Podcasts about numerals

The 11th edition of the Sharjah Calligraphy Forum, under the theme “Numerals” wrapped up on Saturday following a two-month celebration dedicated to Arabic calligraphy, drawing 30,000 visitors from around the world. Listen to #Pulse95Radio in the UAE by tuning in on your radio (95.00 FM) or online on our website: www.pulse95radio.com ************************ Follow us on Social. www.instagram/com/pulse95radio www.facebook.com/pulse95radio www.twitter.com/pulse95radio

Through a series of visions, Zechariah was given insight into the heart of the Eternal One. Who in amongst the conflict and chaos, remained faithful to His covenant of love unconditional and life everlasting. So let us begin our journey into the heart of the Eternal One and unravel the mystery of the significance of the numeral 4 through a vision given to prophet Zechariah. As you listen be blessed, empowered and transformed in Jesus name.For more information and free resources visit our website jesuslovestheworld.info Also connect with us in discipleship, watch our videos, follow us on facebook or send us an email

Often called Arabic numerals, the modern number system we use today actually originates in India. Whilst in the west they were using Roman numerals, in India they were using numbers 1-9. Then, the great Brahmagupta in the 7th century made one of the most monumental developments in human history. He invented zero in its modern form. Therefore, these basic rules of mathematics for the first time allowed any number up to infinity to be expressed with just ten distinct symbols: the nine Indian numbers plus zero. Rules that are still taught in classrooms around the world today. This step was a major advance that had never previously been attempted elsewhere and it was this Indian reincarnation of zero as a number, rather than just as an absence, that transformed it and gave it its power. From India, this development then travelled along the Golden Road and into the heart of Barmakid Baghdad.  Listen as William and Anita discuss the origins of the Empire of Numbers. To buy William's book: https://coles-books.co.uk/the-golden-road-by-william-dalrymple-signed-edition Twitter: @Empirepoduk Email: empirepoduk@gmail.com Goalhangerpodcasts.com Assistant Producer: Tabby Syrett Producer: Callum Hill Exec Producer: Neil Fearn Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Following on from last week, where we discovered the significance of the numeral 7, we will continue on our journey of unravelling the mystery of numerals, in God's love story the Bible. Remembering that through God's first recorded account of His creation cycle, He reveals the significance of numbers 1 to 7. So let us continue our journey through God's love story to us and focus on the significance of the numeral 2. As you listen be blessed, empowered and transformed in Jesus name.For more information and free resources visit our website jesuslovestheworld.info Also connect with us in discipleship, watch our videos, follow us on facebook or send us an email

Throughout the Bible numbers have a significant role in revealing the eternal plan and heart of God. The numbers themselves have no power, but can often represent something greater than the initial meaning. To unravel the mystery of numbers throughout the Bible, God's love story to us, we need to go back to the beginning. Where through the first account of the creation story, we gain an understanding of the systematic cycle of creation and the significance of the numbers 1-7, especially the number 7.  As you listen be blessed, empowered and transformed in Jesus name.For more information and free resources visit our website jesuslovestheworld.info Also connect with us in discipleship, watch our videos, follow us on facebook or send us an email

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Seriah is joined by Chris Ernst and Tillie Treadwell. Topics include roman numerals, Mandela Effect/Retconning, Star Wars, quantum science, retro-causality, a vanishing scar, paranormal counseling, kundalini energy, feats of recovery by Indian yogis, strange bruising/absence of bruising, Seriah's bizarre out of body experience, the origin of the name “Seriah”, the film “Gateways to Magonia”, orders vs requests, workplace cultures, human nature vs transcendence, consciousness and multiverse timelines, Seth materials, scrying, the Kozyrev mirror, Wren Collier, psychic devices, Seriah's strange barn experiences, black mirrors, abandoned buildings, “Backrooms” online, the unique experiences of being awake in the middle of the night, the film “Miracle Mile“, the enjoyable vibe of not being connected, the book “God Star”, Saturn as first Sun theory, story-telling vs written cultures, Wal Thornhill, internet culture vs gatekeeping, the book “The Invisible Gorilla”, human memory and its flaws, the TV show “Dark Matter”, dealing with trauma, Lifewave therapy patches, Saxon and electro-magnetic healing, use and misuse of the term “quantum”, the podcast “Small Town Horror”, the radio show “Last Exit For The Lost”, Wilhelm Reich and Orgone energy, Peter Robbins and a Reichian cloud buster at Rendlesham, consensus reality and NPCs, alternate explanations for haunted houses, energetic empathy and visits from beings, contagious paranormal experiences, the paranormal as created by the subconscious mind, thought forms/tulpas, multiple explanations for ghosts, enchanted Christmas trees, evergreen lore, language and its limitations, and much more! This is a fascinating, unique discussion!This show is part of the Spreaker Prime Network, if you are interested in advertising on this podcast, contact us at https://www.spreaker.com/show/4656375/advertisement

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This satisfyingly hourlong episode (you're welcome) starts with a discussion of the United Kingdom's recent reset of climate policies, which PM Rishi Sunak casts as a “more pragmatic, proportionate and realistic approach” to Net Zero, and others decry as a mix of backsliding on things that matter and cancellation of things that weren't even proposed.* Is this a sign of things to come?Maybe, say the (prescient? Or simply well-hedged?) authors of…Our main paper … “No Time To Lose: New Scenario Narratives for Action on Climate Change” by Mark Cliffe and teams from the University of Exeter and the Universities Superannuation Scheme. This takes the shortcomings of Integrated Assessment Models familiar from previous episodes such as Episode 6 (“An orange, a picture of an apple and a mandarine shaped eraser: Critiquing Integrated Assessment Models”), notes that IAMs remain fundamental to well-intentioned efforts to understand the future such as the Network for Greening the Financial System, and sets out the beginnings of a different approach. New scenarios, focussed not on climate change to 2050 but on extreme weather and the politics and economics of climate and energy to 2030, aim to provide a greater spread of relevant possibilities and provide decision-relevant information. But do they succeed? Opinions differ!Three cited examples of differing paradigms for prognostication are:The Rupert Way et al simple abstract world energy system model included in The Oxford Learning Rates Paper we keep banging on about (originally in Episode 11)Absurdly complex and bug-riddled simulationism like wonderful nerdy videogame Dwarf FortressThe ultimate prediction science of Psychohistory in Isaac Asimov's Foundation novelsOne more thingsAlison's One More Thing is the National Electricity Law, which has recently been amended to include an emissions reduction objective at s7(c) of the Schedule. Now to flesh out how that will be reflected in decisionmaking… Tennant's One More Thing is the Victorian Renewable Gas Consultation Paper, open for submissions til 6 October.Luke's One More Thing is a video game called Umurangi Generation, in which cyberpunk and anime aesthetics collide with a landscape shaped by climate disaster. Available on Steam, and discussed in another podcast!What could possibly top all that, perspicacious Summerupperers? Find out next time - or tell us yourself via mailbag@letmesumup.net or @LukeMenzel, @TennantReed, @alison_reeve and @FrankieMuskovic.*PS: we realised after recording that Alison referred to ULEV (ultra-low emission vehicle) instead of ULEZ (ultra-low emissions zone) in our opening segment on the Great British Back Off. ULEZ is correct. It's hard enough to keep the Australian acronyms straight some days, let alone the British ones.

