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Deepak Chopra seems to be trying to contort quantum physics into a a form of neo-spirituality; which most physics bristle at.

Well no one can be certain... RICO means jail time. Image that.

Hey Del it would be helpful if you shared a bit more about the links you are posting. The title at a minimum and the reason why you are sharing it. That would help others determine if they want to read the articles. The first paragraph, for a well written article will contain a thesis statement, so that is usually the the easiest thing to do I know you are accessing the site from a mobile device. Whenever I'm using my cell phone to post to the site I was use the voice to text feature, that helps a great deal.

Africans abroad are probably more susceptible to American propaganda that Americans are. Al Jazeers's title: "Movie critics have praised the film, but cultural critics argue Marvel Studios, and its parent company Disney, may be exploiting black political and cultural movements for their own financial gain." I'm obviously in the cultural critics corner. The Root's title: "Audiences Across Africa Hail Black Panther for Humanizing Black Characters" As expected they are all-in when it comes to promoting Marvel propaganda. Quartz's title, “Black Panther” is now the highest grossing film ever in East, West and southern Africa. {Yawn} Interesting Al Jazeera reported that there is a boycott petition going around. All is not lost, but no one is gonna stand up to Disney and more than they'd stand up to Amazon or Facebook.

Sure he does -- but he is used to that. He has been sued hundreds of times. You and I have probably never been sued once between us. I don't think March was a particular relavatory month. But you did not answer my question. Do you think he will make it past this Summer?

@Cynique, I would not the definition to the word, because I just assume people can look them up. I look up words all the time, something my understanding of a word has a different nuance that the way someone else uses it. Like the word religion. Using a broader definition of religion is why my stance on science becoming a new religion (from @zaji's post) has loosed. Now science is in no way anything like Christianity... I'm not saying that. But if is becoming a new form of religion for some. It helps people make sense of this very mysterious universe.... no deity required. Though for some Feynman comes really close

Welcome to the movement @EVO Universe! Are your books in bookstores? If so, which stores, and how did you, as an independent author, make this happen (this question is open to anyone).

Hey Del what are you trying to say, That 45 is unscrupulous? We get it. Impeachment, or rather getting throw out of office is a completely different matter. I doubt he'll resign on his own accord. He'll go down fighting which will take him to the end of his first term at least. You don't think he'll last past the summer right?

@Cynique I based my statement upon you rejecting the definition of nontheistic: "The term nontheistic religion strikes me as being an oxymoron." I presume this is because your definition of religion is to tied to the notion of a deity. This is a limited version of what religion is or could be. Maybe this is why you reject my statement that religion and science overlap, a little, in the questions they ask.

So @Cynique you now pick and chose the definitions we like to suit are argument? That is quite a "pioneering" statement ma

Cynique for the 3rd time I'm speaking for myself not Sean. Why are you having trouble with this today? Del answered your question., but aren't you familiar with the word "Nontheist?" I'm not making philosophy interchangeable with religion any more than I am making it interchangeable with science. What I'm saying is that there is overlap. I'm not saying Sean said that, but his statement sparked the my statement.

I don;'t understand your first question. Your answer is for the primary questions is as good as any. All I'm saying is that the real answer is more nuanced.

Hi Guest, The Lit Bar has not opened. There used to a bookstore on Jamaica Ave in the small mall (I forget the name of the mall). There is a Black owned indie bookstore in Harlem you can check out: Sister's Uptown: https://aalbc.com/bookstores/store.php?store_name=Sister%26rsquo%3Bs+Uptown+Bookstore Unfortunately the media does not pay the store much any attention but they are actually open. If fact they are closer to many areas in the Bronx than the B&N that closed which was closer to Yonkers than the rest of the Bronx. Sister's Uptown are also the official bookseller for the National Black Writers Conference

@Cynique for the second time I'm using the word "religion." Not all religions worship a deity. Are you trying to say that religion does not address "life and reality?" We were talking about science being a religion; a notion I initially rejected. However perhaps in a way it is, or can be. So while Sean did not use the word religion his recognizing that there is overlap with philosophy -- indeed there must be got me thinking a bit differently about our conversations. @Delano, I don;t think any of these subjects are as cut and dried as you've described. Sean's quote in he video explains why. In fact it you watch the entire documentary it does into more detail why

@Cynique, I'm not attempting to speak for Sean; I'm elaborating on his statement. If religion is not fundamentally philosophical what is it? @Delano, the reason I shared this quote is that Sean is saying there is indeed an overlap between science and philosophy (I'd as argue religion) when you ask question like do we have free will.

