...several new "DAWKINS" files.

A page on: Fascinating facts about the world. Don't miss it! It took me a long time to compile it. I Love it!!

NEW!! Skip down to the files on the super-ecological Gaia House. Plans available --$.

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Skip down to the main GAIA essays.

"NEWS SECTION", then QUOTE section.

Member's Essays.

Alan Watts Lectures.

On Identity. (psychology)

The Population-Problem Essays.

SCIENCE newsclips & essays. (& How to Join)

And now...
. . The Adventure Begins!
. . FYI: there are NO PDFs on this site.

1. A short, printable Definition.
2. A longer definition.
3. The BIG "WE". Where are the edges of "you", between the micro and the macro? Surprising!
4. Cult Stuff. Some of the far-out stuff we're NOT!
5. Cult Characteristics. More than I wanted to know... largely a compilation from various authorities on the web--they're very alike, and most of the list is obvious.
6. A Position Paper on Paganism. (sigh...)
7. A History-of-Religion Debate.
8. Basics #1 . How to tell if you're already a Gaian.
9. Basics #2
10. Images of God by the various religions, cats, & dogs. Kinda humorous, but true, too. Short.
11. Miracles. . It's easy to get fooled. With a thought on Jung's "Synchronicity".
12. Science. . The only way to know. (With: The Immorality of Ignorance.)
13. The Open Mind. . Written to alert poor thinkers.
14. Where Are You? . Your relationship to the big picture. Between the Quark and the Universe--the Big Bang and Entropy.
15. Can You Find Your Place? Where do you belong?
16. Who Are You, Really? A lot more than you think.
17. The Desirability of Insecurity. . This is fun... and enlightening.
18. Love and Evil. A favorite.
19. The Seven Deadly Virtues! . Seriously! (With a quote section from Rev Church's book.) See another, in the "Friend's Essays" section, below.
20. The Fair Witness. From Heinlein's idea. Could you qualify as one?
21. Adventures in Awareness. (An address, not an essay.)
22. The Fair Witness College Class.
23. Naturality.
24. Naturality #2.
25. Orthodoxy, Heresy and Political Correctness.
26. Spirituality, Born-Again, Original Sin, and The Twelve Billion Names Of God.
27. Soul and Sin examined & redefined.
28. The "Trappings" of Religion. Or... "Waitin' For Satan!"
29. Ritual. An examination of helps & harms.
30. Bits and Pieces of essays / Commentary /funny stuff.
31. Bits and Pieces of possible future essays.
32. What can we DO?
33. Zen in just TWO english words! NEW 2-19-08.
34. The Gaia Dictionary, Continually updated. It's Not just to look up stuff.

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NEWS SECTION
ALL OFTEN UPDATED. Think of them all as more of an encyclopedia, arranged chronologically!

