According to Carroll and Tober, "the Indigo Child is a boy or girl who displays a new and unusual set of psychological attributes, revealing a pattern of behavior generally undocumented before." They assert these children are often misdiagnosed with Attention-Deficit Disorder or Attention-Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder, and they advise parents to avoid medicating these children for that condition. This pattern, they believe, has unique factors that call on parents and teachers to change their treatment and upbringing of these children in order to assist them in achieving balance ...

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Indigo children, Indigo children - The concept, Indigo children - 'April' kids, Indigo children - The indigo child hypothesis, Indigo children - Non-mystic interpretations, Indigo children - Criticism, Indigo children - Citations

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It takes the Earth 23 hours, 56 minutes and 4.091 seconds (1 sidereal day) to rotate around the axis connecting the north pole and the south pole. From Earth the main apparent motion of celestial bodies in the sky (except meteors which are within the atmosphere and low-orbiting satellites) is the movement to the west at a rate of 15 °/h = 15'/min, i.e., a Sun or Moon diameter every two minutes. Earth orbits the Sun every 365.2564 mean solar days (1 sidereal year). From Earth, this gives an apparent movement of the Sun with respect to the stars at a rate of ca. 1 °/day, i. ...

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Earth, Earth - Lexicography, Earth - Physical characteristics, Earth - Earth in the solar system, Earth - The Moon, Earth - Geography, Earth - Environment and Ecosystem, Earth - Climate, Earth - Terrain, Earth - Natural resources, Earth - Land use, Earth - Natural and environmental hazards, Earth - Human geography, Earth - Descriptions of Earth

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Extraterrestrial hypothesis - Against. The most frequent argument against the ETH is that there is simply little to no evidence or data which supports such a far-reaching hypothesis. It's also argued that the vast distances between stars and planets would make interstellar travel so unlikely as to be practically impossible. Astronomer Carl Sagan offered a detailed argument against the ETH along these lines. See also Fermi Paradox. Though at one point Dr Jacques Vallee favored the ETH, he has since rejected ...

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Extraterrestrial hypothesis, Extraterrestrial hypothesis - Arguments Against and For, Extraterrestrial hypothesis - Against, Extraterrestrial hypothesis - Arguments For, Extraterrestrial hypothesis - History, Extraterrestrial hypothesis - Pre 1900's, Extraterrestrial hypothesis - Mystery Airships, Extraterrestrial hypothesis - Charles Fort, Extraterrestrial hypothesis - Post-Arnold ETH Ideas, Extraterrestrial hypothesis - Chronological List of Notable Quotes and Studies Supporting ETH, Extraterrestrial hypothesis - UFO/Alien Organizations, Extraterrestrial hypothesis - Sources

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Here is a parallel example that might tempt you more: Another similar 1–100 random number generator is hooked up so that, if 17 results, it gives the observer fifty dollars. You are allowed to see one run, and you still don't know whether there have been other runs. Lo and behold, 17 is the result. Can you reason like so? "Wow! What do you know! I got 17 – the $50 result! That's one in a hundred odds, how do you like that! I'll bet they've run that machine a lot of times; otherwise, it's too incredible that I happened to get the money". No, you still cannot. The hypothesis of many run ...

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Inverse gambler's fallacy, Inverse gambler's fallacy - 'Special' results increasing the temptation, Inverse gambler's fallacy - The multiple-world hypothesis

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The "Kurgan hypothesis" of Proto-Indo-European (PIE) origins assumes gradual expansion of the "Kurgan culture" until it encompasses the entire Pontic steppe, Kurgan IV being identified with the Yamna culture of around 3000 BC. Subsequent expansion beyond the steppes leads to hybrid cultures, such as the Globular Amphora culture to the west, the immigration of proto-Greeks to the Balkans and the nomadic Indo-Iranian cultures to the east around 2500 BC. The domestication of the horse, and later the use of early chariots is assumed to have incr ...

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Kurgan hypothesis, Kurgan hypothesis - Overview, Kurgan hypothesis - Stages of expansion, Kurgan hypothesis - Timeline, Kurgan hypothesis - Secondary Urheimat, Kurgan hypothesis - Differences of interpretation, Kurgan hypothesis - Genetics, Kurgan hypothesis - Literature

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Earth, also known as Terra, and Tellus mostly in the 19th century, is the third-closest planet to the Sun. It is the largest of the solar system's terrestrial planets, and the only planetary body that modern science confirms as harboring life. Scientific evidence indicates that the planet formed around 4.57 billion (4.57×109) years ago, and shortly thereafter (4.533 billion years ago) acquired its single natural satellite, the Moon. Earth - Lexicography. Its astronomical symbol con ...

