Encyclopedia - Self-help: Encyclopedia - Self-help
Though the term self-help can refer to any case whereby an individual or a group (support group) betters themselves economically, intelle...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Self-organized Criticality: Encyclopedia Ii - Self-organized Criticality - Overview
Self-organized criticality is one of a number of important discoveries made in statistical physics and related fields over the latter hal...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - The Century Of The Self: Encyclopedia Ii - The Century Of The Self - Criticism
The organisation Media Lens criticised Adam Curtis for not mentioning US atrocities in Guatemala. The co-editor of Media Lens, David Edwa...   » Read the article

Article - Criticism: Any Fool Can Criticize, And Most Fools Do
Many of us almost daily stab the ones we love. We use invisible knives that do not draw blood. The weapon of choice is CRITICISM. The har...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Censorship Of Music: Encyclopedia - Censorship Of Music
Censorship of music, the practice of censoring music from the public, may take the form of partial or total censorship with the latter ba...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Constructive Criticism: Encyclopedia - Constructive Criticism
Constructive criticism is the process of offering valid and well-reasoned opinions about the work of others, usually involving both posit...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Emotional Intelligence: Encyclopedia - Emotional Intelligence
Emotional Intelligence, also called EI or EQ, describes an ability, capacity, or skill to perceive, assess, and manage the emotions of on...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Tony Robbins: Encyclopedia - Tony Robbins
Tony (Anthony) Robbins (born 29 February 1960, Glendora, California) is an American life coach, motivational speaker and bestselling writ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - A New Kind Of Science: Encyclopedia - A New Kind Of Science
A New Kind of Science is a controversial book by Stephen Wolfram, published in 2002. It introduced and justified the empirical systematic...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Human Potential Movement: Encyclopedia - Human Potential Movement
The Human Potential Movement came out of the social and intellectual milieu of the 1960s and was formed to promote the cultivation of ext...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Capitalism: Encyclopedia - Capitalism
In common usage, the word capitalism means an economic system in which all or most of the means of production are privately owned and ope...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Tony Robbins: Encyclopedia Ii - Tony Robbins - Criticism
Critics claim that some of his ideas, such as that the energy of food can be measured in Hertz, are pseudoscience, and that the methods a...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - The Century Of The Self: Encyclopedia Ii - The Century Of The Self - Overview
"This series is about how those in power have used Freud's theories to try and control the dangerous crowd in an age of mass democracy." ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Christian Apologetics And Research Ministry: Encyclopedia Ii - Christian Apologetics And Research Ministry - History
CARM was founded in October 1995 by Matt Slick. CARM began as a collection of information Slick had gathered from his studies of other re...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Finlandization: Encyclopedia Ii - Finlandization - Criticism
United States foreign policy experts consistently feared that Western Europe and Japan would be Finlandized, leading to a situation in wh...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Censorship Of Music: Encyclopedia Ii - Censorship Of Music - Censorship Of Pop Music
Censorship of music - Airplay censorship. A classic example of partial censorship in the UK is the single "God Save the Queen", by the ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Outing: Encyclopedia Ii - Outing - Motives
While one may reveal secrets or private details about others lives for many reasons including personal malice or commercial gain, outing ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Outing: Encyclopedia Ii - Outing - Support Of Outing
People who have been outed include Pete Williams, Chad Allen, Chastity Bono, and Richard Chamberlain. People who have supported outing as...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Outing: Encyclopedia Ii - Outing - Criticism
Some in the gay rights movement continue to disapprove of outing as a political tactic, arguing that even anti-gay conservatives have a r...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Outing: Encyclopedia Ii - Outing - History
Outing - Germany. Magnus Hirschfeld's Scientific Humanitarian Committee debated outing in 1902 and decided against it. However, when Ad...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Outing: Encyclopedia Ii - Outing - Impact And Effectiveness
The effectiveness of outing as a political tactic depends on the willingness of the media to report that a person has been outed. The adv...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Finlandization: Encyclopedia Ii - Finlandization - Finnish Perception
