. Petersburg ... ...tion, we have accumulated sufficient experience to understand where Nature’s evolutionary law is leading us. The picture we will gradually present t... ...al stage, as civilization evolves toward compre- hensive harmony. According to evolutionary biologist Elisabet Sah- touris, at the end of the process ... ...e elements unite into a single, harmonious system. She used as an example the evolutionary process of life on Earth. Billions of years ago, Earth wa... ...ality of altruism is our purpose in life. We are pushed toward it by Nature’s evolutionary law through egoism itself. Nature’s purpose is for us to ... ...paths: Chapter Five: Obeying Nature’s Law 89 1. Promoting ourselves in the evolutionary process by recognizing our egoistic Nature as harmful an... ... Origin of an Altruistic Gene, published May 2006 in the Journal of Molecular Biology and Evolution. 14 From the biological point of view, it is cus...

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The Natural State, In the Words of U.G. Krishnamurti

By: U.G. Krishnamurti, Edited by Peter Maverick

...y of man now. It has become the enemy of man because the potential of the evolutionary process is thwarted by the culture's creation of a perfect ma... ...lly speaking, the individual is an extraordinary piece of creation by the evolutionary process. So I say that every individual is unique. Whatever i... ... themselves is lost. _______ I can't say there is any such thing as an evolutionary process but there seems to be. What its nature is, what its p... ...me flower, but this end product of human evolution cannot be used by this evolutionary process as a model to create another one. If it throws out on... ...reserve the perfume of that because if you preserve it, it will stink. The evolutionary process or movement is not interested in using the one that i... ...ical and physical state. We function in a thought sphere and not in our biology. The separative thought structure which is the totality of man's t...

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Noi Functii in Teoria Numerelor

By: Florentin Smarandache

...the mechanism of the natural evolution of genetics. GAs emulate the biological evolutionary theory to solve optimization problems. In general, ... ...es of Copernicus (astronomy), Newton (mechanics), Lavoisier (chemistry) Darwin (biology), Maxwell (electromagnetism), Einstein (mechanics) and Godel... ...ar Constrained Optimization Problems with Gas, Proc. 1 st IEEE Internal Conf. Evolutionary Computation, 2 (1994) 579-584. [50, 52, 54] 287 4...

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First and Last Things : A Confession of Faith and a Rule of Life

By: H. G. Wells

...be- lief in the objective reality of classification of which my studies in biology and mineralogy had largely disabused me. Logic, it seemed to me, ha... ...y,—but what is its value beyond that? Is the scientific method of value in biology? The great advances made by Darwin and his school in biology were n... ...al texture. He believed that individual- ity (heterogeneity) was and is an evolutionary product from an original homogeneity, begotten by folding and ... ...xclu- sively from them. The order is not hereditary—we know just enough of biology and the uncertainties of inheritance to know how silly that would b...

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The Path of Splitness

By: Indrek Pringi

...ental design of organic cells splitting is nothing new. Anyone who has taken Biology will recognize it. How organic cells split, how Life works is ... ... our awareness from: to: This was the first major evolutionary split that created walking apes: changing a monkey that us... ... stop and look for food; this increased the range of their mobility. The evolutionary result of eating half-rotted, cut-up, burnt, boiled food f... ...e 4.7 million year span of hominids evolving into humans; is that this entire evolutionary process was going on only in the upper half of this animal... ...cial of all, and the most intangible. It is the culmination of hominid-human evolutionary change into a new way of living-surviving. Not by instin... ...s of things to the extent tool-using apes did. Restatement of Hominid-Human Evolutionary Development: The First major imbalanced split: into two... ...heir facts into unconnected, detached, fields of bullshit called Physics, and Biology, and Organic Chemistry. Then they isolate the facts inside ea... ...quation ever used in mathematics, in technology, in Physics, in Astronomy, in Biology, in Particle Physics is wrong… They will have to admit that al... ...a profound insight like that. You have to go to University and specialize in biology to learn that… huh? Somebody explain this to me… I don’t unde...

...: Basic aspects and dynamics of the Organic Universe and Organic Life. 3: The origins of modern humans going back 25 million years. 4: Human Psycho-biology. 5: The beginnings of civilization. 6: The effect of civilization upon humans. 7: Death, the existence of evil and its effect on humans. Offered as a free E-book at: http://thepathofsplitness.com/ ...

