Marco writes: "How many of you trully believe in the Bible scriptures and why?

How many of you are Science fanatics and why?

I can't ever believe in the Bible as it doesn't offer any room for questioning and I'm a firm believer of questioning the knowledge, otherwise you can't ever undertand it.. I find most people, the so called "religious" will tell you simply to accept it and ask those questions when you get there. Get where?? I have never been able to account everyday, few hours of my life and that is when I go to sleep and that is also when existence is no more untill I wake up. I sometimes wonder if death is the same.
I once had a debate with someone where I said, religion is a conditioning system but he never understood the context it was applied. Although I tried my best, he still could not, so I gave up.
I refuse to get conditioned to accept a lifestyle on the basis of "Just Cause"."

Marco writes: "Did you watch the Oscar? I did not. I stopped watching it ever since Denzel Washington (Malcolm X) lost against Al Pacino (Scent of a Woman). IMHO, that was the best performance by Denzel or any other actors that year.

Last night Halle Berry won the best actress category, thus make her the first black woman to ever receive such award. The same goes to Denzel Washington as the second black male for best actor. Big ups to all of them. They finally acknowledged and gave them, what they deserve. It's about time, especially when it comes to Denzel.

I can't help noticing blacks tend to get nominated or even won if they play slaves, servants or villain parts. Perfect example, Washington finally played a rogue cop in "Trainning Day" and he won best actor.
I'm now hearing that Hollywood is finally color blind. I respectfully disagree. Just because blacks were not neglected this year doesn't mean things have changed. I wonder why the critics don't see how racially divided Hollywood is but were quick to criticize Berry' speech for pointing the obvious that Hollywood is finally showing signs of progress toward recognizing more blacks.

What do you think? Do you believe those awards have been fair to blacks in the past decade? Let's not even mention the fact it took nearly 40 years for another black man to win the best actor category. Sidney Poitier, was the first."

Marco writes: "CNN is reporting that Kevin Warwick, a British university professor has been fitted with cyborg technology. Basically 100 wires embedded in his wrist, each as thin as a hair, into the median nerve. This apparently enables his nervous system to be linked to a computer, which encode movements like wiggling fingers and feelings like shock and pain, and then record them. Whoa!!

Now I'm thinking, 100 wires embedded in his wrist?? That doesn't sound like a good idea. Would YOU want a computer to always know what your wrist were doing? :-)
On a more serious note, are we looking at what might be the next plane of existence of the human kind? Do you think in the future, to enhance ourselves, we will begin to interface ourselves with mechanical parts?
I know scientists have been working with nanobots that could be injected into our bodies as helpers to fight diseases etc, etc... Would you feel comfortable knowing you have little robots circulating inside your bodies?"

Marco writes: "I've heard this question debated, times and times over and I've heard many different stories about this father of Haiti's only hereditary regime but nothing really coherent. Some said he wasn't even Haitian. Some said they knew him before he became a dictator. Others made their own stories about him. But when it comes to Haitians, this man's backgound still remains a mystery. Why is that? Could that have been part of his master plan?

Well, I did a lil bit of reasearch about this shadowy figure and below is what I've found. How factual is it, don't know, but the more we read about him, the more we may come to understand who he was.
I've also found a website dedicated to the Duvalier family and to those of you who may have no clue besides that he was a dictator, you will find many pictures of him, his son, presidential campaign and speeches there. Read on..

Duvalier, Francois, Born into a lower-middle class Haitian family in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, Duvalier attended local primary schools and, later, the Lycée Pétion, where he was taught by his political mentor, Dumarsais Estimé. Duvalier subsequently attended medical school at the national university, earning a degree in 1934. He then turned to civil service, working for the Haitian government for the next ten years. During this time Duvalier became part of a collective known as the Griots, a group of intellectuals, inspired by the Négritude movement, who sought to glorify Haiti's African heritage. "

Marco writes: "We all grew up believing that evolution was in no way inconsistent with God's existence and accepted metaphoric readings of the bible as orthodox. Well, some of us.
In fact, some of us were well versed in arguments that stated evolution was to some extent proof of the divine, whether or not we agreed with them. But now, I am more and more often reading about intelligent design being referred to as "back-door creationism". According to some of these arguments, intelligent design challenges natural selection by arguing that some systems are too complex to have developed gradually and that this proves they must have been designed that way, or at least designed to evolve that way. I have also heard it said that intelligent design seeks solely to discredit evolution without offering an alternative theory that applies the evidence we have about biological change over time. "

Drlove writes: "For so long kids have been teased for LAZY eye's symptoms. The only solution they had was eye patches. Even that was a call for more teasing.

Now scientist have found out that EYE DROPS are just as effective eye patches and it is less likely to be shunned by other children.

Lazy eye is a condition in which the brain favors one eye over the other. It is the most common cause of visual impairement in children. The symptoms are: CROSSED EYES, FARSIGHTED AND NEARSIGHTED that usually results in being called 4 EYES.

Standard treatment has been eye patches worn over the unaffected eye to stimilate better vision in the lazy eye. The same thing happens with ATROPINE drops, which temporaly blur vision in the unaffectade eye (the Good eye)."

Drlove writes: "A joint British research study carried out by the University of Northumbria and the Cognitive Research Unit, reading has found that chewing gum has a positive effect on on cognitive tasks such as THINKING and MEMORY.

The results were extremely clear and they specifically found that chewing gum targets memory. People who chews gum are able to recall more words and performs better in test on working memory. The report also says: The flavor of the your chewing gums makes no difference. The key is repetitive chewing.

Better performance in a range of memory tests could be attributed to an increase in heart rate coupled with a surge in insulin to the brain--Said Andrew Scholey of the University's Human Cognitive Neuroscience Unit

Next time you pick up a chewing gun think positive because it will have a positive effect on your cognitive skills. No wonder I am not lacking that skills."