Link to bioRxiv paper: http://biorxiv.org/cgi/content/short/2023.07.04.547627v1?rss=1 Authors: Retter, T. L., Erassmy, L., Schiltz, C. Abstract: Neural processing of numerical concepts may be measured in humans automatically, without a related numerical task. However, the extent to which neural responses to symbolic numbers are due to physical stimulus confounds independently of conceptual representations remains unknown. Here, we targeted conceptual responses to parity (even vs. odd), using an electroencephalographic (EEG) frequency-tagging approach with a symmetry/asymmetry paradigm. Fifty second sequences of Arabic numerals (2-9) were presented at 7.5 Hz; odd and even numbers were alternated, so that differential responses to parity would be captured at 3.75 Hz (7.5 Hz/2). Parity responses were probed with four different stimulus sets, increasing in intra-numeral stimulus variability. Moreover, two control conditions were tested for each stimulus set, comprised of non-conceptual numeral alternations (strong control, for small inter-group physical differences: 2,3,6,7 vs. 4,5,8 and 9; weak control, for large physical differences: 2,4,5,7 vs. 3,6,8,9). Significant asymmetrical responses at 3.75 Hz were found over the occipitotemporal cortex to all conditions, thus even for arbitrary numeral groups. The weak control condition elicited the largest response in the stimulus set with the lowest level of variability (1 font). Only in the stimulus set with the highest level of variability (20 hand-drawn, colored exemplars per numeral) did the response to parity surpass both control conditions. These findings show that physical differences across small sets of Arabic numerals can strongly influence, and even account for, automatic brain responses. However, carefully designed control conditions and highly variable stimulus sets may be used towards identifying truly conceptual neural responses. Copy rights belong to original authors. Visit the link for more info Podcast created by Paper Player, LLC

The Numerical Structure of Scripture F. W. Grant. A seal upon its perfect inspiration, and a divinely given help to its right interpretation. Published by Loizeaux Bros., and printed by The Bible Truth Press 1 East 13th Street, New York Lecture 1. Introductory Lecture 2. The Scripture Numerals Lecture 3. The Numerals Continued Lecture 4. The Bible Books: Their Arrangement and Relationship Lecture 5. The Books of the Prophets Lecture 6. The Psalm books, Gospels, and Acts Lecture 7. The Epistles and the Revelation Prefatory Note to the Revised Edition A new edition of this little volume is being called for, it is pleasant to find that in the twelve years that have elapsed since the first was published, so little correction should be needed when so much further work has been done in regard to the numerals and their application to the structure of Scripture. I have not attempted to do more than make whatever might be called for in this way. The four volumes of the Numerical Bible already published will naturally show development in various ways but there has been no attempt to develop this correspondingly. In the nature of the book, it is but an introduction, for which purpose much enlargement would rather injure it than otherwise. May the Lord be pleased still to use it for the help of students of the inspired Word. F. W. Grant. Plainfield, N. J. Sept. 25th, 1899.

The Numerical Structure of Scripture F. W. Grant. A seal upon its perfect inspiration, and a divinely given help to its right interpretation. Published by Loizeaux Bros., and printed by The Bible Truth Press 1 East 13th Street, New York Lecture 1. Introductory Lecture 2. The Scripture Numerals Lecture 3. The Numerals Continued Lecture 4. The Bible Books: Their Arrangement and Relationship Lecture 5. The Books of the Prophets Lecture 6. The Psalm books, Gospels, and Acts Lecture 7. The Epistles and the Revelation Prefatory Note to the Revised Edition A new edition of this little volume is being called for, it is pleasant to find that in the twelve years that have elapsed since the first was published, so little correction should be needed when so much further work has been done in regard to the numerals and their application to the structure of Scripture. I have not attempted to do more than make whatever might be called for in this way. The four volumes of the Numerical Bible already published will naturally show development in various ways but there has been no attempt to develop this correspondingly. In the nature of the book, it is but an introduction, for which purpose much enlargement would rather injure it than otherwise. May the Lord be pleased still to use it for the help of students of the inspired Word. F. W. Grant. Plainfield, N. J. Sept. 25th, 1899.

The Writings of F. W. Grant. "The Psalms" from the Numerical Bible. https://plymouthbrethren.org/series/6122

When the XFL season begins on February 18, 2023, those attending an Orlando Guardians game will see Roman Tatum take the field. More than a cornerback, Roman is a husband, a father, an entrepreneur and a philanthropist who owes himself a lot. Today, we'll get to know the player and the person in numerical values. This exclusive interview is found in 'The Hi Tech Edition' of AwareNow Magazine: www.awarenowmagazine.com Featuring: Roman Tatum Interviewed by: Allié McGuire Music by: Ramol Produced by: Awareness Ties --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/awarenessties/support

Alfred S. Posamentier's The Secret Lives of Numbers: Numerals and Their Peculiarities in Mathematics and Beyond (Prometheus Books, 2022) is the first book I've ever seen written by a mathematician that will absolutely, definitely, certainly appeal to people who love numbers and who don't love mathematics. I would urge all listeners to tell everyone they know who has a fascination with numbers to listen to this podcast, especially if they don't love mathematics because they will definitely love this book. Hopefully the love of numbers will translate into an appreciation of mathematics -- if not for them, then for their children. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/new-books-network

