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Is This True,Not,Or Just A Crock # 21?

doc Jon Percepto — Thu, 17 May 2012 00:43:32 +0000

Futurology is a branch of Eschatology, a discipline of study that examines the past in order to postulate probable futures using consensus views and the evolution of myths that underlie them. The debate is whether this discipline is philosophy, theology, science or mysticism. Futures as its known by its practitioners is not prognostication, although it [...]

“Avengers Assemble”

doc Jon Percepto — Mon, 07 May 2012 01:17:21 +0000

When The Avengers, issue #1, was first published in September 1963, a creation of Stan Lee and Jack Kirby, it had a somewhat different cast then the movie version released on May 4, 2012. After the group’s classic battle cry, “Avengers Assemble,” an odd blend of Marvel’s most popular characters put aside their personal differences, [...]

Are We As Accountable For Thoughts As For Actions?

doc Jon Percepto — Thu, 19 Apr 2012 17:48:35 +0000

There continues to be a philosophical discourse about whether actions have more significance than thoughts. The correlation between both is perhaps at the center of this dialogue. Actions can be seen and measured by others, provoking numerous consequences with a wider impact then first imagined. Thoughts on the other hand are less open to observation. [...]

The History, Culture And Future Of Puerto Rico

doc Jon Percepto — Fri, 13 Apr 2012 17:59:59 +0000

Puerto Rico (”rich port“), with a current population of 4 million and comprising the main island and several smaller islands, has a complex and “rich” history. Very little is known about it prior to Columbus’s arrival, not surprising since the history of North America as taught by schools in the United States began with [...]

La Historia y Cultura de Estado Libre Asociado de Puerto Rico

doc Jon Percepto — Sat, 07 Apr 2012 19:34:07 +0000

Puerto Rico con una población actual de 4 millones de habitantes, es la isla principal de varias islas más pequeñas, tiene una historia rica y compleja aunque se sabe muy poco sobre ella antes de la llegada de Cristobal Colón. No es sorprendente, ya que la historia de América del Norte, como se enseña en [...]

Practicing Chaos

doc Jon Percepto — Sat, 24 Mar 2012 17:59:09 +0000

Most things follow patterns of order, often imperceptible, hidden within harmonious arrangements of time and space, obvious but invisible until something disruptive appears attracting attention because its intrusive. As an individual, the easiest way to stand out is by creating chaos, mainly to attract attention since one doesn’t get anywhere by doing what is [...]

Is This True, Not, Or Just A Crock:E?

doc Jon Percepto — Sun, 04 Mar 2012 23:56:55 +0000

The term, Egg of Columbus, perhaps began with Italian historian Girolamo Benzoni. In his document of the New World he wrote: Columbus was dining with many Spanish nobles when one of them said to him: ‘If your lordship had not discovered the Indies, there would have been, here in Spain, one who would have started [...]

Linked

doc Jon Percepto — Fri, 02 Mar 2012 00:59:53 +0000

Sometimes it’s possible to feel connected to something higher. Usually, it seems like an unexplainable perception has been awakened and the energy flows freely. At other times distractions make everything chaotic and impossible to perceive. Then, the ability to focus becomes a futile attempt to pierce the fog as too many currents saturate thought at [...]

Understanding People You Don’t Understand

doc Jon Percepto — Sun, 12 Feb 2012 19:51:52 +0000

Every now and then I think about people who for one reason or another I never understood. Whether it was a choice they made, a situation they got themselves into, or a perception they held about the world or themselves, I drew a blank. This is not an uncommon experience, but when it does happen, [...]

Light, Darkness And Everything In-Between

doc Jon Percepto — Tue, 31 Jan 2012 23:51:17 +0000

Ignite a match in a room without light, and darkness recedes; what was once a black place is now revealed containing all sorts of objects to stimulate the imagination. Depending on the size of the match and the length of time its aglow, light will leave impressions upon the memory of things that existed before [...]