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Two copper cups – a role of social media

THE POSSIBLE BENEFIT OF COPPER Witness the wonderful copper cups that we have bought,  The healing powers of copper have been used since time immemorial and I know they claim copper bangles reduce symptoms of rheumatism. I bought these two cups because a friend of mine said that if you drank water from copper containers it tastes better than from enamel or other containers. We have an energy...

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Artificial Intelligence vs. ‘I think, therefore I am’

  René Descartes (1596-1650) was a French mathematician, scientist and philosopher. He was born and raised in France, but traveled extensively around Europe and spent most of his working life in the Dutch Republic.[/caption] This idea of thinking about thinking came into my head about seven o'clock in the evening Friday the 13th - unlucky for some? but maybe not so. I'm trying to figure out...

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Allegiance to a group

I am attending a particular group on a fairly regular basis and have issues with the way the group is being organized and the path it is intending to take in the future. The question is 'who owns the intellectual property which is the group'? The likelihood is that the responsibilities are not clear. In my thinking the wisest thing to do is to get everyone together and get their views to make...

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What is fear? plus ‘the metaphorical use of the word ‘skin’

Brian: I don't want to develop a thick skin but I find that when I put ideas to people and they just laugh at it ignore it or reject I find it difficult not to take it personally.  I do my best. Out of the goodness of my heart. I wrote a report to our local Vineyard group that now has been defrocked but there is still a crowd of people ,about how to move on. I wanted to relieve the previous...

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The time consuming challenge of transcribing a lecture

Do you know how much work is involved? This is addressed to the very small number of people who are information nerds like myself. We are surrounded by so much information that we have very little opportunity to digest it, draw out the relevant bits for our development, and install them in our mind. About six pm this evening I was reminded of an excellent talk by the scientific and medical...

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The eight types of love, revisited.

On the 5th of March 2018, six years ago, I wrote an article about various types of love. You can find it here https://www.briansnellgrove.net/2018/03/05/love-comes-in-many-shapes-and-sizes/ 6 years have passed and I think it is time for me to revisit the topic and append my views. This was stimulated by my coming across an article entitled '8 Greek words that will make your heart soar'. What...

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