Empirical research indicates there is a positive correlation between eating junk food and dementia many years hence. While significant resources have been devoted to identifying common ingredients in junk food that might cause dementia, nothing will likely be discovered as this is clearly a case of reverse-causation. Simply, eating junk food is an early symptom of latent dementia. That is, unless someone is demented, why would they eat junk food!...

The rich think the poor are lazy and the poor think the rich were just lucky. They are both right. Those who work 40 hours/week get paid accordingly and receive 40 lottery tickets. Those who work 60 hours/week receive 200 lottery tickets. Those who work 75 hours/week receive 400 lottery tickets. As well, the rich are more conscientious in checking their tickets for winning numbers....

When we know we know no thing, we can come to know nothing which is what every thing is outside the now....

In life, our identity is the self. Before and after the now, our identity is the soul. Making our way through life, the self has many experiences; some happy, some not. Traumatic experiences are never passed, always past. Every thing is the soul before and after the now. While the soul is beyond description, as no one has ever complained about the time before their birth, the soul must be the peace beyond our understanding. In life, we hold our self identity tightly, with both hands. Letting go with one hand to embrace our soul identity is the way of a peaceful life....