In Finland the use (by others) of the term "Finlandization" was perceived as a brickbat stemming from an inability to understand the prac...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Outing: Encyclopedia Ii - Outing - Criticism
Some in the gay rights movement continue to disapprove of outing as a political tactic, arguing that even hypocritical anti-gay gay conse...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Emotional Intelligence: Encyclopedia Ii - Emotional Intelligence - Emotional Intelligence
Emotional intelligence - Mayer and Salovey and emotional intelligence. In the early 1990s, John D. Mayer and Peter Salovey published a ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Censorship Of Music: Encyclopedia Ii - Censorship Of Music - Censorship In Classical Music
For many years Wagner and even Beethoven were never played in Israel, though they were not formally banned, because of their association ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Emotional Intelligence: Encyclopedia Ii - Emotional Intelligence - Measures Of Emotional Intelligence
Some researchers believe EI is a cognitive ability just as is IQ (eg, Mayer & Salovey, 2000), while others believe it is a combinatio...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Objectivist Philosophy: Encyclopedia Ii - Objectivist Philosophy - Objectivist Principles
Objectivist philosophy - Metaphysics: Objective reality. Main article: Objectivist metaphysics The key tenets of the Objectivist metaph...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Principles Of Nlp: Encyclopedia Ii - Principles Of Nlp - Nlp's Approach To Clinical Conditions
Main article: Therapeutic use of NLP NLP does not have the same model of "problem" and "solution" as clinical psychiatry, instead its mod...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Publishing: Encyclopedia Ii - Publishing - Independent Publishing Alternatives
In spite of the fact that middle and lower level authors now need to keep a day job, they have managed to find smaller alternatives to th...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Richard Littlejohn: Encyclopedia Ii - Richard Littlejohn - Opinions
Littlejohn frequently denounces asylum seekers, homosexuals and single parents, whom he sees as part of a "politically correct" elite, an...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Publishing: Encyclopedia Ii - Publishing - Independent Publishing Alternatives
See also Alternative media In spite of the fact that middle and lower level authors now need to keep a day job, they have managed to find...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Neolibertarianism: Encyclopedia Ii - Neolibertarianism - Evolution Of The Term
The term neolibertarian is undergoing a shift in meaning post-9-11 and post-Iraq War. Originally it indicated a libertarian who embraced ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Neolibertarianism: Encyclopedia Ii - Neolibertarianism - Neolibertarian Self-description
The first neolibertarians to use the term did so in response to the Iraq war. Distancing themselves from the generally anti-war response ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Neolibertarianism: Encyclopedia Ii - Neolibertarianism - The Current Divide
Neolibertarianism - Historical roots. Historically, the neolibertarian/paleolibertarian debate was more a question of incrementalism vs...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Objectivist Philosophy: Encyclopedia Ii - Objectivist Philosophy - Response To Objectivist Philosophy
It is fair to say that, of people who are familiar with Objectivism, reactions are rarely neutral. Rand's beliefs are often supported wit...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Emotional Intelligence: Encyclopedia Ii - Emotional Intelligence - Emotional Quotient Measures
According to Mayer (2005c) there are two ways to measure emotional intelligence: criterion-based tests, and self-reported tests. Emotion...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Tony Robbins: Encyclopedia Ii - Tony Robbins - Philosophy And Ideas
Robbins is the inventor and proponent of what he refers to as neuroassociative conditioning, which is based on Neuro-linguistic programmi...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Tony Robbins: Encyclopedia Ii - Tony Robbins - 2008 Presidential Consideration
In May of 2005, Robbins was asked whether he was thinking about running for the United States Presidency in 2008; he replied, "Maybe. It'...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Tony Robbins: Encyclopedia Ii - Tony Robbins - Media Appearances
He hypnotizes the title character Hal in the film Shallow Hal. An animated Tony Robbins (voiced by unknown) was lampooned in the controve...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Tony Robbins: Encyclopedia Ii - Tony Robbins - 2008 Presidential Consideration
In May of 2005, Robbins was asked whether he was thinking about running for the United States Presidency in 2008; he replied, "Maybe. It'...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Tony Robbins: Encyclopedia Ii - Tony Robbins - Media Appearances
He hypnotizes the title character Hal in the film Shallow Hal. An animated Tony Robbins (voiced by unknown) was lampooned in the controve...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Objectivist Philosophy: Encyclopedia Ii - Objectivist Philosophy - Response To Objectivist Philosophy
