http://www.wroscoe.com Unelevated Thought Tue, 23 Feb 2010 01:07:03 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en "This viewpoint may be overly ambitious, and may even — horrors! -- be somewhat wrong, but I have observed that many good ideas start out by claiming too much territory for themselves, and eventually, when they have received their fair share of attention and respect, the air clears and it ... http://www.wroscoe.com/archives/416 Ever thought your thoughts were chaotic. It could be the calcium puffs from astrocyte glial cells.This article clears up some of the myths surrounding the brain and its neurons. http://www.scientificamerican.com/article.cfm?id=the-root-of-thought-what http://www.wroscoe.com/archives/412 http://imgur.com/D3d2K.jpg http://www.wroscoe.com/archives/411 Perspective Multiverse Technological Singularity Logic Brain in Silicon Brain Energy Consumption - 20W A Simple Principle - read the last two pages with pictures Creative African Fractals Please suggest sites that have drastically expanded your boundaries of understanding. http://www.wroscoe.com/archives/406 Grizzly Man - This film reveals much about the nature of man and bears. March of the Penguins - Animals acting as an organizm with only enough time and energy to survive. http://www.wroscoe.com/archives/401 A short urban adventure led us through a tributary of Ballona Creek. This is one of the many storm drains in the area. Ballona Creek is the waterway that drains the Ballona Watershed. In the 1930s it was straighted, carved, lined with rocks from Catalina Island, and cemented by the Army ... http://www.wroscoe.com/archives/366 This is the best management book I have read to date. In the preface he articulately describes my ideal government foundation. "Allowing people the freedom to pursue their own interests, within the beneficial rules of just conduct, is the best and only sustainable way to promote societal progress." Charles G. Koch, ... http://www.wroscoe.com/archives/346 Wyatt sent this book to me. As always Malcolm Gladwell takes the reader around the world in 150 pages. A person's success is often based more on hidden advantages and extraordinary opportunities and cultural legacies that allow them to learn and work hard than any innate talents. This book clarifies the rewards ... http://www.wroscoe.com/archives/343 This will change your mind about solar. http://rael.berkeley.edu/node/507 to make photovoltaic solar energy availible to the whole world the installed cost of the solar needs to be $.75 / W. if the PV industry grows at 50% growth for 10 more years, solar would still only be 2.6% of the world electricity market. great graph ... http://www.wroscoe.com/archives/338 The solar industry in California is booming despite the surrounding financial apocalypse. The combination of high electricity rates, federal tax credits, and the California solar initiative make solar panels financially attractive. The SolarLease offered by SolarCity allows anyone with a good credit score to get solar power with a minimal ... http://www.wroscoe.com/archives/324