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Kabbalah, Science and the Meaning of Life

By: Rav Michael Laitman

...rm between the creature and the Creator.” The wisdom of Kabbalah depicts each evolutionary stage of the will to receive from the very first stage of... ...he matter that forms our world is created. Our world has experienced several evolutionary eras, and today we are at a stage where we are starting t... ...ed (Figure 5). Figure 5 T H E N AT U R E O F M AT T E R 37 At its preliminary evolutionary stage, humanity has physical desires for sustenance, repr... ...m. B) These desires can only be realized within a social framework. The final evolutionary stage is the craving for knowledge and erudition. We want... ...a mere machine evolved as an offshoot of research in physics, chemistry, and biology. Eventually, physicists produced a perception that hu- mans are... ...n this mechanical worldview. Until the 1930’s, the predominant belief was that biology was different from all other sciences. It was believed that al... ...living entity that was not mere matter. However, the evolution of contemporary biology could take place only after it was decided to discard the idea... ...eering, T H E C R E D I B I L I T Y O F Q UA N T U M T H E O RY 81 molecular biology, and pharmacology progressed through the life- less mechanistic... ...therefore, to open our eyes and see what is presently hidden from us. All our evolutionary states are preordained in the Thought of Creation, but th...

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The Fundamental Assumptions Underlying the Modern Study of Psychopathology Examined.

By: Sam Vaknin

...s important a determinant as any drive. Society came in through the parental door. Biology converged with social injunctions to yield human values ... ...ot be considered an adaptative strategy. Horney's is an optimistic outlook. Because biology is only one of the forces shaping our adulthood – cultur... ...eristics, such as facial and pubic hair are first order phenomena. Can genetics and biology account for male and female behavior patterns and social... ...student of his, Wendy Wood, now a professor at the Texas A&M University: "Like (the evolutionary psychologists), Eagly and Wood reject social constr... ...ure - not about emulating it. The more perplexing question remains: what are the evolutionary and biological advantages of recreational sex and h... ...homosexuality and other forms of non-reproductive, pleasure-seeking sex may be key evolutionary mechanisms and integral drivers of population dynam... ...sults. Heterosexuality is but one strategy among a few optimal solutions. Studying biology may yet lead to greater tolerance for the vast repertory...

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And Gulliver Returns Book IV : A Look at Our Human Values

By: Lemuel Gulliver XVI

...people become more aware of some of the sciences, particularly astronomy, biology and geology, and as they try to fit their scriptural beliefs into t... ...he empirical scientists, especially those in astro-physics, astronomy and biology. They see both the order and the disorder in the universe. And whe... ...suming a god hypothesis then try to prove it with the various sciences of biology, physics, cosmology and such. You could even look for verifiable h... ...ning any creating supernatural entity. Lawyers‘ educations do not explore evolutionary biology. A medical education does not make you an expert on a... ...ting supernatural entity. Lawyers‘ educations do not explore evolutionary biology. A medical education does not make you an expert on astro-physics ... ... should be an expert in logic, in comparative religions, in cosmology, in evolutionary biology. Would a high school or college graduate have such ex... ...every representative of the people has a PhD in economics, astro-physics, evolutionary biology, philosophy and history. But the huge majority are la... ...about the pre-human Australopithicus, but we don‘t have evidence of every evolutionary change from some sort of ape to homo sapiens. But as newer sc... ... humans evolved but God guided the process. Only 15% believe in a non-God evolutionary process. (40) But Americans are not alone in their anti-scie...

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Speculations and Physics

By: Sam Vaknin, Ph. D.

...on-random principle (such as the increase in order). This, exactly, is the case in biology. There is no reason in principle why not to construct a ... ...antic, divergent changes in where the system "settles down" (finds a solution). In biology Gould and others have modified the theory of evolution ... ...rise to black holes? The vanishing masses of black branes delineate a cosmological evolutionary tree - from a universe with one topology to another... ... "sciences" (e.g., to economics and psychology) and even to more robust fields like biology or medicine. Yet no one disputes the existence of econom... ...ts that a super-intellect has monkeyed with physics, as well as with chemistry and biology, and that there are no blind forces worth speaking about... ...psychotic disorders. The exceptions are (arguably) the disciplines of medicine and biology. A phenomenology of ossified bodies of knowledge would m... ...s always an agent of conservation, preservation and conformity. Thus, the creative-evolutionary dimension of the now- dead discipline is gone. No ne...

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The Open Book

By: Rav Michael Laitman

...way – how to be filled with the light of the Creator. You can learn about evolutionary processes in our world through books that were written by sci... ...at everyone studies, which bears various manifestations: in mechanics, in biology, astronomy, music and so on. Thus, the division to fields is symbo... ...es are but particulars that make it up. With regards to Kabbalah – music, biology and medicine are but external phenomena that stem from that single...