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• Earth - Lexicography
• Earth - Physical characteristics
• Earth - Earth in the solar system
• Earth - The Moon
• Earth - Geography
• Earth - Environment and Ecosystem
• Earth - Climate
• Earth - Terrain
• Earth - Natural resources
• Earth - Land use
• Earth - Natural and environmental hazards
• Earth - Human geography
• Earth - Descriptions of Earth

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In 1978 researchers presented evidence at a Zhouyi conference that the Hetu and Luoshu, the two most-recognizable diagrams related to feng shui, are actually 3-D star maps. The estimated date for the astronomy is at least 6000 BCE. A page in "The Astronomical Phenomena" (Tien Yuan Fa Wei) compiled by Bao Yunlong in the 13th century also shows the Luoshu as a star diagram. The original trigrams of the Yijing, known popularly as the eight digrams or "B ...

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Feng Shui, Feng Shui - Overview, Feng Shui - Archaeology, Feng Shui - Feng Shui in More Recent Times, Feng Shui - Postmodernism, Feng Shui - Combination of Statistics and Scientific, Feng Shui - Miscellaneous, Feng Shui - Other usages

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Homeostasis is the property of an open system, especially living organisms, to regulate its internal environment to maintain a stable, constant condition, by means of multiple dynamic equilibrium adjustments, controlled by interrelated regulation mechanisms. The term was coined in 1932 by Walter Cannon from the Greek homo (same, like) and stasis (to stand, posture). Homeostasis - Overview. The term is most often used in the sense of biological homeostasis. Multicellular organisms require a hom ...

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• Homeostasis - Overview
• Homeostasis - Properties of homeostasis
• Homeostasis - Mechanisms of homeostasis: feedback
• Homeostasis - Ecological homeostasis
• Homeostasis - Biological homeostasis
• Homeostasis - Homeostasis in the human body
• Homeostasis - Other fields
• Homeostasis - Examples

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Alternative interpretation would be that the field is not actually a velocity field, but a flux density field of photonic fluid, which is constantly moving at the same speed: the speed of light, independent of the speed of the observer (the charged object). Photonic fluid never changes speed but can change net direction and the intensity of its net movement in that direction. The velocity field interpretation is related to the hypothesis of a luminiferous aether through which electromagnetic waves would propagate. The proposition that ...

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Electromagnetic field, Electromagnetic field - Behavior of the electromagnetic fields, Electromagnetic field - Incompressible fluids, Electromagnetic field - Source and Sinks, Electromagnetic field - The two fluids, Electromagnetic field - The vortex, Electromagnetic field - Summary, Electromagnetic field - Negative Feedback Loop, Electromagnetic field - Positive Feedback Loop, Electromagnetic field - Flaw in the velocity field interpretation, Electromagnetic field - The field as a stream of moving photons, Electromagnetic field - Light and electromagnetic waves, Electromagnetic field - The electromagnetic field as a feedback loop

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According to the American Association - Electronic Voice Phenomena (or AA-EVP), a possible explanation for EVP is contained in the Survival Hypothesis, which states, "...we are nonphysical entities who are able to exist in the physical aspect of reality because of our physical body, but that when our physical body dies, we as Self, change our point of view to nonphysical reality. In effect, we exist before and after our current lifetime. The working hypothesis supported by AA-EVP is that these messages are, indeed, nonphysical in orig ...

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Electronic voice phenomena, Electronic voice phenomena - History, Electronic voice phenomena - Modern EVP, Electronic voice phenomena - Raudive voices, Electronic voice phenomena - Spiricom, Electronic voice phenomena - ITC, Electronic voice phenomena - Recording EVP, Electronic voice phenomena - Theories, Electronic voice phenomena - Classification, Electronic voice phenomena - EVP in fiction

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Egypt's cultural contributions have included great works of science dating from antiquity to modern times. Culture of Egypt - Ptolemy. Ptolemy is one of the most famous scientists associated with Egypt. Although he was born in Greece, he is famous for his work in Alexandria. Born Claudius Ptolemaeus (Greek: Κλαύδιος Πτολεμαίος; c. 85 – c. 165),he was a Greek geographer, astronomer, and astrologer. He is consi ...