Humm I'm surprised you would have this question given your comments about Isaac Newton. Newton described the force of gravity is a function of the mass of two objects as the inverse square of the distance between them. Motion is not a factor. But here too Newton was corrected by Einstein who said that gravity is not an attractive force between to bodies but a massive body's warping of space/time. Though Newton's formula works in most practical applications.

This collection looks better than Black Panther (I hope that Marvel comic does not become the standard to which we compare our literature)

'cept a mass does not have to move for gravity to be generated.

The video below is a 1 minute clip from a 2017 documentary, Age of Uncertainty - Time, Cosmology, Quantum Physics and Philosophy. I threw in the religion, for religion save the dogmas is philosophical in nature and is related to the issues raised in our recent conversations, The New Religion and Knowledge vs Science.

@Kalexander2 did you listen tot he entire video? The reason I ask is because I don't see how you could make the statement in your 2nd paragraph. @Pioneer1 yes the point I made about an MBA teaching one to work for someone else and not contributing very much to my running AALBC was described in this video. I could also relate to the fact the AALBC too is not supported by wealthy Black folks, but by midlist and indie authors. avid readers, and individuals who may not be avid readers but recognize what I do is important and want to support for that reason. Sure there are few exceptions but regular folk are the the ones who keep AALBC.com alive. Boyce was of course on point when he said Black folks would much rather be associated with white business than Black businesses. The primary reason is that we all believe it is far better to be working for a Goldman Sachs than it is to be running any Black owned business. I can also relate to the issue about being too supportive of Black that claude raised. It s not that I exclude other groups, but I chose to advocate for Black folks. I also recognize the world has moved on to "diversity." which basically means everyone except healthy, heterosexual, white men. The advocacy for diversity has diluted the impact for Black people so I don't embrace it and I know it has hurt me in terms of support -- even within my own community, particularly those from the professional ranks. I'm considered radical. Can you imagine LOL!

Oh I'm sorry to learn of Payne's passing. The was a great journalist. He also founded the National Association of Black Journalists. I attended a talk he gave in Harlem a few years ago. The last of our great journalists.

@Kalexander2, Del hasn't even seen the movie. But that would be a good question. If in fact he has seen the film, his honest response with lay this issue to rest. @Delano, they can grant a degree in the film it would still not mean anything for Black people. We don';t need time to tell us anything; a cursory knowledge of history could tell you how Black people will benefit.

I hope you get to see the 2019 version of GOT too. The writers who write for wikipedia do it for free. Not only would I never write forWikipedia (for free) I would never EVER give them money. Their soliciting donations is ludicrous -- Wikipedia need to be going after Google who is using their information -- probably more than Wikipedia does themselves.

I run into Kojo all over the place. He has not changed. Yes time does fly.

Sure, there are some great citations on Wikipedia as well as some shitty ones too, but the inconsistency of the citations is just one problem. The biggest problem is that companies like Amazon, Facebook, Google, and Apple have exploited the platform for profit. Why does this matter? Because the people who do the work of producing the information are NOT PAID! They do not share in the wealth they create for the planet's most wealth firms. I would not be so critical of the platform were it not for this fact. I will never volunteer to contribute content to Wikipedia so that Apple can make more money. This is no different than the reason for me no longer publishing real content on Facebook. I, like many others, I post links back to my site on social media and Wikipedia. I'll also let you in on a secret: Wikipedia is much better at driving traffic than social media, perhaps because wikipedia does not use an algorithm to determine what people get to see to keep people glued to their website.