Why aren’t we happy? Why do we tend to think that “we would have been happier if…”? And does this pursuit of external happiness, which seems sometimes to fail even for people who are billionaires, constitute an obstacle to reaching actual happiness?
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When I saw this, I just had to post it on my blog. I do not think I have ever seen a better way to describe science, and whether you are doing it wrong.
A few days ago, while navigating in TED territory, I stumbled into this talk given by a Princeton sophomore. The main topic of the talk was to present a different view of cancer than the one we are usually accustomed to. While we are used to thinking that cancer is a terrible disease, it would hardly cross our mind that it could be some kind of a cure, or better an attempt to heal parts of our body that are damaged - an attempt that often gets out of control.
You have probably found out quite a lot about me in the About me section, and you might be wondering why I am writing this blog on my personal website. Or, even with all that information, you might still be curious about who I am and why I do what I do. If that is the case, then you have come to the right place.
How many of you remember Jurassic Park? If you do, you would probably also remember that resuscitating a species which has undergone extinction long ago would basically be impossible because of, among other things, DNA degradation. But what about species that are more recent, and whose tissue samples have been carefully stored?
This is the second and last part of a series of posts aimed at helping you (and me) write a proper blog disclaimer. In the first post I listed some useful resources, and explained why anyone writing a blog needs a blog disclaimer, no matter what topic you are writing about. In this second section, I will propose a general blog disclaimer template that can possibly be used by anyone out there needing to write one.
Installation instructions for Desktop CD and review of Xubuntu 8.04 Hardy Heron LTS. If you need to see some screen shots and get detailed instructions, you have come to the right place.
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