Maslow's hierarchy of psychosocial needs

[AntonioLao]

I remembered taking a college course in economics and when the professor indicated that a relatively minor economic function is dependent on infinitely many known or unknown parameters of change then I realized I am in the wrong class but I finished the course with a grade of 'C' which to me means I completed the course without learning anything useful. Maybe I should have taken a course in the theory of games but dont remember if such a course was offered at that time. Today, at the University of Texas in Dallas, anyone can get a bachelor degree by playing video games.

[AntonioLao]

intelligent individuals to seek for that which others claim does not exist?

When someone claims nonexistence of something it can also indicate mentally their lack of interest in a specified subject matter. Some people would say 'I dont care' which means it's not worth their time and money and they have other better things to do than wasting their time chasing the ends of the rainbows. Although rainbows are spectacular natural phenomena to behold once we get close to them they actually vanished and no pot of gold. Today, the color of gold is black, which is the petroleum oil deposits of many parts of the world. People kill and die for to get it. Its existence can only be determined by explorations both on lands and in the seas. But the energy of the vacuum is everywhere and everywhen, we can get it for free only if we know how to extract it.

[labelwench]

When someone claims nonexistence of something it can also indicate mentally their lack of interest in a specified subject matter. Some people would say 'I dont care' which means it's not worth their time and money and they have other better things to do than wasting their time chasing the ends of the rainbows. Although rainbows are spectacular natural phenomena to behold once we get close to them they actually vanished and no pot of gold. Today, the color of gold is black, which is the petroleum oil deposits of many parts of the world. People kill and die for to get it. Its existence can only be determined by explorations both on lands and in the seas. But the energy of the vacuum is everywhere and everywhen, we can get it for free only if we know how to extract it.

I was playing 'Devil's Advocate' to see what response you might offer. Many things remain to be discovered, and to many, an interest in the 'unseen and presently unexplainable' borders on the mystic, whether one calls it 'Science' or 'Paranormal', now, more fashionably, 'Quantum Physics. One most often keeps their wildest thoughts to themselves, lest it prejudice one's reputation and/or livelihood.

On the matter of cold fusion, of which I am not knowledgeable, still, I see a similarity of sorts, in that we can now extract oil from many more locations than previously, as our technology has evolved. We are now able to measure many things that we have intuited the presence of, although they cannot be seen with the eye, and I expect that as we continue down the path of technology, the wonders that remain undiscovered will continue to be mind-boggling.

Speaking of the mind, we have barely begun to comprehend the capacity of the marvellous mechanism of our brain. Something that looks like a large bowl of oatmeal gone awry....and yet the concepts within a single human brain, if manifested in 3-D, would fill a space greater than that which we have as yet explored with our most powerful telescopes.

[AntonioLao]

One alternative is changing our lifestyle that is much less dependent on oil. Some say by going 'green.'

[labelwench]

One alternative is changing our lifestyle that is much less dependent on oil. Some say by going 'green.'

For years I have been changing my lifestyle to follow the suggestions in this link, and about the only thing I am still unsure of, is the controversy surrounding compact flourescent light bulbs and the mercury they contain, and special care required in their recycling. Our recycling center only takes 'hazardous waste' on two days of the year, so you can appreciate the problems of safely storing some items for up to six months at a time before one can safely dispose of them.

http://www.worldwatch.org/resources/go_green_save_green

Additionally, I know people in the Solar business, and they advise me that there has been very little innovation in Solar in the past decade. The money is not behind many of the new initiatives and unless we get some backing, the 'old guard' will have their way until we run out of fossil fuels. (Still plenty of reserves with new technologies. Fear mongering has been good for profit margins.) The engine of industry will continue until it is forced to change.

Plenty of 'lip service' happening, and lots of people are trying to 'walk the walk' and not just 'talk the talk'.

Still, just look in the stores. As long as all of these senseless options are available, and profitable, their continuance is assured.

The consumer can make a difference.

Quit buying this useless stuff.

Perhaps an economic disaster is required for people to realign their priorities, purchasing and otherwise?

[labelwench]

Most people only think fuel and solvents when they think of petroleum products. Read on....Petroleum is pervasive. It is so ubiquitous, that we have become oblivious to it's presence except in it's most obvious forms.

http://www.priweb.org/ed/pgws/uses/uses_home.html

http://iprb.org/files/Petroleum_Prod...aily_Lives.mht

A partial list of products made from Petroleum (144 of 6000 items)

One 42-gallon barrel of oil creates 19.4 gallons of gasoline. The rest (over half) is used to make things like:
Solvents
Diesel fuel
Motor Oil
Bearing Grease