1. Just fascinating facts about the world. Don't miss it! It took me a long time to compile it. Love it!!
2. The Ice-Loss News of '07.
3. The Ice-Loss News. Glaciers & Polar Caps.
4. The Basic Physics of the Greenhouse Effect.
5. News about the UN's Landmark report! Feb, 07
6. The Greenhouse News, from 1-1-08.
7. The Greenhouse News, from 1-1-07.
8. The Greenhouse News, from 5-1-07. Ocean Currents & Rise, Drought, tornados, hurricanes, etc.
9. . .The Greenhouse News, 2nd half of 06.
10. . The Greenhouse News, 1st half of 06.
11. . The Greenhouse News, All of '05.
12. . The Greenhouse News, all of 04.
13. The Greenhouse News before 1-1-04.
14. The Greenhouse. Global Warming, & Ozone.
15. The "Snowball-Earth" theory.
16. On health --2009 news and data.
17. On health --2006-8 news and data.
18. On health --from 04 & before.
19. On old diseases --news and data. 2008
20. On old diseases --news and data. 2006 & 7
21. . On old diseases --news and data. 2005
22. . On old diseases --news and data. 1-03 to 1-05
23. . On old diseases --news and data; before 1-03.
24. The NEW diseases --news and data from 1-08
25. The NEW diseases --news and data from 1-06 to 12-07
26. . On the NEW diseases --news and data. From obesity to Ebola. Up to 1-06.
27. General Gaia News.
28. Energy News of '08.
29. Energy News of '07. ugly oil,
30. . Energy News of '06.
31. . Energy News of '05.
32. Energy News of '04, Data.
33. Clips on the end of the oil age. See June 04 Nat'l Geographic!
34. Clips on the peak of oil production & skyrocketing price.
35. Clips on the end of natural gas. Also: Heat Pumps, etc.
36. Pollution News. From 1-06.
37. Pollution News. From 1-05.
38. . Pollution News. 12-02 to 1-05.
39. The latest news on over-population.
40. Energy Conservation in the home. Some surprises.
41. Evolution Science News '08.
42. Evolution Science News '07.
43. . Evolution Science News '06.
44. . Evolution Science News '05.
45. . Evolution Science News -'04. See also basics --in the guest essays.
46. Basics of evolution.
47. Basics of evolution, part2.
48. The top ten creation myths of man, putting the christian one into perspective.
49. The genetics & evolution of the dog.
50. DEBUNKING NEWS. Bits about new nonsense. With: Head-cases! Stuff too far out to even need comment.
51. Amazing news! (early Dec, 04) A recent human species found! Flores Man.
52. Extinction & Exotic-Species News '08
53. Extinction & Exotic-Species News '07
54. . Extinction & Exotic-Species News '06
55. . Extinction & Exotic-Species News '05
56. Extinction & Exotic-Species News --12-04 to 05
57. 2008 News about InterStellar space.
58. 2007 News about InterStellar space.
59. 2006 News about InterStellar space.
60. 2005 News about InterStellar space.
61. 99 to '04 news about InterStellar space.
62. "The Drake Equation" The chance of life elsewhere.
63. PANSPERMIA; (nothing to do w the sex pages!) the conjecture that life originated in space or another planet.
64. 2008 News about Solar-area space.
65. 2007 News about Solar-area space.
66. . 2006 News about Solar-area space.
67. . 2005 News about Solar-area space.
68. . 2004 News about Solar space.
69. . Older news about Solar space. to end of '03.
70. Dinosaur Data. Interesting stuff I found while I googled the term GIGANTOTHERMY.
71. Archeology News.
72. Human history. Not news, not archeology or evolution, but close.
73. The SEX-statistics file. (I won't separate 'em any more.)
74. The SEX-data file, either. Fascinating stuf, tho!
75. Basics & news on Socio-Biology. What motivates affairs, etc? See the sex pages, too.
76. up to 1-1-07
77. What doesn't fit in Socio- or Evolnuz or Sex.html
78. The SEX-news file --2007. Yes, but don't expect lurid. Stats & newsclips --some really fascinating, tho! See Soc-Bio, too.
79. . The SEX file from 06.
80. . The SEX file from 04 & 05.
81. . The SEX file from 01, 02 & '03.
82. SEX Data on the male. Some fun stuff --seminal reading ...so to speak!
83. I wrote a page of tips on how to conserve on electric & gas costs at home.)

