The Cultural Perspective and Societal Change
Society is built on institutions; this is an inescapable fact. According to Merriam-Webster’s dictionary, an institution is “a…
Issue 85 (January - February 2012)
20 articles
Our Big Small World
The past year was a busy one for The Fountain. In cooperation with many local NGOs and authorities,…
The Heart-Mind Connection
Dr. Windsor Ting and Dr. Gregory Fricchione examine the mind-body connection in their remarkable book The Heart-Mind Connection.…
Virtue and Happiness
Those who promise happiness to people must equip them with virtues first. Happiness is out of reach for…
The Human Being in Numbers: Last Lesson for Peter
Dear Peter! Until today, almost all of your organs and systems introduced themselves and explained the great artistry…
Coping with Autism
“When I took my one-year old son to the supermarket, he never responded to other mothers’ playful overtures.…
The Prophet Muhammad’s Illiteracy
Question: Was the Prophet illiterate throughout his life? Or did he-the one for whom veils were lifted with…
The Optimizing Man
In 1881, F. Edgeworth defines the first principle of economics such that every agent is motivated only by…
Fixing obesity in the brain
1- Fixing obesity in the brain Original article: Czupryn, A. et al., Science 334, 1133 (2011). Neurons are…
Hearing the Light
On a Saturday morning, I was sitting in the nearby park in our neighborhood. It was especially lovely…
The Difficulty of Modeling the Brain with Artificial Neurons
“The human brain, then, is the most complicated organization of matter that we know.”Isaac Asimov If someone asks…
Bustling Willpower
Fate sometimes blows As gently as breezes;At other times it blows as toughAs raging northeastersRendering huge mountains to…
Same World, Different Lenses: A Brief Overview of Cultural Differences
According to the British writer Raymond Williams, culture is one of the two or three most complicated…
The Power Law
The desire of explaining things and trends around us has been a decisive component of wisdom. The complexity…
Myth or Reality: The “Invasion” and Spread of Islam in Spain
The majority of Spaniards, as well as people worldwide that have heard about “Muslim Spain,” know about the…