Alfred S. Posamentier's The Secret Lives of Numbers: Numerals and Their Peculiarities in Mathematics and Beyond (Prometheus Books, 2022) is the first book I've ever seen written by a mathematician that will absolutely, definitely, certainly appeal to people who love numbers and who don't love mathematics. I would urge all listeners to tell everyone they know who has a fascination with numbers to listen to this podcast, especially if they don't love mathematics because they will definitely love this book. Hopefully the love of numbers will translate into an appreciation of mathematics -- if not for them, then for their children. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/mathematics

Alfred S. Posamentier's The Secret Lives of Numbers: Numerals and Their Peculiarities in Mathematics and Beyond (Prometheus Books, 2022) is the first book I've ever seen written by a mathematician that will absolutely, definitely, certainly appeal to people who love numbers and who don't love mathematics. I would urge all listeners to tell everyone they know who has a fascination with numbers to listen to this podcast, especially if they don't love mathematics because they will definitely love this book. Hopefully the love of numbers will translate into an appreciation of mathematics -- if not for them, then for their children. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/science

We get off to a false start on ‘Infinite Minute'! It's episode 6, we're talkin' NUMERALS, we're talkin' VIDYA GAME, we're talkin' LADS HANGING OUT, we're talkin' WE LOVE HIROMI, we're TALKIN'Full spoilers for ‘Sk8 the Infinity' are contained within this podcast.Twitter: infinite_minuteEmail: infiniteminutepodcast@gmail.comJono's MyAnimeList: https://myanimelist.net/animelist/Collboy Caity's MyAnimeList: https://myanimelist.net/animelist/caitymath Art by Mitchell TurekMusic by Blue Wave Theory and Wataboi Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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There are two important rules to remember in this chapter: (1)The only cardinal numbers which decline in Latin are unus, duo, tres and milia (“one, two, three and thousands”). (2) Latin expresses partition (e.g. “all of …, some of …”) in two ways: 1) with the genitive which is used with milia (“thousands”), superlatives, words designating partition, and certain pronouns and adjectives; or, 2) with ex/de + ablative which is used with all numbers except milia and quidam (“certain”). --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/liam-connerly/support

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Chrissie gives you a quick overview of how Arabic Numerals came to be used in Europe via the Liber Abaci.Read the essay here: https://historywiththeszilagyis.org/hwts064 Find us on Twitter:The Network: @UFPEarth. The Show: @HistorySzilagyi. Chrissie: @TheGoddessLivia. Jason: @JasonDarkElf.Join us in the Federation Council Chambers on Facebook. Send topic suggestions via Twitter or to hwts@ufp.earth. History with the Szilagyis is supported by our patrons: Susan Capuzzi-De ClerckEd ChinevereLaura DullKris HillPlease visit patreon.com/historywiththeszilagyis United Federation of Podcasts is brought to you by our listeners. Special thanks to these patrons on Patreon whose generous contributions help to produce this podcast and the many others on our network! Vera BibleJosh BrewingtonTim CooperChrissie De Clerck-SzilagyiTom ElliotVictor GamboaAlexander GatesPeter Hong.Thad HaitWilliam J. JacksonLori KickingerJim McMahonAnn MarieGreg MolumbyJoe MignoneCasey PettittJustin OserMahendran RadhakrishnanKevin ScharfTom Van ScotterJim StoffelVanessa VaughanDavid Willett You can join this illustrious list by becoming a patron here: https://www.patreon.com/ufpearth

Did any number cause as much trouble as zero? It stranded ships; it scrambles the brains of mathematicians, calendar users and computers; it even got itself banned in Florence. Math(s) communicator and drag queen Kyne explains the Terminator of numbers. Find out more about this episode at theallusionist.org/foodquiz. And submit requests for words you'd like me to investigate in the next episode at theallusionist.org/requests. Until 4 October 2021, you can stream the London Podfest performance of the new Allusionist stage show, full of eponyms, music and planets. Link is at theallusionist.org/events. Sign up to be a patron at patreon.com/allusionist and as well as supporting the show, you get behind the scenes glimpses, and discounted tickets for the Allusionist stage show. The music is by Martin Austwick. Hear Martin's own songs at palebirdmusic.com or search for Pale Bird on Bandcamp and Spotify, and he's @martinaustwick on Twitter and Instagram.  The Allusionist's online home is theallusionist.org. Stay in touch at twitter.com/allusionistshow, facebook.com/allusionistshow and instagram.com/allusionistshow. Our ad partner is Multitude. To sponsor an episode of the show, contact them at multitude.productions/ads. This episode is sponsored by: • Bombas, makers of the most comfortable socks in the history of feet - and super-smooth undies and T-shirts too. Get 20 percent off your first purchase at bombas.com/allusionist. • Acorn TV, the streaming service featuring hundreds of dramas, mysteries and comedies from around the world. Try Acorn TV free for 30 days, by going to Acorn.TV and using my promo code allusionist. (Be sure to type that code in lower case.) • BetterHelp, online therapy with licensed professional counsellors. Allusionist listeners get 10% off your first month at betterhelp.com/allusionist. Support the show: http://patreon.com/allusionist See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

We use verbal numbers and we use numerals - why do we need both? Why do we have the ones we have? What happened to Roman numerals? And what's loserish about the fiftieth Super Bowl? Stephen Chrisomalis, professor of anthropology and linguistics and author of the book Reckonings: Numerals, Cognition and History, returns to the Allusionist to explain our current numbers, and why we shouldn't get too arrogant about them. There's more about this episode, and a transcript, at theallusionist.org/numbers. Sign up to be a patron at patreon.com/allusionist and as well as supporting the show, you get discounted tickets to the upcoming Allusionist live show on 4 September 2021. The music is by Martin Austwick. Hear Martin's own songs at palebirdmusic.com or search for Pale Bird on Bandcamp and Spotify, and he's @martinaustwick on Twitter and Instagram.  The Allusionist's online home is theallusionist.org. Stay in touch at twitter.com/allusionistshow, facebook.com/allusionistshow and instagram.com/allusionistshow. Our ad partner is Multitude. To sponsor an episode of the show, contact them at multitude.productions/ads. This episode is sponsored by: • Acorn TV, the streaming service featuring hundreds of dramas, mysteries and comedies from around the world. Try Acorn TV free for 30 days, by going to Acorn.TV and using my promo code allusionist. (Be sure to type that code in lower case.)  • Catan, the building and trading board game where no two games are the same. Allusionist listeners get 10 percent off the original base game at catanshop.com/allusionist. • BetterHelp, online therapy with licensed professional counsellors. Allusionist listeners get 10% off your first month at betterhelp.com/allusionist. Support the show: http://patreon.com/allusionist See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Our guest today is Jean Druel, a member of the Dominican Order (a part of the Catholic Church) who lives in Cairo. After a Master's Degree in theology and Coptic patrology, he graduated in Teaching Arabic as Foreign Language at the American University of Cairo. In 2012, he completed a PhD thesis in the history of Arabic grammar at the University of Nijmegen, in the Netherlands titled “Numerals in Arabic grammatical theory.” He managed the 200 Project (2013‒2016), which aimed to historically contextualize the works of 200 authors of the Arab Islamic heritage. He served as director of the Dominican Institute for Oriental Studies (IDEO) in Cairo between 2014 and 2020. He currently studies a manuscript of Sībawayh's (180/796?) Kitāb that has never been edited.