It is fair to say that, of people who are familiar with Objectivism, reactions are rarely neutral. Indeed, it is almost impossible to be ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Richard Littlejohn: Encyclopedia Ii - Richard Littlejohn - Career
Although primarily a newspaper journalist, Littlejohn has presented numerous radio and TV shows, and has authored or co-authored several ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - A New Kind Of Science: Encyclopedia Ii - A New Kind Of Science - Reception
NKS received unprecedented media publicity for a scientific book, generating scores of articles in places like The New York Times, Newswe...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - A New Kind Of Science: Encyclopedia Ii - A New Kind Of Science - Criticism Of Nks
The book has attracted several types of criticism. A New Kind of Science - Scientific philosophy. A key tenet of NKS is that the simple...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - A New Kind Of Science: Encyclopedia Ii - A New Kind Of Science - Computation And Its Implications
The thesis of A New Kind of Science is twofold: that the nature of computation must be explored experimentally, and that the results of t...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - A New Kind Of Science: Encyclopedia Ii - A New Kind Of Science - The World Of Simple Programs
The basic subject of Wolfram's "new kind of science" is the study of simple abstract rules — essentially, elementary computer programs....   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - A New Kind Of Science: Encyclopedia Ii - A New Kind Of Science - Mapping And Mining The Computational Universe
Given that very simple rules often do very complex things, how do we study them? Wolfram believes it is necessary to systematically explo...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - A New Kind Of Science: Encyclopedia Ii - A New Kind Of Science - Systematic Abstract Science
While Wolfram promotes simple programs as a scientific discipline, he also insists that its methodology will revolutionize essentially ev...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - A New Kind Of Science: Encyclopedia Ii - A New Kind Of Science - Philosophical Underpinnings
Wolfram believes that one of his achievements is not just exclaiming, "computation is important!", but in providing a coherent system of ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - A New Kind Of Science: Encyclopedia Ii - A New Kind Of Science - Applications And Results
There are a vast number of specific results and ideas in the NKS book, but they can be organized into several themes. One common theme of...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Reality Television: Encyclopedia Ii - Reality Television - Origins Of Reality Television
Since reality television is a somewhat nebulous concept, basically encompassing any portrayal of people in unscripted situations, there a...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Capitalism: Encyclopedia Ii - Capitalism - Characteristics Of Capitalist Economies
A set of broad characteristics are generally agreed on by both advocates and critics of capitalism. These are a private sector, private p...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Capitalism: Encyclopedia Ii - Capitalism - Characteristics Of Capitalist Economies
A set of broad characteristics are generally agreed on by both advocates and critics of capitalism. These are a private sector, private p...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Laveyan Satanism: Encyclopedia Ii - Laveyan Satanism - Criticisms
Some critics believe that despite the encouragement for individuality within Satanism, most of the members seem to conform to a certain s...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Percolation: Encyclopedia Ii - Percolation - Applications Of Percolation Theory
Among the applications are the study of percolation of petroleum and natural gas through semi-porous rock; here the theory has helped pre...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Reality Television: Encyclopedia Ii - Reality Television - Types Of Reality Tv
There are a number of sub-categories of reality television. Reality television - Documentary-style. In many reality television shows, t...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Reality Television: Encyclopedia Ii - Reality Television - Analysis And Criticism
Scholars have suggested that reality television's success is due to its ability to place ordinary people in extraordinary situations. For...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Reality Television: Encyclopedia Ii - Reality Television - Origins Of Reality Television
Since reality television is a somewhat nebulous concept, basically encompassing any portrayal of people in unscripted situations, there a...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Reality Television: Encyclopedia Ii - Reality Television - Types Of Reality Tv
There are a number of sub-categories of reality television. Reality television - Documentary-style. In many reality television shows, t...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Reality Television: Encyclopedia Ii - Reality Television - Analysis And Criticism