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The Future of the Internet : And How to Stop It

By: Jonathan Zittrain

...works flourished—Brother word processors and CompuServe—might appear to be an evolutionary dead end. Those alternatives are not dead. They have been on... ..., some es- tablished vendors, some street peddlers. Further, we have certain evolutionary gifts that allow us to directly judge whether food has spoil... ...s); Paul A. David, The Beginnings and Prospective Ending of “End-to-End”: An Evolutionary Perspective on the Internet’s Ar- chitecture 26 (Stanford Ec... ...ald, Guarding Against the Most Dangerous Emerging Pathogens: In- sights from Evolutionary Biology, 2 E I D, 245, 246 (Oct.– Dec... ... Against the Most Dangerous Emerging Pathogens: In- sights from Evolutionary Biology, 2 E I D, 245, 246 (Oct.– Dec. 1996) (“Lik... ...trib- uted to Leonard Adleman, a professor of computer science and molecular biology at the University of Southern California. See Wikipedia, Computer...

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Interview with the Future

By: Rav Michael Laitman

... do things exist, but also about the question: what am I living for? The evolutionary processes of nature and living organisms astonish us with the... ...ngs, humanity has developed various sciences such as physics, chemistry, biology etc. They are called Natural Sciences, and they are based on man’s... ...of the universe, in space and time. The wisdom of Kabbalah can teach you biology, chemistry, physics, you name it. You can learn psychiatry throug...

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Fuzzy Relational Maps and Neutrosophic Relational Maps

By: W. B. Vasantha Kandasamy and Florentin Smarandache

...the mechanism of the natural evolution of genetics. GAs emulate the biological evolutionary theory to solve optimization problems. In general, ... ...es of Copernicus (astronomy), Newton (mechanics), Lavoisier (chemistry) Darwin (biology), Maxwell (electromagnetism), Einstein (mechanics) and Godel... ...ar Constrained Optimization Problems with Gas, Proc. 1 st IEEE Internal Conf. Evolutionary Computation, 2 (1994) 579-584. [50, 52, 54] 287 4...

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Utility, Rationality and Beyond – from Behavioral Finance to Informational Finance

By: Sukanto Bhattacharya

...ional Implementation of a Genetic Algorithm Scheme to Illustrate the Evolutionary Efficiency of Black-Scholes Delta Hedging Using Multi-as... ...ial structured products manufactured out of complex, multi-asset options. Evolutionary superiority of the Black-Scholes function in dynamic hedging ... ...ngineering this type of synthetic portfolio insurance as it has ingrained evolutionary optimality. This is exactly what we have computationally demo... ... given in Appendix (ii). Having computationally demonstrated the evolutionary optimality of a Black-Scholes type expected payoff (utility) ... ...e accepts the biological origin of utility forms, any sufficiently robust evolutionary algorithm should show convergence with a Black Scholes type ex... ... Becker, G. S. Altruism, Egoism and Genetic Fitness: Economics and Socio-biology. Journal of Economic Literature 14, 1976: 817–26. Bem, D. J. ...

... investors based on their governing risk-return preferences involving financial structured products manufactured out of complex, multi-asset options. Evolutionary superiority of the Black-Scholes function in dynamic hedging scenarios is computationally demonstrated using a haploid genetic algorithm model programmed in Borland C. The work explores, both theoretically and co...

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Proceedings of the First International Conference on Neutrosophy, Neutrosophic Logic, Neutrosophic Set, Neutrosophic Probability and Statistics

By: Florentin Smarandache

...otonicity. In bio-mathematics Heitkoetter and Beasley (1993-1999) present the evolutionary algorithms which are used “to describe computer-based pr... ...mutation, and reproduction, the evolution of individual structures. The major evolutionary algorithms studied are: genetic algorithm (a model of ma... ...re: genetic algorithm (a model of machine learning based on genetic operators), evolutionary programming (a stochastic optimization strategy based on... ...996. [17] Heitkoetter, Joerg; David Beasley, David, The Hitch-Hiker’s Guide to Evolutionary Computing, Encore, http://surf.de.uu.net/encore/, ftp:... ... 'fitness' in our experiments (the same 'reproductive' concept that is used in evolutionary biology) was actually a simplified overall value - surviv... ... our experiments (the same 'reproductive' concept that is used in evolutionary biology) was actually a simplified overall value - survival. From thi... ...n in Hierarchically Organized Biological Systems. Studies in the Philosophy of Biology, F.J. Ayala & T. Dobzhansky (ed.). Macmillan Press. [6] Can...

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Cyclopedia of Economics

By: Sam Vaknin

...on-random principle (such as the increase in order). This, exactly, is the case in biology. There is no reason in principle why not to construct a ... ...y the Jews attest to the veracity of this discovery. Judaism is founded on shared biology as much as shared history and customs. As a religion, it... ...improve our chances to survive. The communication of emotions is of an unparalleled evolutionary importance and a species devoid of the ability to c... ...reasing complexity of the wiring of the brain as pregnancy progresses. The latest evolutionary phase in programming is OOPS (Object Oriented Progr... ...motionally, intuitively, know" what is meaning and that it exists. If we ignore the evolutionary explanation (a false sense of meaning was instilled... ...antic, divergent changes in where the system "settles down" (finds a solution). In biology Gould and others have modified the theory of evolution t... ...volution, from natural to artificial selection, and from genes to memes? Does the evolutionary process culminate in a being that transcends its ge... ...legal system. Women's rights are being legally as well as informally secured in an evolutionary process, punctuated by minor legal revolutions. 4... ...s will be to preserve and transfer knowledge through time. It is called "memory" in biology - and "archive" in library science. The history of the I...