Ink
Floor Wax
Ballpoint Pens
Football Cleats

Upholstery
Sweaters
Boats
Insecticides

Bicycle Tires
Sports Car Bodies
Nail Polish
Fishing lures

Dresses
Tires
Golf Bags
Perfumes

Cassettes
Dishwasher parts
Tool Boxes
Shoe Polish

Motorcycle Helmet
Caulking
Petroleum Jelly
Transparent Tape

CD Player
Faucet Washers
Antiseptics
Clothesline

Curtains
Food Preservatives
Basketballs
Soap

Vitamin Capsules
Antihistamines
Purses
Shoes

Dashboards
Cortisone
Deodorant
Footballs

Putty
Dyes
Panty Hose
Refrigerant

Percolators
Life Jackets
Rubbing Alcohol
Linings

Skis
TV Cabinets
Shag Rugs
Electrician's Tape

Tool Racks
Car Battery Cases
Epoxy
Paint

Mops
Slacks
Insect Repellent
Oil Filters

Umbrellas
Yarn
Fertilizers
Hair Coloring

Roofing
Toilet Seats
Fishing Rods
Lipstick

Denture Adhesive
Linoleum
Ice Cube Trays
Synthetic Rubber

Speakers
Plastic Wood
Electric Blankets
Glycerin

Tennis Rackets
Rubber Cement
Fishing Boots
Dice

Nylon Rope
Candles
Trash Bags
House Paint

Water Pipes
Hand Lotion
Roller Skates
Surf Boards

Shampoo
Wheels
Paint Rollers
Shower Curtains

Guitar Strings
Luggage
Aspirin
Safety Glasses

Antifreeze
Football Helmets
Awnings
Eyeglasses

Clothes
Toothbrushes
Ice Chests
Footballs

Combs
CD's & DVD's
Paint Brushes
Detergents

Vaporizers
Balloons
Sun Glasses
Tents

Heart Valves
Crayons
Parachutes
Telephones

Enamel
Pillows
Dishes
Cameras

Anesthetics
Artificial Turf
Artificial limbs
Bandages

Dentures
Model Cars
Folding Doors
Hair Curlers

Cold cream
Movie film
Soft Contact lenses
Drinking Cups

Fan Belts
Car Enamel
Shaving Cream
Ammonia

Refrigerators
Golf Balls
Toothpaste
Gasoline


Americans consume petroleum products at a rate of three-and-a-half gallons of oil and more than
250 cubic feet of natural gas per day each! But, as shown here petroleum is not just used for fuel.

[AntonioLao]

Just like us, petroleum are hydrocarbon compounds of organic matter. But ours are uniquely the living carbon compounds supporting every form of life but yet we are all eaters of the dead or the inanimated carbon compounds. In a nutshell, the dead supports the living as the inevitable process of life.

[labelwench]

Just like us, petroleum are hydrocarbon compounds of organic matter. But ours are uniquely the living carbon compounds supporting every form of life but yet we are all eaters of the dead or the inanimated carbon compounds. In a nutshell, the dead supports the living as the inevitable process of life.

Yes, all life depends on the death of the generations that have gone before. Such knowledge is older than time, though still not yet understood. Plants eat meat, once it has decomposed into it's elemental constituents. A great many plants require additional bone-meal to thrive and blossom. I wonder where people think bone-meal derives from?

An interesting image you portray, that by the ingestion of the inanimate carbon compounds, do the animate carbon compounds succeed.

So what precisely defines the difference between 'the quick' and 'the dead'?

We can measure it's presence by means of various monitors, blood pressure, electrocardiogram, respiration and brain activity, so we know when 'it is there'.

Yet, what exactly is the spark of life, and where does it go when it no longer registers on the monitors?

Energy transforms, being neither created nor destroyed......where is it? The answer would lead us to cold fusion and beyond......

[AntonioLao]

Energy transforms, being neither created nor destroyed......where is it? The answer would lead us to cold fusion and beyond......

The theory I'm working on is a 3-state transformation between energy-matter, energy-square of energy, and matter-square of energy graphically shown by an equilateral triangle with 3 vertices and 3 edges. The vertices represent the 3 states, while the edges represent the 3 transformations. As for cold fusion the direction of transformation is from the vertex of square of energy to the vertex of energy. I calculated this transition probability and the value I got is comparable to the reciprocal of the six power of light speed, practically impossible. To make it practical, it seems we need to twist the space-time curvatures at the infinitesimal local domain of its Hopf-Mobius topology.

[labelwench]

The theory I'm working on is a 3-state transformation between energy-matter, energy-square of energy, and matter-square of energy graphically shown by an equilateral triangle with 3 vertices and 3 edges. The vertices represent the 3 states, while the edges represent the 3 transformations. As for cold fusion the direction of transformation is from the vertex of square of energy to the vertex of energy. I calculated this transition probability and the value I got is comparable to the reciprocal of the six power of light speed, practically impossible. To make it practical, it seems we need to twist the space-time curvatures at the infinitesimal local domain of its Hopf-Mobius topology.

I am taking a rain-check on this one. Given my limited background and our limited inter-net speed, Hades will freeze over before I could formulate an intelligible reply to the above.

Yet you make perfect example of why communication between individuals is not a simple matter. In my world, I am a problem solver. Yet our frames of reference are widely disparate and it requires effort on the part of us both to seek where we may actually interface and converse.

Today, we cannot.