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Culture of Egypt, Culture of Egypt - Language, Culture of Egypt -
Literature, Culture of Egypt - Religion, Culture of Egypt - Visual art, Culture of Egypt - Egyptian art in antiquity, Culture of Egypt - Egyptian art in modern times, Culture of Egypt - Science, Culture of Egypt - Ptolemy, Culture of Egypt - Eratosthenes, Culture of Egypt - Library of Alexandria, Culture of Egypt - Ahmed Hasan Zewail, Culture of Egypt - Egyptology, Culture of Egypt - Music and dance, Culture of Egypt - Cuisine

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Imagination is, in general, the power or process of producing mental images and ideas. The term is technically used in psychology for the process of reviving in the mind percepts of objects formerly given in sense perception. Since this use of the term conflicts with that of ordinary language, some psychologists have preferred to describe this process as "imaging" or "imagery" or to speak of it as "reproductive" as opposed to "productive" or "constructive" imagination. Imagined images are seen with the "mind's eye". One hypothesis for ...

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The Bactria-Margiana complex has also attracted attention as a candidate for those looking for the material counterparts to the Indo-Iranians, a major branch that split off from the Proto-Indo-Europeans. Sarianidi himself advocates identifying the complex as Indo-Iranian, going as far as to identify evidence of proto-Zoroastrian objects and rituals. James P. Mallory argues The geographic location of the BMAC ... conforms, it is argued, with the historical situation of the Da(h)a and Parnoi mentioned in Greek and Latin sources ...

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Bactria-Margiana Archaeological Complex, Bactria-Margiana Archaeological Complex - Overview, Bactria-Margiana Archaeological Complex - A previously unknown civilization?, Bactria-Margiana Archaeological Complex - The Indo-Iranian hypothesis, Bactria-Margiana Archaeological Complex - Notes:

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Mother Earth may refer to: Mother Earth is a common metaphorical expression for the Earth and its biosphere as the giver and sustainer of life. Mother Earth was also one of Slavic deities. In many Neo-Pagan and Wiccan traditions, Mother Earth is seen as the Goddess, with the Horned God as her consort (and sometimes son). The idea of the Earth as a deity was and is also prominent in many pagan religions. Mother Earth is also the title of a science fiction short story by Isaac Asimov ...

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Dr. Rupert Sheldrake (born 1942) is a controversial British biologist and author. He developed a hypothesis of morphogenetic fields, and has produced related research and publications, on topics such as animal and plant development and behaviour, telepathy, perception and metaphysics. He has a popular public following, particularly because of his books aimed at the general reader, but he is shunned by many in the scientific establishment, who often consider his work as bordering on New Age thinking. Taking science "as a set of methods ...

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• Rupert Sheldrake - New Science of Life controversy
• Rupert Sheldrake - Later work
• Rupert Sheldrake - Bibliography

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Water is considered a purifier in most religions, including Christianity, Islam, Judaism, and Shinto. For instance, baptism in Christian churches is done with water. In addition, a ritual bath in pure water is performed for the dead in many religions including Judaism and Islam. In Islam, the five daily prayers can only be done after completing washing the body with clean water (wudu). In Shinto, water is used in almost all rituals to cleanse a person or an area. Water is mentioned in the Bible 442 times in the New International Version and 363 times in the King James Version. 2 Peter 3 ...

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Water, Water - Molecular properties, Water - Forms of water, Water - Water in biology and human civilization, Water - Astronomical position of Earth and impact on its water, Water - Human uses of water, Water - Water as a precious resource, Water - Regulating water distribution, Water - The impact of water on religion and philosophy

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In 1981, Sheldrake trailed his hypothesis of formative causation in an article in New Scientist magazine. The piece was provocatively headlined: "Scientific proof that science has got it all wrong". An editorial introduction admitted that, to modern science, an idea such as Sheldrake’s was "completely scatty", but justified its publication on the grounds that first, "Sheldrake is an excellent scientist; the proper, imaginative kind that in an earlier age discovered continents and mirrored the world in sonnets," and secondly, "the science in his ideas is goo ...

