Jan 28, 2010 by Naomi.

Vacation should be full of fun - and mine is. I read stuff I like. Exercise enough to prove I have a movable body in all dimensions. Laugh enough to erase worry lines from my cheeks. Eating a little extra pads the skin. Then go for the really frivolous - painting toenails. The color was only the crowning touch. Soaking feet in very warm water. Trimming cuticle carefully off every toe. Sanding the thickened skin from the bottoms. Messaging feet, ankles, and calves - thoroughly. Then the red. Oh how bright! Carefully slip on flip flops to avoid scuffing the polish. Good thing I bought new sandals to show off my new toes. You know how one thing leads to another.

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Jan 28, 2010 by Naomi.

The book requires a full fledged article but a short paragraph ought to entice others to read it. The subtitle : How Irrational Thinking Hinders Scientific Progress, Harms the Planet, and Threatens Our Lives. How easily it seems to convince parents that vaccinations are harmful - even cause autism, or that the science of genetics will produce monsters, or that organically grown food is more healthful than foods grown with the use of pesticides, or that people need vitamin pills to be healthy, or the practice of alternative health. Denial of one thing or another seems to feed on itself, like the memes fetish that swept into thinking processes some decades past. Can science solve problems that nature can’t? Think about technology and all the benefits the planet reaps because of it. Oh some technology destroys nature but humans make the decisions for its use so can decisions be reversed. What is science but thoughts and actions by human minds?

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