Dear Thomas, I am not happy with my current intro and I'm rewriting it. In the draft, there is a part you are alluding to. (Nazism) Below is the beginning of...
Dear Thomas, Your words prompted me to have a closer look at what is happening in US politics. And you are right. But there seems to be more. GOP could not...
Thank you! My hopes were fulfilled. Regards, Thomas "Judge a man by his questions rather than by his answers" Voltaire To: Imagine_Knowledge@yahoogroups.com ...
Dear all, I am not happy with the current opening on Emotional Epidemiology. I did not emphasise well enough that mental and physical illnesses are essentially...
Let us hope that Americans can do without GOP as it is now. A new, moderate conservative party would be the best solution. But I do not see it coming soon...
Dear Stephen, Obama inherited not only Bush’s disasters, but also disasters GOP supported and advocated for. It is true that Obama is now in control, but he...
Do you really think that there is a magic bullet for all of these disasters? What I said is that "rhetoric rarely matches reality."? Therefore, the promise of...
Dear Stephen, Unfortunately, there are incurable diseases. But we do have vaccines for some and we can prevent some of these before we get sick and die. This...
I said what I think and I will not reply on your reply. Damir, I see what you mean! You find yourself offering said magic bullets in a world where rhetoric...
Addiction/Smoking As promised, I will initiate a discussion about an emotional virus, as I see it. I will also describe its emotional charge and what maintains...
Dear Stephen, There is no doubt that acupuncture works to some degree. However, there is an interesting statistics. If we consider pain, for example,...
Dear all, We sometimes hear that old story about an elephant and blind men touching different parts of the elephant. The story is intended as parable for a ...
Dear Stephen, Placebo and nocebo are not getting stronger. They have always been here. The only difference is that we are starting to notice these effects. And...
Dear Thomas, It seems that I was not the only one in this assessment: http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0909/27015.html Republicans themselves seem to be...
Dear all, This swine flu pandemic really worries me. I know that emotions could boost my immune system, but how? Coincidently, there was a news item yesterday...
"Spontaneous Evolution: Our Positive Future (and a Way to Get There from Here)", Bruce H. Lipton, Ph.D., and Steve Bhaerman, discusses how feelings boost...
This swine flu pandemic really worries me. I know that emotions could boost my immune system, but how? Coincidently, there was a news item yesterday about...
Dear all, This morning, I was reminded of a fact that strongly supports my theory about what maintains an addiction as a very strong habit. During the war in ...
Dear all, Before emergence of early civilisations, humans were mostly adapting to new environments, like the rest of life on this planet. However, with...
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Dear all, You are probably aware of two long term studies on human wellbeing in general. Since these two studies involve large populations also, the volume of...
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The most highly paid professionals, with their large pensions and health-care benefits, are not above the ultimate head fake. Once exposed the call for...
Dear all, My publisher has finally started to roll out my book: http://www.trafford.com/Bookstore/BookDetail.aspx?BookId=SKU-000133998 I invite those of you...
Dear Cindy (?), For a meaningful answer, I have to summarise the current status of genetics and emergence of the epigenetics. I guess that you have enough...