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1. The latest sci-news clips --from 1-1-08. Often updated.
2. The latest sci-news clips --from 1-1-07.
3. The latest sci-news clips --from 1-1-06.
4. The latest sci-news clips --starting 1-1-04.
5. Older sci-news clips --up to 1-1-04.
6. Science-news stuff in the area of PSYCHOLOGY --from 1-07.
7. Science-news stuff in the area of PSYCHOLOGY.
8. Data about Sprites, Jets, & the shuttle.
9. Stuff about interesting stars, etc --like Barnard's Star.
10. Data on all the planets, 'tisimals; & KBOs like Pluto.
11. The future in space. Lunar colony, elevator to orbit... Speaking of strong elevator cable:
12. Nanotube info.
13. Quantum Mechanics & Cosmology
14. Quantum Mechanics #2
15. Quantum Mechanics #3
16. Quantum Mechanics #4
17. SuperString Theory clips.
18. Apocalypses and Catastrophism. Comet hits Earth?
19. A great study of Logic & fallacies! See also "20 attitudes".
20. Speaking of stupid --SUVs!
21. Is Luna Really Earth's Moon? Is Pluto a Planet?
22. Doc to the Spreadsheet above.
23. Speaking of measures, METRIC! Ya gotta know it. With a fun challenge for laggards!
24. Fascinating, if rough, notes from science magazines, etc. Old.

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1. Bibliography. With movies, too. Add your favorite?
2. Some original Haiku.

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   This section is all by Richard Dawkins.
3. Rough exerpts from the book: "The Selfish Gene", by Richard Dawkins.
4. Religion: For Dummies --a short interview.
5. Rebelling Against Our Selfish Genes --a short excerpt.
6. Snake Oil and Holy Water.
7. When Religion Steps on Science's Turf.
8. [part of] A Review of a Gould Book.

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9. Rough exerpts from the '99 book: "The Spirit in the Gene", by Reg Morrison.

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10. "A genetic tendency to religion, adaptive?" by "Amergain", an Irish google-find. (real name?)
11. Exerpts from the '99 book on over-irrigation: "Pillars of Sand", by Sandra Postel.
12. Rough exerpts from book: "The Ages of Gaia".
13. Rough exerpts from book: "Gaia, the growth of an Idea".
14. Two essays from Lovelock himself: What is Gaia? & "What Dangers Lie Ahead?" And a response.
15. Exerpts from Lovelock's book, Healing Gaia.
16. Gaia Types; several early views.
17. Exerpts from a book: Einstein on Religion. And: Asimov.
18. From UU World, & the book, exerpts: "The Way of Science and Epic of Evolution."(This & next two are *external links in new windows.)
19. Essay from UU World: "Wild Things."
20. Essay from UU World: "A Sherlock Way of Knowing." Mr Holmes as a spiritual teacher!
21. 20 Attitudes of Science. See what it takes to be a scientist.

1. The preliminary ideas.
2. The healthy house ideas.
3. Roofing, insulation, HeatPumps.
4. Solar, energy use, drill your own well?
5. Later factors toward final design.
6. My process. Choices: superinsulation, Earth-shelter, Earth-berm, monolithic or geodesic Domes, Solar/mass/wind/off-grid, etc...
7. Can we get it to need no furnace? Lovins.
8. recycling/HeatXchngrs with my schematic & heatmagc.xls

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1. ACCEPTANCE AND OVERPOPULATION. She posts as "Full Moon, Blue Water".
2. SPECULATIONS ON A PRIVILEGED STATE OF COGNITIVE DISSONANCE --member Conrad Montell's professional paper about the special and seemingly privileged nature of beliefs in dieties.
3. ON THE EVOLUTION OF GOD-SEEKING MIND --member Conrad Montell's professional paper on why and how the human mind might have evolved an imagination to make death bearable.
4. member Fred Pauser's view on the "Purpose of Life". Excellent.
5. Alan Seaver's comments on various tea ceremonies.
6. Carl Sagan's "Baloney Detector Kit". with a common fallacy list.
7. From edge.com, the Q: What Do You Believe but Can't Prove? --asked of the top minds in the world!!
8. Stephan's explanation of fallacies.
9. "People of the World" stats.
10. "Deadly Virtues" by Rev. Eddington
11. "Escape Clause" The Search for Insecurity, by Alan Seaver.
12. TOUGH TALK TO THE HIERARCHY OF THE CATHOLIC CHURCH. ...not the members. The immorality of fighting population controls.
13. TOUGH TALK ABOUT FAITH & LUTHER (Not the Lutheran Church). The immorality of fighting human nature.
14. THE CONFUSION ABOUT POLITICAL CORRECTNESS.
15. "Beliefs & Values, vs Ego" by George, "Risshar" of the GAIA Group.

