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Can anyone give me any information about the basic tools used in ecosystem modeling and Universities that have programs specifically for computer modeling of land based forest ecosystems. I'm specifically interested in nutrient, water, and energy interactions between plants and animals on a small scale, local ecosystem. I'm curiuos about questions like: Do modeling techniques invoulve Databases? What databases are used? etc. Actually... I say etc. but that's about the only question I have since I know so little...

Alright that's a little to complex for me. What's the academic science's opinions/reasearch on Analytical psycology and Cognative psycology. and What's the scientific basis for chemically induced emotions? Or links to somewhat easy to synthesise information on it.

For context I'm writing an arguementative essay for Composition I at my local community college. Title: Taoism is like the best philosophy in the universe. Outline: Part I The Best Philosophy in the Universe A Philosophy I defined II exemplified III concluded B What does a human want and need, your philosophy aside? I your philosophy ‘aside’; objectivity II how C Well then, I present the best philosophy in the universe; that’s ‘what’ not ‘how’. I conclusion Part II Taoism A Taoism I what II how III background B Taoism and Psychology I self image 1 archetypes; Carl Jung 2 psycho-cybernetics; II focus 1 psycho-cybernetics 2 meditation theme: functions of the perspective C Taoism and science I Taoism and the brain 1 habitual thinking 2 conceptual blending 3 happiness i perspective ii self image theme: truth of the perspective D Taoism and philosophy I your philosophy aside 1 the trouble of human understanding 2 a caveat 3 a form of lay science II truth 1 elusiveness of truth 2 the mind’s function 3 Taoism and truth III nature and the material world 1 the philosophy of science i on philosophy ii on truth 2 the philosophy of the Tao i on science ii on truth Part III Similarities between Taoism and the Best Philosophy in the Universe **PENDING** Right - so how does this relates to neurosciences? Well if you can't tell maybe I'm in trouble but I'm moving to make the case that Taoism plays to the function of the human brain, among other things. So if you can't guess I'm wondering how scientifically accepteable/ed psycho cybernetics (self help for: "how to make your self image make you happy and successful"), analytical (ie. Jungian) psycology and cogceptual blending (as 'the way we think') are. I'm also wondering if I could get some easy info (either summarys or links to easy stuff) about the chemicals invoulved in happieness and what triggers them. I'm hoping that happieness can chemically be found in a positive self image and how you look at what happens in your mental world (the realms of psycho cybernetics and analytical psychology) are strongly tied to the chemical relases - and that of course combined with the chemical your actions can more directly trigger. I don't want to mislead anyone (esp myself). And of course the conceptual blending part - I hope to use this to seperate the mental world from real world to affirm the the taoist truth that value judgments don't matter as well as say that Taoism is on the right track in realizing the illusivness (due of course to our inadequate thought and experience) of truth and the Tao, which I will show to by roughly sysnonymous with material existence. I hope this all makes sense I just read alot of random books and put it all together so it all might be a little naive or misundestood. Particular sections that I feel I may need help on are: I Taoism and the brain 1 habitual thinking 2 conceptual blending 3 happiness 1 the trouble of human understanding 2 a caveat 3 a form of lay science II truth 1 elusiveness of truth 2 the mind’s function You think I should ask similar but more broad/apporpriate questions in the philosophy and psycology sections?

Ya, I 'd deffinatly say a combination of the two...

Thanks:D

So a friend of mine has a wack idea about drugs and how they work. So, I have a few questions. First, just how far can the brain go in preventing drugs from working? And creating the effects of drugs on their own? I'm talking any sort of drug, from caffine to morphine to marijunana to heorin. Can anyone give me a semi-detailed version of how drugs work on the brain and body. I know that most (all?) get into your blood and effect your nerves and brain by blocking specific types of transfer but I need the fancy names and a better idea of how exactly it all works and how differnt drugs can work differntly and the like. Semi-technical, maybe slightly above what most highschool biology classes would give? Thanks if anyone can help:D

I'm pretty much all happy when I laugh so hard I cry... But what about when people cry when they like... win something? (they do that right?)

fitness? Like in shape or fitness to function how necissary? What about personal pride?

It DOES seem pretty pragmatic...

Mokele, look what you've done... it's off topic! There should be a science joke thread or something though cuz those jokes are awsome (in a terrible, terrible way.)

I'd imagine like so: http://dictionary.reference.com/search?q=neoteny.

By 'the action of developing social tendencies' do you mean that entire species have this on a large scale (and they develop them as a whole - like evolution type stuff) or do you mean that each one does it on their own and they develop their own individual tendances (or something else?)? And where (ya think) does pride fall? I was trying to say (I can be pretty bad at explaining stuff) is that it's a mix of the two, and I'd guess that it's more the latter - but after thinking about it is pretty darned universal and diverse, so maybe it's more of a mix than I thought. Or perhaps one or ther other.

I'd imagine it's a developed social tendency... but I'm not sure that'd I'd say it was an 'evolutionary defense mechanism.' I have a feeling that it's much more complex than that makes it sound. While I'd think part of where it comes from may be some sort of evolutionary-type process I bet there's a TON more that goes into it.

I think a much better question would be why it's so hard to TAKE advice before we have the experience with it. I can't say how many times my parents told me I needed to do my homework and while I knew they were probably right I just kept on with my slackin' and now I realize the error of my ways. Too bad really. And it happens all too often.

The problem is it sounds like it the data just spikes before something big. So there's no telling WHAT will happen, just (possiblty) that SOMETHING will happen. Lame, but still some form of prediction.