Slow down! Numeralscan be binary — boys andgirls can too... or not :)Tonight's guests: Allie Sandstrom, David Bowers, and Jared SternPlease leave us a rating and 5-star review! Subscribe to hear new every episode!

Slow down! Numerals can be binary — boys and girls can too... or not :) Tonight's guests: Allie Sandstrom, David Bowers, and Jared Stern Please leave us a rating and 5-star review! Subscribe to hear new every episode, and check out the other shows at www.infinitepotato.com!

Modern Numerals Have Their Source In India Kannada Not Arabia || Ramprasad Soghal || #SangamTalks SrijanTalks

Greetings, all! It’s been a minute, but we’re back, we’re refreshed, and we’re buzzing with excitement about the next few months of Many Minds. This episode we’re talking about one of humanity’s most powerful cognitive tools: numerals. Numerals are those unassuming symbols we use whenever we read clocks, check calendars, dial phone numbers, or do arithmetic. My guest on today’s show is Stephen Chrisomalis. Steve is an Associate Professor of Anthropology at Wayne State University in Michigan, where he specializes in the anthropology of numbers, mathematics, and literacy. He’s the author of the recent book Reckonings: Numerals, Cognition, and History, which is the focus of our conversation today. Humans have developed more than a hundred different systems for representing numbers over the last 5000 years or so. Steve and I discuss how these systems differ from each other. We talk about how they build on the ancient tally systems used in the Upper Paleolithic and how the develop hand-in-hand with writing. We consider the popular idea that the Roman numerals fell from favor because they’re no for good calculation. (Not so much, says Steve.) We also talk about some lesser-known numerical notation systems. Like the one the Cherokee polymath Sequoyah developed alongside his much-celebrated syllabary. And, of course, we cast a glance to the future. What kinds of systems might humans be using centuries or even millennia from now?  Numerals are—in and of themselves—pretty cool. But they become all the more so when we see them in broader context. As Steve’s book makes clear, numerals offer a compelling case study in how of our cognitive technologies are shaped by the vagaries of history, the dynamics of culture, and, of course, the constraints of the human mind.  Learned a lot from this one, folks—I think you’ll enjoy it. Without further ado, here’s my chat with Steve Chrisomalis.   A transcript of this show will be available soon.   Notes and links 3:20 – Dr. Chrisomalis’s doctoral advisor was the prominent archaeologist, Bruce Trigger. 4:30 – A paper by Dr. Chrisomalis and colleagues on the “cultural challenge” in the study of mathematical cognition. 9:50 – One of several papers by Alexander Marshack on Upper Paleolithic tally systems. 19:00 – Dr. Chrisomalis’s earlier book on numeral systems—written for a more specialist audience and encyclopedic in scope—can be found here. 20:10 – The Armenian and Georgian numeral systems. 23:00 – The term “subitizing,” from the Latin for 'sudden,' was introduced in this article by Kaufman et al. in 1949. 24:20 – Conventions for making tally marks vary across cultures, a fact which recently went viral. 33:50 – The ancient Roman abacus was different from abacuses used in Asia. 35:00 – A recent paper on the benefits of abacus training in India. 42:20 – A paper on frequency-dependent selection. 49:00 ­– An article about the Cherokee syllabary, which was invented by Sequoyah. 1:00:20 ­­– A numerical notation developed in the 20th century based on color, used for labeling electrical resistors. 1:09:00 ­­– Dr. Chrisomalis maintains two websites about different kinds of language: Glossographia & The Phrontistery. His personal website is here. Dr. Chrisomalis’s end of show recommendations: Where Mathematics Comes From, by George Lakoff & Rafael Núñez Cultural Development of Mathematical Ideas, by Geoffrey Saxe Numbers and the Making of Us, by Caleb Everett   Many Minds is a project of the Diverse Intelligences Summer Institute (DISI) (https://disi.org), which is made possible by a generous grant from the Templeton World Charity Foundation to UCLA. It is hosted and produced by Kensy Cooperrider, with creative support from DISI Directors Erica Cartmill and Jacob Foster, and Associate Director Hilda Loury. Our artwork is by Ben Oldroyd (https://www.mayhilldesigns.co.uk/). Our transcripts are created by Sarah Dopierala (https://sarahdopierala.wordpress.com/). You can subscribe to Many Minds on Apple, Stitcher, Spotify, Pocket Casts, Google Play, or wherever you like to listen to podcasts. We welcome your comments, questions, and suggestions. Feel free to email us at: manymindspodcast@gmail.com. For updates about the show, visit our website (https://disi.org/manyminds/), or follow us on Twitter: @ManyMindsPod.