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Rupert Sheldrake, Rupert Sheldrake - New Science of Life controversy, Rupert Sheldrake - Later work, Rupert Sheldrake - Bibliography

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The term is most often used in the sense of biological homeostasis. Multicellular organisms require a homeostatic internal environment, in order to live; many environmentalists believe this principle also applies to the external environment. Many ecological, biological, and social systems are homeostatic. They oppose change to maintain equilibrium. If the system does not succeed in reestablishing its balance, it may ultimat ...

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Homeostasis, Homeostasis - Overview, Homeostasis - Properties of homeostasis, Homeostasis - Mechanisms of homeostasis: feedback, Homeostasis - Ecological homeostasis, Homeostasis - Biological homeostasis, Homeostasis - Homeostasis in the human body, Homeostasis - Other fields, Homeostasis - Examples

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Darwin put forth a theory of natural selection, which contradicted the doctrine of "created kinds" which was derived from a literal reading of the Book of Genesis. 1972: The Descent of Woman by Elaine Morgan Morgan's Aquatic ape hypothesis challenges the theory that early humans evolved on the savannah, and argues that several human characteristics which are uncommon to mammals can be better explained by a semi-aquatic environment. The book is popular among feminists because it emphasizes the role of reprodu ...

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List of controversial non-fiction books, List of controversial non-fiction books - Agriculture, List of controversial non-fiction books - Anthropology, List of controversial non-fiction books - Artificial intelligence and the nature of consciousness, List of controversial non-fiction books - Astronomy, List of controversial non-fiction books - Business and bureaucracy, List of controversial non-fiction books - Cosmology, List of controversial non-fiction books - Drug culture, List of controversial non-fiction books - Environmentalism, List of controversial non-fiction books - Evolution, List of controversial non-fiction books - Feminist theory, List of controversial non-fiction books - Futurology, List of controversial non-fiction books - Globalization, List of controversial non-fiction books - History, List of controversial non-fiction books - Media, List of controversial non-fiction books - Philosophy of science, List of controversial non-fiction books - Politics, List of controversial non-fiction books - Psychiatry, List of controversial non-fiction books - Race and intelligence, List of controversial non-fiction books - Religion, List of controversial non-fiction books - Sociology

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Feng Shui or fengshui (Simplified: 风水; Traditional: 風水; Hanyu Pinyin: fēngshuǐ; IPA: /fɤŋ ʂueɪ/ ( listen) is the ancient Chinese practice of placement and arrangement of space to achieve harmony with the environment that has its origins from Taoism. The practice is est ...

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• Feng Shui - Overview
• Feng Shui - Archaeology
• Feng Shui - Feng Shui in More Recent Times
• Feng Shui - Postmodernism
• Feng Shui - Combination of Statistics and Scientific
• Feng Shui - Miscellaneous
• Feng Shui - Other usages

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Dolphins emit two very distinct kinds of acoustic signals, which we call whistles and clicks. Clicks - quick broadband burst pulses - are used for echolocation, although some lower-frequency broadband vocalizations may serve a non-echolocative purpose such as communication such as the pulsed calls of Orcas. Pulses in a click train a~`35-50 milliseconds, and in general these inter-click intervals are slightly greater than the two-way travel time of sound to and from the target. Whistles - narrow band freque ...

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Cetacean intelligence, Cetacean intelligence - Brain characteristics, Cetacean intelligence - Differences from other mammalian brains, Cetacean intelligence - Behavior, Cetacean intelligence - Pack characteristics, Cetacean intelligence - Complex play, Cetacean intelligence - Creative behavior, Cetacean intelligence - Communication, Cetacean intelligence - Self-awareness, Cetacean intelligence - Comparative Cognition

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Pain can be classified as acute or chronic. Acute pain is defined as short-term pain or pain with an easily identifiable cause. Acute pain is the body's warning of present damage to tissue or disease. It is often fast and sharp followed by aching pain. Acute pain is centralized in one area before becoming somewhat spread out. This type of pain responds well to medications. Chronic pain was originally defined as pain that has lasted 6 months or longer. It is now defined as pain that persists long ...

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Pain, Pain - Types of pain, Pain - Physiology, Pain - Pain receptors, Pain - Transmission of pain signals in the central nervous system, Pain - Analgesia, Pain - Survival benefit, Pain - Children and pain, Pain - Pain and alternative medicine

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