Scholars have suggested that reality television's success is due to its ability to place ordinary people in extraordinary situations. For...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Capitalism: Encyclopedia Ii - Capitalism - Criticisms Of Capitalism
Capitalism - Unequal distribution of wealth and income. Main article: Economic inequality It is reasonable to expect that some disparit...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Capitalism: Encyclopedia Ii - Capitalism - Criticisms Of Capitalism
Capitalism - Unequal distribution of wealth and income. Main article: Economic inequality It is reasonable to expect that some dispar...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Capitalism: Encyclopedia Ii - Capitalism - Capitalist Theory
Some emphasize the private ownership of capital as being the essence of capitalism, or emphasize the importance of a free market as a mec...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Capitalism: Encyclopedia Ii - Capitalism - Capitalist Theory
Some emphasize the private ownership of capital as being the essence of capitalism, or emphasize the importance of a free market as a mec...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - History Of Singapore: Encyclopedia Ii - History Of Singapore - Self-government 1955 – 1963
The leader of the Labour Front, David Marshall, became the first Chief Minister of Singapore. He presided over a shaky government, receiv...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Human Potential Movement: Encyclopedia Ii - Human Potential Movement - Relationship To Other Fields
The movement is sometimes considered to be under the broader umbrella of the New Age movement. It is distinguished ideologically from oth...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Human Potential Movement: Encyclopedia Ii - Human Potential Movement - Criticism
The movement has received criticism in two forms. The first is from researchers in psychology, medicine, and science who often dismiss th...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - History Of Singapore: Encyclopedia Ii - History Of Singapore - Founding Of Modern Singapore 1819
Between the 16th and 19th centuries, the Malay archipelago was gradually taken over by the European colonial powers, beginning with the a...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - History Of Singapore: Encyclopedia Ii - History Of Singapore - Early Growth 1819 – 1826
Raffles returned to Bencoolen soon after the signing of the treaty, leaving Major William Farquhar in charge of the new settlement, which...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - History Of Singapore: Encyclopedia Ii - History Of Singapore - The Straits Settlements 1826 – 1867
Raffles' founding of Singapore was based on rather shaky legal grounds, and the Dutch government soon issued bitter protests to the Briti...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - History Of Singapore: Encyclopedia Ii - History Of Singapore - Singapore As A Crown Colony 1867 – 1941
As Singapore continued to grow, the deficiencies in the Straits Settlements administration became increasingly apparent. Apart from the i...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - History Of Singapore: Encyclopedia Ii - History Of Singapore - Post-war Period 1945 – 1955
After Japan surrendered to the Allies on August 15, 1945, there was a state of anomie in Singapore, as the British had not arrived to tak...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - History Of Singapore: Encyclopedia Ii - History Of Singapore - Merger With Malaysia 1963 – 1965
The merger with Malaysia was thought to be the solution to resolve unemployment, a stagnating economy and the security threats posed by r...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Laveyan Satanism: Encyclopedia Ii - Laveyan Satanism - The Black Mass
The "Black Mass", a symbolic inversion of Catholicism, is wrongly attributed to LaVeyan Satanism; this "mass" is merely an elaborate pran...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Laveyan Satanism: Encyclopedia Ii - Laveyan Satanism - Organizations
There are two primary organizations based upon this type of Satanism, which tend to be at odds with each other despite their shared basis...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Laveyan Satanism: Encyclopedia Ii - Laveyan Satanism - Philosophy
LaVeyan Satanism - Fundamental individualism. Satanism is often mistaken as being a religion that encourages cruelty and irresponsible ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Capitalism: Encyclopedia Ii - Capitalism - Etymology
The word capital has roots in the trade and ownership of animals. The Latin root of the word is capitalis, from the proto-Indo-European k...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Capitalism: Encyclopedia Ii - Capitalism - History Of Capitalism
Capitalism - Capitalism as a theory. Main article: History of theory of capitalism Most theories of what has come to be called capitali...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Capitalism: Encyclopedia Ii - Capitalism - Criticisms Of Capitalism
Capitalism - Unequal distribution of wealth and income. Main article: Economic inequality It is reasonable to expect that some disparit...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Capitalism: Encyclopedia Ii - Capitalism - Other Approaches