On this episode of the Rob & The Regulator Show, Rob and Alex are joined by Bradley from Bradley Taylor Watchmaking. Bradley tells us a bit about his history with watches and how he got into tinkering with them from a young age. Then how a Seiko Monster ignited the passion fully, to the point where he decided to find out how to become a watchmaker. We then get into his time spent studying with friend of the show Henrik Korpela at KHWCC Watchmaking School in Le Locle Switzerland. Once he finished there he returned to Canada and worked for a company servicing high level watches including Hublot and Patek. Bradley tells us about starting a brand with his friend from watchmaking school and how it didn't work out as they hoped due to the Covid 19 pandemic. This did not diminish his desire to build another watch though. He breaks down the process of creating a watch in your own vision and the challenges that come about from wanting to have everything made to the highest standards. SHOW NOTES 3.20 KHWCC Watchmaking School 07.50 Drinkchecks Alberta Premium Cask Strength Rye (Bradley) Wakachangi (Alex) & Campari (Rob) 11.04 Wristchecks Bradley Taylor Paragon (Bradley) Colibrica Design Indicator (Alex) & Habring 2 Deadbeat Seconds (Rob) 16.32 The Bradley Taylor Paragon watch 21.30 The Dial by Comblémine 24.10 Numerals by Ian Brignell 30.15 The movement by Vaucher 41.20 The caseback screws Instagram Recommendations from the community for this episode: Bradley: @KHWCC_official & @dmtiffany.timepieces Rob: @timepeacelove Alex: @night_watch_2111 Go check out their profiles and give them a follow. Follow our guest Bradley on Instagram @bradleytaylor.ca and check out his website bradleytaylor.ca for more information and pictures of his wonderful watches. Follow us on Instagram: @FifthWrist Follow us on Facebook: facebook.com/fifthwrist Subsribe to our YouTube channel To join our group chat then please email us at contact@fifthwrist.com Please take the time to leave us a review wherever you listen to our podcast. Thank you for all the positive reviews & comments on our episodes. We read and appreciate each one! Fifth Wrist and Fifth Wrist Radio are both community run projects. Designed to serve the watch enthusiast community. We reject all forms of outside watch brand intervention and take no money, watches or goods from watch companies. The future direction of the website and podcasts are driven by the people who take part in this project. To join the action and get involved why not get started by reviewing one of your own watches at fifthwrist.com/write-review The Rob & The Regulator theme kindly provided by watch enthuisiast @donal.reid The Fifth Wrist Podcast Crew record podcast audio using Blue Yeti microphones. We hope you enjoy listening to this episode as much as we enjoyed making it! Thanks to everyone in the Fifth Wrist community who give their time to make this project possible. The hosts, co-host, writers and editors, plus everyone who takes the time to share and promote this project daily. Stay On Time & cheers from Rob @geneva_blue_ and Alex @thewatchregulator

Join Julie and Phil on a journey into numerals!

G explores the complex world of numbers and how extraordinary beliefs and superstitions affect our ways of using them in our daily lives.

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If you have to ask what it symbolizes… There are symbols everywhere. Ever wonder what the eye on a dollar bill means or what dumb meaning the word "God" on that same dollar? A symbol is a mark, sign or word that indicates, signifies, or is understood as representing an idea, object, or relationship. Symbols allow people to go beyond what is known or seen by creating linkages between otherwise very different concepts and experiences. All communication (and data processing) is achieved through the use of symbols. Symbols take the form of words, sounds, gestures, ideas or visual images and are used to convey other ideas and beliefs. For example, a red octagon may be a symbol for "STOP". On a map, a blue line might represent a river. Numerals are symbols for numbers. Alphabetic letters may be symbols for sounds. Personal names are symbols representing individuals. A red rose may symbolize love and compassion. The variable 'x', in a mathematical equation, may symbolize the position of a particle in space. Hosted by Craig Hutchins and Jason Schutt. We are cousins that grew up in the 1980s and like to talk about life from that era and lessons learned from life before the Internet. Some Holes Should Be Explored ---- Please subscribe and share this with friends it only costs the low low price of investing some time to listen to this podcast. And Follow Us At: Website: http://thebunnyrabbitshole.com Store: https://shop.spreadshirt.com/bunny-rabbits-hole-podcast Twitter: https://twitter.com/thebunnyshole YouTube: https://youtu.be/eF0wcTTpPw8

Recap of RC Kuhn.  We immediately delve into the Super Bowl and Roman numerals. XFL and many other topics come up in here.  Enjoy!

Ep. 33 Year Zero is Weird   Links Footle and Grok blog: http://www.footleandgrok.com/ Footle and Grok on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/footleandgrok/ Diocletian era Wikipedia page: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Era_of_the_Martyrs Why is there no year 0: https://www.timeanddate.com/counters/mil2000.html Intro and Outro Music: Mr. Lansing’s Road by Mark! Silver https://marksilvermedia.github.io/groovygalleon/tunes

Star Wars, Increasing Danger of Northern Settlements, Kaktovik Iñupiaq Numerals, Money.Subscribe: iTUNES, RSSSupport Us On PatreonDiscuss This EpisodeLINKS:MerchAdam NeelyStar Wars Cavalry Charge MathsStandard Of The First Irish BrigadeProject Auldearn 1645Increasing Danger Of Northern SettlementsMap Of The SpiresThe Weekly World NewsWhy These Are The Best NumbersMaya Numerals20 Canadian DollarsBank Of Artifexia MapSend Your Notes To This AddressEmbassytownMusic from https://filmmusic.io"Night Vigil" by Kevin MacLeod (https://incompetech.com)License: CC BY (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/)Thanks for listening, everyone.

Fear NOT is a weekly comedy news podcast inspired by the work of bestselling author, sociologist, and the world’s foremost expert on fear and fear mongering, Dr. Barry Glassner. Hosted by Barry and comedian Alonzo Bodden (Wait Wait…Don’t Tell Me!, Last Comic Standing) Fear NOT uses research and an abundance of humor to debunk the fake news, exaggerations, and overstated headlines we hear and read every day.  On this episode of Fear NOT Alonzo and Barry talk about Republicans demand Arabic numerals removed from schools, American immigrants are flooding into Mexico, Processed foods are the cause of obesity.  Plus Barry tells us what he fears in his Fear of the Week. Spoiler Alert: Trump's out of control rollbacks.  Check us out and submit a fear at fearnotofficial.com Where to find Alonzo Bodden  Twitter @AlonzoBodden Instagram @ zofunny Website http://www.alonzobodden.com/ Where to find Dr. Barry Glassner  Instagram @barryglassner Website https://www.barryglassner.com/ Buy The Culture of Fear at https://www.amazon.com/Culture-Fear-Americans-Afraid-Things/dp/1541673484/ref=dp_ob_title_bk   © 2019 Stone and Company Entertainment https://www.stonetv.com

I chat with Shrikant Talageri about his new book and his latest blog. You can buy his book here https://www.amazon.in/Books-Shrikant-Talageri/s?rh=n%3A976389031%2Cp_27%3AShrikant+Talageri You can read his blog on "India's Unique Place in the World of Numbers and Numerals" here http://talageri.blogspot.com/ You can follow me on Twitter @kushal_mehra

Brent and Jordan go over the weeks Top 10. Top adds. Top 2 start pitchers of the upcoming week. Players to get now before the window closes. Our start, sit, drop of the week.

