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The Depressive Narcissist Many scholars consider pathological narcissism to be a form of depressive illness. This is the position of the authoritative magazine "Psychology Today". The life of the typical narcissist is, indeed, punctuated with recurrent bouts of dysphoria (ubiquitous sadness and hopelessness), anhedonia (loss of the ability to feel pleasure), and clinical forms of depression (cyclothymic, dysthymic, or...... Source : Anti Depression Drugs
The Depressive Patient - A Case Study Notes of first therapy session with?Edward J., male, 51, diagnosed with?Depressive Personality Disorder Edward has a lumbering, numbed presence. He walks as if in a dream, his gait robotic, his eyes downcast. Within minutes, it is abundantly clear to me that he is gloomy, dejected, pessimistic, overly serious, lacks a sense of humor, cheerless, joyless, and constantly unhappy. How does he react to...... Source : Anti Depression Drugs
The Measurement Problem In Quantum Mechanics Arguably the most intractable philosophical question attached to Quantum Mechanics (QM) is that of Measurement. The accepted (a.k.a. Copenhagen) Interpretation of QM says that the very act of sentient measurement determines the outcome of the measurement in the quantum (microcosmic) realm. The wave function (which describes the co-existing, superpositioned, states of the system) "collapses"...... Similar Editorial : Web Measurement by Steve Jackson. | Source : Science Lessons
Nature Vs. Mankind Locally, though, order is often fighting disorder for dominance. In other words, in localized, open systems, order sometimes tends to increase and, by definition, statistical entropy tends to decrease.Some physical systems increase disorder, either by decaying or by actively spreading disorder onto other systems. Such vectors we call "Entropic Agents".Conversely, some physical systems increase...... Similar Editorial : Nature Wedding by Kenmorris. | Source : Science Teachers
Extraterrestrial Intelligence & Aliens Conundrum (1) How can we tell the artificial from the natural? How can we be sure to distinguish Alien artifacts from naturally-occurring objects? How can we tell apart with certainty Alien languages from random noise or other natural signals?(2) If we have absolutely nothing in common with the Aliens, can we still recognize them as intelligent life forms and maintain an exchange of meaningful information...... Similar Editorial : Gaining Business Intelligence by Jerome Bergerou. | Source : Science Teachers
Search For Extraterrestrial Intelligence I. The Six Arguments against SETIThe various projects that comprise the 45-years old Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence (SETI) raise two important issues:(1) do Aliens exist and (2) can we communicate with them. If they do and we can, how come we never encountered an extraterrestrial, let alone spoken to or corresponded with one?There are six basic explanations to this apparent conundrum and...... Similar Editorial : Gaining Business Intelligence by Jerome Bergerou. | Source : Science Teachers
Parapsychology And The Paranormal I. IntroductionThe words "supernatural", "paranormal", and "parapsychology" are prime examples of oxymorons. Nature, by its extended definition, is all-inclusive and all-pervasive. Nothing is outside its orbit and everything that is logically and physically possible is within its purview. If something exists and occurs then, ipso facto, it is normal (or abnormal, but never para or "beyond" the...... Source : Science Teachers
Context, Background, Meaning I. The Meaning-Egg and the Context-chickenDid the Laws of Nature precede Nature or were they created with it, in the Big Bang? In other words, did they provide Nature with the context in which it unfolded? Some, like Max Tegmark, an MIT cosmologist, go as far as to say that mathematics is not merely the language which we use to describe the Universe - it is the Universe itself. The world is an...... Similar Editorial : A Work In Context by Scott Lindsay. | Source : Science Toys
Why Waste? I. Waste in NatureWaste is considered to be the by-product of both natural and artificial processes: manufacturing, chemical reactions, and events in biochemical pathways. But how do we distinguish the main products of an activity from its by-products? In industry, we intend to manufacture the former and often get the latter as well. Thus, our intention seems to be the determining factor: main...... Similar Editorial : Construction Waste Management by JoannC. | Source : Science Toys
The Solow Paradox The PRODUCTIVE HARDWARE The world is debating the Solow Paradox. Named after the Nobel laureate in economics, it was stated by him thus: "You can see the computer age everywhere these days, except in the productivity statistics". The venerable economic magazine, "The Economist" in its issue dated July 24th, quotes the no less venerable Professor Robert Gordon ("one of America's leading authorities...... Similar Editorial : Internet Safety Paradox by Mirit Reif. | Source : Technology Integration
Turing Machines And Universes In 1936 an American (Alonzo Church) and a Briton (Alan M. Turing) published independently (as is often the coincidence in science) the basics of a new branch in Mathematics (and logic): computability or recursive functions (later to be developed into Automata Theory).The authors confined themselves to dealing with computations which involved "effective" or "mechanical" methods for finding results ...... Similar Editorial : Fax Machines by Alden Jerry. | Source : Technology Integration
The Fourth Law Of Robotics The movie "I, Robot" is a muddled affair. It relies on shoddy pseudo-science and a general sense of unease that artificial (non-carbon based) intelligent life forms seem to provoke in us. But it goes no deeper than a comic book treatment of the important themes that it broaches. I, Robot is just another - and relatively inferior - entry is a long line of far better movies, such as "Blade Runner"...... Similar Editorial : Fourth Generation C by Dwyane Thomas. | Source : Technology Survey
The Technology Of Law One can discern the following relationships between the Law and Technology: 1. Sometimes technology becomes an inseparable part of the law. In extreme cases, technology itself becomes the law. The use of polygraphs, faxes, telephones, video, audio and computers is an integral part of many laws - etched into them. It is not an artificial co-habitation: the technology is precisely defined in the law...... Similar Editorial : In Technology by Anita Johansen. | Source : Equipment Technology
Primary Technology, Consumer Technology, And World Peace Paradigm shifts in science and revolutionary leaps in technology are frequently coterminous with political and military upheavals. The dust usually requires three centuries to settle. Such seismic waves and tectonic shifts occurred between the 12th and 14th centuries AD, again starting with the 15th and ending in the 17th century AD, and, most recently, commencing in the 19th century and still...... Similar Editorial : As The Primary Caregiver by William Hammond, J.D.. | Source : Modern Technology School