Capitalism - Capitalism in political ideologies. Main article: Capitalism and related political ideologies Capitalism - Indices of eco...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Capitalism: Encyclopedia Ii - Capitalism - Etymology
The word capital has roots in the trade and ownership of animals. The Latin root of the word is capitalis, from the proto-Indo-European k...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Capitalism: Encyclopedia Ii - Capitalism - History Of Capitalism
Capitalism - Capitalism as a theory. Main article: History of theory of capitalism Most theories of what has come to be called capitali...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - History Of Singapore: Encyclopedia Ii - History Of Singapore - Ancient Times
The earliest written record of Singapore was a Chinese account of the 3rd century, describing the island of "Pu Luo Chung", probably a tr...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - History Of Singapore: Encyclopedia Ii - History Of Singapore - The Battle Of Singapore And The Japanese Occupation 1942 – 1945
On December 7, 1941, Japan launched its attack on Pearl Harbor, and the Pacific War began in earnest. One of Japan's objectives was to ca...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - History Of Singapore: Encyclopedia Ii - History Of Singapore - Republic Of Singapore 1965 – Present
Immediately after independence, the tiny island nation of Singapore seemed extremely inadequate to survive by itself; much of the interna...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Critical Pedagogy: Encyclopedia Ii - Critical Pedagogy - Topics Introduced
To help encourage students to change their view from accepting the social norms (viewed by critics as being gullible) into being independ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Principles Of Nlp: Encyclopedia Ii - Principles Of Nlp - Criticisms Of The Principles Of Nlp
Main discussion: Neuro-linguistic programming#Criticism Criticisms of NLP's actual principles (as opposed to NLP itself) generally fall i...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Critical Phenomena: Encyclopedia Ii - Critical Phenomena - The Critical Point Of The 2d Ising Model
Let us consider a 2D square array of classical spins which may only take two positions: +1 and -1, at a certain temperature T, interactin...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Critical Phenomena: Encyclopedia Ii - Critical Phenomena - Divergences At The Critical Point
The correlation length diverges at the critical point: as , . This divergence poses no physical problem. Other physical observables diver...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Critical Phenomena: Encyclopedia Ii - Critical Phenomena - Ergodicity Breaking
Ergodicity is the assumption that a system, at a given temperature, explores the full phase space, just each state takes different probab...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Samuel Smiles: Encyclopedia Ii - Samuel Smiles - Smiles's Writings
Smiles is best known today as the writer of books extolling virtues of self help, and biographies lauding the achievements of 'heroic' en...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Principles Of Nlp: Encyclopedia Ii - Principles Of Nlp - Stated Purpose Of Nlp
NLP has been desribed by its creators as "the study of the structure of subjective experience". This merits further expansion: Subjectivi...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Principles Of Nlp: Encyclopedia Ii - Principles Of Nlp - Nlp As Described By Its Major Developers And Promoters
Richard Bandler (Time for a Change, 1993, p. 2-5): You want to become competent at whatever you do. That does not mean to get phobics, w...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Principles Of Nlp: Encyclopedia Ii - Principles Of Nlp - Philosophical Stance Of Nlp
NLP is sometimes described as an empirical epistemology. That is, it is a way of knowing whose evidence is experiment and observation, ra...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Critic Dream Symbol: Dreams Interpretation Dictionary - Critic
Critic Dream Symbols: Self-discipline; being judgemental.   (Source: Myths - Dreams - Symbols)   Related pages: Dream Symbol...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Mirror Dream Symbol: Dreams Interpretation Dictionary - Mirror
Mirror Dream Symbols: Seeing your own reflection in the mirror, suggests that you are pondering thoughts about your inner self. The re...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Death Dream Symbol: Dreams Interpretation Dictionary - Death
Dead/Death - the end of something, with a new beginning i.e., leaving an old job for a new one; death in a dream rarely means a real d...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Self-help: Encyclopedia Ii - Self-help - In Defense Of Self-help
A counter-argument is that some readers of self-help books are seeking "easy answers", but that doesn't mean the answers in the books are...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Self-help: Encyclopedia Ii - Self-help - Self-help Marketplace
Group and corporate aid for the "seeker" has also moved into the "self-help" marketplace, with LGATs and therapy systems ready with more ...   » Read the article