Time to shout about Midwestern trivia and Roman numerals! Today’s guests: Rick Tetrault, Troy Wood, Chris DeFillippis

What are the important lessons from Islam's inward turn centuries ago? Mustafa Akyol comments. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

05-21-19 Hour 3 Guest: IndyCar Driver JR Hildebrand.

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We have world famous imporviser, Jay Sukow on the show this week.Talking about his artistic director residency, socialism and what he'll take from Copenhagen. Marius has a question for the expat community. We have what now Will, Lars with the news plus the Ramble! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

We have world famous imporviser, Jay Sukow on the show this week. Talking about his artistic director residency, socialism and what he'll take from Copenhagen. Marius has a question for the expat community. We have what now Will, Lars with the news plus the Ramble!

Learn about the RMS Carpathia, the ship that came to the Titanic’s rescue the night it sank; how to control that feeling when you get butterflies in your stomach; and how numbers are written in different languages. In this podcast, Cody Gough and Ashley Hamer discuss the following stories from Curiosity.com to help you get smarter and learn something new in just a few minutes: One Ship Came to the Titanic's Rescue on the Night It Sank — https://curiosity.im/2K1wlqx Why Do You Feel Butterflies in Your Stomach? — https://curiosity.im/2UuS9yS Additional resources discussed: Exploring Universality: Does the World Really Use the Same Numbers? | NumbersAlive! — https://numbersalive.org/exploring-universality-does-the-world-really-use-the-same-numbers/ Numerals and numeral systems | Encyclopædia Britannica — https://www.britannica.com/science/numeral Numeral system | Wikipedia — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Numeral_system If you love our show and you're interested in hearing full-length interviews, then please consider supporting us on Patreon. You'll get exclusive episodes and access to our archives as soon as you become a Patron! https://www.patreon.com/curiositydotcom Download the FREE 5-star Curiosity app for Android and iOS at https://curiosity.im/podcast-app. And Amazon smart speaker users: you can listen to our podcast as part of your Amazon Alexa Flash Briefing — just click “enable” here: https://curiosity.im/podcast-flash-briefing.

Daniel Keer and Joel Vaughn joined us from the Science and Culture Network. SCN is affiliated with the Discovery Institute. Their main purpose is to advance the position that humans are not the consequence of random processes, exposing bias in science and exposing new scientific ideas related to human origin that help explain the gaps in the conventional explanations. They want to bring the discussion to everyone. Check out http://discovery.org/scnsocal Then we discussed Dr. Axe's presentation. We first explained materialism and I think the a brief materialist view. There were two approaches described by Dr. Axe as ways to counter arguments from materialist view: introspection and observation. The introspective approach was explained as a self-defeating argument: In summary: materialists say all that exists are physical, but that viewpoint can't explain the existence of thoughts. We described the difference between Numerals and Numbers. The observation approach was explained in terms of randomness and likelihood. We explored the alphabet soup example to help characterize the level of probability required for things to be as they are observed today as explained by a pure science worldview. Big numbers, low odds. Hosts: Jonathan Noyes, with Eric Horne and guests Joe Vaughn and Daniel Keer from The Southern California Chapter of The Discovery Institute.

In this ULP episode, listen to a typical winter conversation at the doctor’s in Ukraine, discover the adverbs derived from numerals (удвічі, вдвоє, по-друге...) and learn more about the flu in Ukraine! The post ULP 3-103 У лікаря – At the doctor’s + Ukrainian adverbs derived from the numerals appeared first on Ukrainian Lessons.

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Tommy discusses Greek Numerals.

to tell numbers in Arabic : we say the "small number" first then "and" then the "big number" a. EX 31 : in English it is "thirty one" but in Arabic it is said "one and thirty" i. 31 = wa7ed we talatyn – واحد و تلاتين b. EX 27 : English it is "twenty seven" but in Arabic it is said "seven and twenty " i. 27 = sab3ah we 3shreyn – سبعة و عشرين 2. While counting a. Number change according to the gender of the thing you are counting so number has genders in Arabic it could be muscle or feminine b. Don’t count number one and tow just say the single and the dual form of the thing you are counting i. In English one pen = just "pen" in Arabic / قلم ii. In English two pens = dual form in Arabic "pens" in Arabic / قلمان by adding the letter ا ن to the end of the word c. Starting from the count three till the count ten add the number the plural form of the thing you are counting i. 3 pens = ثلاث اقلام ii. 4.5.6.7.8.9 pens = 3.4.5.6.7.8.9 أقلام iii. 10 pens = عشر اقلام d. After the cont of ten starting from the count of eleven till infinity add the number the single form of the thing you are counting i. So in English you say 11 pens but in Arabic you say 11 pen = احدى عشر قلم ii. In English you say 1000 pens but in Arabic you say 1000 pen = ألف قلم e. Use the male form of the number words when you cont 3. Masculine and feminine a. 1 2 are like the thing you count b. 3 -9 is the opposite of the thing you count c. From 10 till infinity are like the thing you count

