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POPSComplexity, Artificial Life and self-organising systems <<<But be warned - this site is conceptually demanding, those 'truths' you know are but shadows. Once infected by our alien thought virus, you will never be quite 'normal' again... You will begin to mutate, morphing up to a higher level, our level, beings whose abilities cross universes, transcend cultures, break free. Finally understanding the true beauty of sharing. Or you may sink down into insanity... Dare YOU take that risk ?>>> Been a good friend to clippers this massive site, but always worth bringing to attention!
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POPSMind & Life Modern physics is perhaps where this second meeting ground is most visible. Physics is in the middle of a conceptual revolution pursuing the so-called unification efforts, in order to relate the minute universe of quantum mechanism to that of macrophysics and gravitation. As is well known, such research has opened numerous gaping epistemological questions; for example non-locality, the origin of the universe, and the role of the observer.
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POPSBhutan - King abducts in favor of democracy (Cant clip but as an image) worth reading this unusual website. According to the philosophy of Bhutan, the happiness of the people precedes even the Gross National Product. GNH is the gift of Bhutan to the world.
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POPSDuelity Just go to http://www.duelity.net/ & click "watch". There are three short movies.
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POPSPlato In 7 Minutes The school founded by this antique philosopher, became a prototype of modern higher education. Contemporaries named him «the divine teacher»: in his works it was spoken about an ideal society structure and immortality of the soul. Plato said, that «time is a moving similarity of eternity».
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POPSSocrates In 7 Minutes Ancient Greek philosopher Socrates was born in Athens in the year 469 B.C., into the family of the sculptor Sophroniscus and Phaenarete. Socrates became the new philosophy founder and the teacher of the many of great philosophers.
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POPSTop 10 Reasons Alexander the Great Was, Well ... Great! Above all things, Alexander was a great military commander, leading his troops into every encounter. A bit of an over-achiever, the historian Plutarch wrote that Alexander wept upon learning that the universe was infinite. When asked what was wrong, he replied: "There are so many worlds, and I have not yet conquered even one."
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