Recent content by Kal-Elvis

The two sons were given their money at different times, and the currency is deflating. By the time they have their wits about them and counted it, the currency had continued to deflate further. This solution takes some liberties with the problem, so it might not be correct. It assumes that...

1)What is the ideal of today's heroes and what make them heroes? A hero is a mythological archetype that has attained extraordinary achievement (real or imagined) and inspire others. Since we all carry our own personal mythologies as well as cultural mythologies, this can be as broad as...

Perhaps this has to do with the extreme disparity of wealth in this country. Also, please don't use quotes to put words in my mouth. And would you also explain to me why the population increase in the world is still sky-rocketing? I don't know. I suspect the largest contributor would...

In the U.S. at least, the Hispanic population is the fastest growing while the White population is the slowest growing. Many parts of Europe have experienced declining birth rates as well; I believe the Scandanavian countries have seen this more than elsewhere. On the flipside, the countries...

"Having thought about this for some time I have come to the conclusion that color, sound and beauty are intrinsic and perceived as those values rather than assigned those values by our minds." I don't understand your distinction between perceiving a value and the brain assigning a value...

I agree, but the difficulty here is that beauty is defined differently by different observers. It is entirely subjective. However, to some extent you could catalog certain traits (whether in flowers, artwork, or people) that are held to be beautiful, but even then you don't have a universal...