In this episode of Made You Think, Neil and I discuss  Darwin’s Dangerous Idea by Daniel Dennett (a guy with an amazing beard). In this book Daniel remind us we are not so special as we think, but just an ordered set of material refined by evolution. We cover a wide range of topics, including: Evolution as an amazing and super-simple algorithm for refinement Why we are not special but just a random result of a process Bottom-up “cranes” theories vs “skyhook” theories How memes are the cultural equivalent of genes Why it’s very unlikely that we will talk with aliens one day And much more. Please enjoy, and be sure to grab a copy of Darwin’s Dangerous Idea by Daniel Dennett! You can also listen on Google Play Music, SoundCloud, YouTube, or in any other podcasting app by searching "Made You Think." If you enjoyed this episode, be sure to check out our episode on Godel Escher Bach by Douglas Hofstadter, a book that inspired several pages of Darwin’s Dangerous Idea, as well as our episode on Denial of Death by Ernest Becker, another book that reshapes the importance of our existence. Be sure to join our mailing list to find out about what books are coming up, giveaways we're running, special events, and more. Links from the Episode Mentioned in the show: Count in Binary with Your Fingers [11:22] Invisible Hand [21:08] Islam: A Religion of Violence Or Peace? [24:30] Street Food History [33:45] Kennin-ji – Oldest Temple in Kyoto [36:00] VCR [40:42] How Coffee Influenced the Course of History [43:40] Testosterone levels in the womb may determine how masculine your face is as an adult [51:47] 23andMe [53:11] Promethese [53:11] Rhonda Patrick – Found My Fitness Genetics [54:11] Perfect Keto [54:21] Fermi Paradox [1:17:01] Books mentioned: Darwin’s Dangerous Idea by Daniel Dennet Godel Escher Bach [0:51] (Nat’s Notes) (book episode) The Denial of Death [3:20] (Nat’s Notes) (book episode) The Way of Zen [7:34] (Nat’s Notes) (Neil’s Notes) The Selfish Gene [22:26] Sapiens [38:40] (Nat’s Notes) Letters from a Stoic [38:45] (Nat’s Notes) (book episode) Newton’s Principia [1:12:15] Rare Earth [01:16:23] Emergency [1:21:55] (Nat’s Notes) (book episode) The Elegant Universe by Brian Greene [1:27:16] The Fabric of the Cosmos by Brian Greene [1:27:16] Astrophysics for People in a Hurry by Neil deGrasse Tyson [1:27:21] Atlas Shrugged by Ayn Rand [1:31:29] The Sovereign Individual [1:33:29] (Nat’s Notes) (book episode) The Goal [1:44:02] (Nat’s Notes) (book episode) What every Body is saying by Joe Navarro [1:46:13] People mentioned: Charles Darwin Daniel Dennett [0:32] Nassim Nicholas Taleb [0:51] (Antifragile episode) Douglas Hofstadter [0:51] Elon Musk [6:15] (on this podcast) Flatgeologists – Flat Earth Society [6:15] Pepper the Poochon [12:09] Adam Smith [21:08] Maajid Nawaz [24:30] Christopher Columbus [36:26] Lucius Annaeus Seneca [38:45] Rhonda Patrick [54:11] Nassim Nicholas Taleb [59:25] (Antifragile episode) Nicolaus Copernicus [1:08:03] Isaac Newton [1:12:15] Albert Einstein [1:12:40] Jeff Bezos [1:39:57] Show Topics 0:00 – “When you ask functional questions about anything –organism or artifact– you must remember that it has to come into its current or  final form by a process that has its own requirements, and these are exactly as amenable to functional analysis as any features of the end state.” 0:51 – Connections of Darwin’s Dangerous Idea with Godel Escher Bach book. Talebian writing style of the author. The author focuses one part of the book to refute other people’s ideas. 3:20 – Problems derived by bad wording and God directed evolution. Mind-first theories depending on a “sky hook” vs “cranes” bottom-up theories. Concept of things that can grow and organize spontaneously, without the need of an external influence. Application in markets. 10:02 – Numerals vs Quantity. Why humans prefer base-10 to count. Use of different numbering bases, like the Mayan base-20 numeral system. 12:14 – Darwin’s main idea. Evolution as a simple algorithm based on natural selection: random things happen, some of those things make the more fit to the environment, therefore those thing last. Explaining genes using energy harvesting and autonomous robots. 14:23 – What’s the point of sleeping? Sleeping is energy efficient. Being awake is the weird thing. An hypothesis on why our brain developed so much is because being awake we have to deal more often with threatening situations. Humans prefer to sleep by night because we are sight animals. 16:29 – About the danger of Darwin’s idea. We are not special, we are just another result of this algorithm, we have no meaning. Against "our mind is special" argument. Winning in evolution. Domesticated animals winning evolution over wild versions: "They are selected to be OK with us". 20:44 – About unfortunate naming and wording. “Knowledge”, “Natural Selection” and “Invisible Hand” example. Random-process-that-results-in-a-refinement concept. 22:26 – Memes genes analogy. Ideas spreading in cultures is like genes spreading in populations. There's nothing special with ideas, there are memes that caught on and last, natural selection applies to them too. Sacred texts interpretation in religions: texts are brutal, core ideas are valuable. 26:25 – Tribal doctors analogy. Nat's experience in the Amazon Jungle. 28:17 – Losing valuable bottom-up knowledge. Paleo diet as going back to this knowledge. How fetishizing technology made as loose knowledge. Golden Rule: the older something is the longer probably will be around because there is a reason that it lasted. 30:31 – Tangent. Why the Greeks seem to have invented so many concepts. Japan preserved as Galapagos. Asian cultures compared to the US . Why in Tokyo they don't have trash cans. Street food culture in Asian countries. 36:40 – Spreading of ideas and knowledge in animals. Whales teaching others to create bubble nets. Lions teaching cubs how to hunt. 38:40 – Myths. Writing as a better way to preserve ideas. Enhanced understanding and being able to abstract and comprehend relativity. 41:28 – Different types of understandings: design level, technical understanding, physical, intentional. Function of bones, appendix and pinky toes. 42:59 – Tangent. About raw water, beer and coffee. How coffee may have caused Renaissance. 45:53 – Aquatic ape hypothesis. The reason we differentiate from chimps is because at one point of our history we were at half way of being dolphins. Inclination to live near water bodies. 50:30 – Epigenetics. Why the author overlooked this topic. Genes and phenotypes. How modifying our diets and behaviors can bias our evolution in few generations. Keto diet reaction for different regions. Effect of testosterone on facial traits. 59:25 – Tangent. Food labeling. Labeling in beer as a marketing strategy . Sugar allowance and lobbies. Super high carb diet and avoiding mixing carbs and fat diets. Against Mediterranean diet. 1:03:55 – Concept of of speciation. We can analyze evolution going backwards but can’t predict it. Problems with too much forward planning. "Strong goals loosely held" (instead of opinions). Humans won because we cooperate, or, we survived some event. Traffic jam example. 1:08:03 – Retrograde motion. Geocentric orbit model. "God hides in the gaps." 1:12:15 – Intentional and unintentional creations. Scientific discoveries vs art creation. Library of Babel thought experiment: infinite library that has every possible human creation but there is only one random variation expressed, as an analogy for genetic expression. Example of horned birds. “Evolution can explain how whe are here, but can’t explain why”. 01:16:23 – Darwin's warm pool idea of how life could have formed. The chances that we find human-like life in other planets are very low. Possible branches of evolution and comfortable homeostasis. “If the astro hadn't hit, would we have stayed a dinosaurs' planet?” 1:18:46 – Misinterpretations of seeing humans as the end of evolution. Coin flipping contest example. "Winning" evolution. 1:22:37 – Connection with Godel Escher Bach. Our consciousness and our minds are not special. Parallel with ants. Evolutionary algorithms in Computer Science and AI. Against the “all of this constants are right for us to exist” argument. Relativity and clocks in space example. 1:28:53 – The Ethics problem and why we should stop trying solving it problems. Where we draw the line for human "soul"?. 1:34:40 – Subscribe to the Mailing List to receive bonuses, giveaways, and more. People that make this show happen: Perfect Keto is the one-stop shop for all your ketogenic diet needs. The ketogenic diet is really effective for weight loss. Perfect Keto’s exogenous ketones helps you get into ketosis. Use the 20% coupon mentioned in the episode or use this link! The mushroom coffee from Four Sigmatic energizes you with less caffeine. Chaga Elixir and Lion's Mane mush's are stimulants and give a really nice buzz, and the Cordyceps Elixir is a caffeine-free stimulant. They hot cocoas instead, are relaxing and work as a delicious night dessert. Kettle & Fire bone broth helps you warm in this winter. 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Western scholars first encountered "Arabic" numerals in the seventh century, making mathematics and accounting much easier. But Roman numerals stubbornly stuck around until the invention of the printing press made them permanently obsolete.