1. "The Curmudgeon Gripes Of Grampaw Grouch" A fun change of pace! Also his favorite original sayings, & my "It Ain't So", & "It's Weirdly So". Updated whenever his whittlin's done. Sometimes he sits 'n whittles, sometimes he jes' sits. NEW! "Cousin Wacqueau's Weird Wit"
2. Fun words we posted to pseudodictionary.com
3. Posts from a couple other clubs on Yahoo.
4. Just some handy notes on a good diet...

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Here's the latest, an address: Beautiful Insignificance!"
Simple Zen. A Gaian perspective, by JKH.

1. On Zen
2. The World as Emptiness Part 1
3. The World as Emptiness Part 2
4. The World as Emptiness Part 3
5. Self and Other Part 1
6. Self and Other Part 2
7. Self and Other Part 3
8. The Value of Psychotic Experience Part 1
9. The Value of Psychotic Experience Part 2
10. The Nature of Consciousness, #1
11. The Nature of Consciousness, #2
12. The Nature of Consciousness, #3
13. From Time to Eternity
14. Judo
15. Kendo

1. Shaxbeer A comparison: Shakespeare and Dylan Thomas, with an internet exclusive of Thomas! ("The drinking man's Shakespeare").

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1. Identity #1. The big goal in life!
2. Identity #2. Who are You?
3. Over-thinking.
4. The Comfort Zone.
5. "Feeling"-Experiments.
6. Damaged People.
7. The DumbS**T.
8. Ten Strategies To Avoid Decisions.
9. Making Decisions.
10. Don't Should Yourself.
11. Rebellion is Healthy.
12. Language and Identity. A Fair-Witness Must-Read.
13. Perfection. It'll never work...
14. Your Psychological Bill of Rights. You *have permission /You are not required...
15. The Rules Beyond the Box As related to permissions.
16. Dreams... have meaning?
17. A dream-time look at the Big Picture of Life.
18. Autonomy. Who has "moral authority"?
19. A Finish.

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1. The latest news on Pop.
2. A POPULATION SCENARIO from the future!
3. Trends in the 2001 census report.
4. The Ethics of the Population Problem.
5. The '01 Over-Population statement of the UN.
6. Population Future.
7. Population Crime.
8. Population Problem; What you can do.
9. A piece of: Andy Rooney in India.
10. Stranger. An interesting viewpoint about increasing the population around your house!
11. The Alien! How that stranger starts its existence--a surprising perspective that may prevent a few alien invasions!
12. The Enviro Problems of China. w a table of future pop growth.
13. The Enviro Problems of India.
14. The limited-water Problem.

All the pop-files above --but ROONEY, STRANGER, ALIEN and much of India/China-- are copyright Jon K. Hart.

1. "The Clash of Civilizations and the Remaking of World Order", by Huntington.
2. "How Many People Can the Earth Support?", by Joel Cohen.
3. "How Many Americans? Population, Immigration, and the Environment", by Leon Bouvier and Lindsey Grant.

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LINKS TO:

1. Michio Kaku's site. He's an originator of String Theory. One of the top physicists alive today. I don't care for his Chat Groups, tho.
2. Rocky Mt Institute
3. Greenpeace
4. The Religious Tolerance site
5. The Alan Watts site
6. The Population Institute
7. A Great Personal page on Over-Population
8. The "Dieoff" site (huge)
9. In particular, this "Dieoff" page on resources. (huge)
10. Great info on the art of thinking. (huge)
11. A site that gives a real sense of the feel of connection to Gaia.
12. An interesting Sci-news site

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