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Cyclopedia of Philosophy

By: Sam Vaknin

...on-random principle (such as the increase in order). This, exactly, is the case in biology. There is no reason in principle why not to construct a ... ...y the Jews attest to the veracity of this discovery. Judaism is founded on shared biology as much as shared history and customs. As a religion, it... ...improve our chances to survive. The communication of emotions is of an unparalleled evolutionary importance and a species devoid of the ability to c... ...reasing complexity of the wiring of the brain as pregnancy progresses. The latest evolutionary phase in programming is OOPS (Object Oriented Progr... ...motionally, intuitively, know" what is meaning and that it exists. If we ignore the evolutionary explanation (a false sense of meaning was instilled... ...antic, divergent changes in where the system "settles down" (finds a solution). In biology Gould and others have modified the theory of evolution t... ...volution, from natural to artificial selection, and from genes to memes? Does the evolutionary process culminate in a being that transcends its ge... ...legal system. Women's rights are being legally as well as informally secured in an evolutionary process, punctuated by minor legal revolutions. 4... ...s will be to preserve and transfer knowledge through time. It is called "memory" in biology - and "archive" in library science. The history of the I...

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Trendsiters Digital Content and Web Technologies

By: Sam Vaknin

...arge proved to be calamitous to the industry. In the 1970s and 1980s, evolutionary biologists like Richard Dawkins and Rupert Sheldrake develope... ..." and transforming. Every medium of communications goes through the same evolutionary cycle: Anarchy The Public Phase At this stage, the me... ...But in a synergistic way, computing may actually be driven by advances in biology which are making it possible, as scientists learn more about DNA a... ...d may lead to new materials with exceptional qualities. - Medicine, biology, and materials science. For example, the use of transgenic goats to... ...to preserve and transfer knowledge through time. It is called "memory" in biology - and "archive" in library science. The history of the Internet is... ..." and transforming. Every medium of communications goes through the same evolutionary cycle: Anarchy The Public Phase At this stage, the mediu... ...terial). In fact, what other life-after-death more real than a son? Those evolutionary ideas! Does anybody still think it is a risk that they have ... ...to preserve and transfer knowledge through time. It is called "memory" in biology - and "archive" in library science. The history of the Internet is... ...roductivity. Developing countries better take note. Historical Note - The Evolutionary Cycle of New Media The Internet is cast by its proponents as ...

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The Labor Divide

By: Sam Vaknin

...mographic trends are not linear. They resemble the pattern, borrowed from evolutionary biology, and known as "punctuated equilibrium". It is a fits a... ...nds are not linear. They resemble the pattern, borrowed from evolutionary biology, and known as "punctuated equilibrium". It is a fits and starts af...

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And Gulliver Returns Book VI : Our Psychological Motivations

By: Lemuel Gulliver XVI

... 8 ―It seems that instincts are much stronger as we climb down the evolut... ...the tragedy of disastrous parenting they would go with your licensing ideas Chuck. Huge inferiority feelings and no capacity to love, only the biolog...

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On The Origin Of The Human Mind, Second Edition

By: Ph.D. Andrey Vyshedskiy

...ity in integrating a sufficiently wide range of evidence for his mental synthesis theory (such as research on language, vision science, neuroanatomy, evolutionary history of primates, and archaeological/paleontological evidence of tool and art creation and usages).” —RICHARD J. HARRINGTON, Professor of Anthropology, Integrative Centers for Science and Medicine “It is w...

...arles Darwin proposed that species evolve under the influence of natural selection (Darwin C, 1859), have been marked by great discoveries. Molecular biology described the genetic principles underlying species evolution and identified specific changes in the human genome since our lineage split off from the chimpanzee line about six million years ago (Somel M, 2013). Great...

...7. Introduction: a quick guide to paleoanthropology 136 Chapter 8. Cognitive evolution through the prism of paleontological evidence 160 Chapter 9. Evolutionary pressure drives better predator detection 191 Chapter 10. Overall Discussion of Part 2 219 Part 3. The “last” mutation 254 Chapter 11. The role of the prefrontal cortex in the process of mental synthesis 2...

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The Varieties of Religious Experience

By: William James

...suasion. “Fear,” to quote a writer of the school, “has had its uses in the evolutionary process, and seems to con- stitute the whole of forethought in... ... principle, though plausible at first sight, seems, in the light of recent biology, to be more and more im- probable. The second principle is one of a...

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