The categories on this episode’s first game are “The Past 20 Years of the Men’s World Cup,” “When in Rome, Answer with Numerals,” “Do It Like a Chemist, Periodically,” “I Heard the Rains Down in Africa,” and “Na-na-na-na-na-na-na: Scenes from 1980s Comedies.” On this episode’s second game, the categories are “Kicks,” “Science Crap Shoot,” “DC Comics Characters By Definition,” “Capital Cities,” and “Tony Awards: Best Musicals.”

The categories on this episode’s first game are “The Past 20 Years of the Men’s World Cup,” “When in Rome, Answer with Numerals,” “Do It Like a Chemist, Periodically,” “I Heard the Rains Down in Africa,” and “Na-na-na-na-na-na-na: Scenes from 1980s Comedies.” On this episode’s second game, the categories are “Kicks,” “Science Crap Shoot,” “DC Comics Characters By Definition,” “Capital Cities,” and “Tony Awards: Best Musicals.”

It's 3 hours of News, Opinion and Laffs with Tom, Raine, Matt & Kenny!!! Will the Right Wing Dung Slingers ever Learn? The Corporate Media Neglected to tell you that Bernie Sanders spoke in Boston to a GAZILLION voters! Raine for O'Malley! Hillary uses McCarthy's BENGHAZI admission to destroy the GOP's partisan Witch Hunt! Messaging Matters! SCHISM: Rand Paul slags Ted Cruz & Marco Rubio! News Ninja Action! Name Calling! Reverse Call-In with Francie! Bill Maher's "Supply Side Jesus" Kevin McCarthy presents 'Authentic Bakersfield Gibberish!' And Florida Lady doesn't like 'She-Hara Law!' Or numbers. ALSO: More.

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Each letter of the alphabet represents a phoneme, a tiny sound that joins with other tiny sounds to make the more complex sounds we call words. Words are mere shadows cast by ideas. But the ideas they represent are real. Numerals are images of amounts. But the amounts they represent are real. You see a person when you look in the mirror that no one sees but you. Other people see a person when they look at you, but you're not that person, either. Dulcinea was the image of feminine perfection in the mind of Don Quixote. In reality, she was a common, earthy village girl with nothing special about her. “I think the idealization of women is indigenous to men. There are various ways of idealizing women, especially sexually, based in almost every case on their inaccessibility. When a woman functions as an unobtainable love object, then she takes on a mythical quality. You can see this principle functioning as a sales device in advertising and in places like Playboy magazine. Almost every movie you see has this quality, because you can't embrace the image on the screen. Thousands of novels use this principle, because you can't embrace a printed image on a page.” – James Dickey, Self Interviews, p. 153 Bible illustrator Barry Moser says, “I think when people have illustrated the Bible, most of them have been devout Christians. Because they're devout Christians they can't separate themselves from the work. They get mired in piety, so they can't see the darkness. They only see the light of salvation. But if you don't have the darkness to contrast with the light, then what are you offering but cotton candy for Sunday school children?” Moser goes on to say, “The truth I see is that the Bible is populated with people like you and me. People who are flawed and imperfect. People who have crooked teeth and bad skin. Who have stinky breath and dirty feet. Who don't always know the difference between right and wrong. Who are self-serving and capricious. People caught in the conflict and dichotomy between good and evil, between the sacred and the profane, between beauty and ugliness, and between the bright and the moronic. People who hope – and many believe – that they are made in the very image of God.” Do we tend to believe in a god whose attitude reflects our own? In her book Bird by Bird Anne Lamott speaks of a friend named Tom who said, “You can safely assume you've created God in your own image when it turns out that God hates all the same people you do.” By the way, a single copy of the deluxe edition of the Bible illustrated by Barry Moser sells for about $30,000. http://www.todayinliterature.com/texts.asp?textID=1916&contributorID=3 (Want to take a look at it?) In 1971, Marshall McLuhan spoke about the gap between image and reality in politics. “Politics will eventually be replaced by imagery. The politician will be only too happy to abdicate in favor of his image because the image will be much more powerful than he could ever be.” Whether it's women… or politicians… or God… we tend to believe in images that aren't entirely accurate. But McLuhan wasn't the first to note the fact that we Americans tend to vote for a romanticized reflection of ourselves. H. L. Mencken, writing for the Baltimore Evening Sun on July 26, 1920: “As democracy is perfected, the office of president represents, more and more closely, the inner soul of the people. On some great and glorious day the plain folks of the land will reach their heart's desire at last and the White House will be adorned by a downright moron.” H.L. Mencken, a journalist, wrote those words 85 years and 11 months ago. Human beings are creators, flinging powerful images into the minds of their fellow men. And all of these images are built of tiny particles of thought. Knowing how to sculpt vivid mental images from particles of thought is a very powerful thing. In reality, it's the basis of every form of art, including sculpture,...