Russia from Ashes

Russia was largely a non-factor on the world stage for the past decade. Other than a few fits of pique involving Ukranian natural gas contracts, threats of energy supply cutoffs to Europe and an internal rebellion in Chechnya which was ignored by the rest of the world, Russia has been relegated to obscurity. That all changed when Russian troops invaded South Ossetia and nearly toppled a US-backed state in the process of applying for NATO membership. It was a direct statement to the rest of the world. Russia is reasserting itself in its sphere of influence lost in the breakup of the Soviet Union. The opportunity exists because the United States is stretched thin due to deployments in Iraq and Afghanistan and because NATO is no longer coherent enough to object. The world is discovering that the EU has no real power, and the UN has been a joke for decades. Russia was seemingly deliberately baited by NATO membership hints to Georgia, the Western-inspired Orange revolution in Ukraine (a nation which was direct geopolitical consequences to Russia, including Mediterranean port access, pipeline control to Europe, and geographic defense value), and western involvement in the Balkans during Clintons term. Now they have the opportunity to object to these perceived threats, and they are taking full advantage of it while it lasts.


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Logosphilia

The Optimist and the Optimizer

As for anyone who have come across the philosophy "Principle of Sufficient Reason" Gottfried Leibniz ( Pronounce: Got fried lay'by'knees ! - just kidding ;) ) states long and
complex theories that could be abstracted as :

* For every entity x, if x exists, then there is a sufficient explanation why x exists.
* For every event e, if e occurs, then there is a sufficient explanation why e occurs.
* For every proposition p, if p is true, then there is a sufficient explanation why p is true.

These statements puts something called fate to the guillotine. So, Slumdogs watch out, for the tag line d.)It is written. So a literal paradox in place , comparable to something like when Eve responds to Adam after the apple incident "I can resist anything but temptation" - Nuts.!

Adding to it, the short story " The Garden of Forking Paths ",will rattle your mind - which is of course related to "Many-worlds interpretation" of Quantum-Mechanics - but for your reference: The story came first and then the science. :)

Many beliefs look for the exact position of the stars and planets considering the birth-time and try to predict his/her future events. But that baby must have been conceived about ten months back, why shouldn't they take into account when the actual stuff happened ( I can feel you staring - well to make it least vulgar - of course i meant the "fusion time" of the male and female individual ): Imagine that ! :)
Rubbish.!!

With People who have a desire for shallow plunge into Quantum Mechanics, Ten years of Deep Sea dive would mean comparatively nothing - Quantum Science:It absorbs you! -- Yet you don't understand a thing.Even Albert Einstein spent sleepless nights after hearing these concepts, and finally the "Axiom of Causality" was nullified based on Quantum Science, and what happened to Gottfried's philosophy ? - it was simply killed by quantum effect.
When it comes to Quantum science : God just disappear (or reappear)!

Gottfried gave his wonderful theory that we all are living in "Best of all possible worlds", may be didn't live long to see the World-wars or Osama-niac. His statements try to solve the problem of evil, by trying to justify that everything happens for good : Optimists - as they are technically called!

Leibniz' solution casts God as a kind of "Optimizer" of the collection of all original possibilities: Since He is good and omnipotent, and since He chose this world out of all possibilities, this world must be good--in fact, this world is the best of all possible worlds.On the one hand, this view might help us rationalize some of what we experience: Imagine that all the world is made of good and evil. The best possible world would have the most good and the least evil. Courage is better than no courage. It might be observed, then, that without evil to challenge us, there can be no courage. Since evil brings out the best aspects of humanity, evil is regarded as necessary. So in creating this world God made some evil to make the best of all possible worlds. On the other hand, the theory explains evil not by denying it or even rationalizing it--but simply by declaring it to be part of the optimum combination of elements that comprise the best possible Godly choice.

So, Based on this we could justify the presence of Bin-laden, Adolf Hitler, Mussolini and all the Cannibals whoever existed. :) coz.,God made them.!

The Result, Voltaire makes a mockery of Gottfried's philosophy in his book Candide.

Like to acknowledge Charles Darwin for the best fiction ever, The Theory of Evolution ( Which the Pope has apologized for shunning - so long ! )
This great man, travels to Galapagos and makes this theory: Which made everyone doubt their religious fancies, and then came Carl Sagan - and followed a similar road.

With the belief that God is omnipotent, omniscient and omni-benevolent but in parallel: the same time evil exists. God either cannot stop evil or he will not. If he cannot then he is argued to not be omnipotent. If he will not then he is argued to not be omni-benevolent.Welcome home - Atheists!

I am in plan of creating my own belief(also to allow [read allow as force] others to believe), by creating someone called God version 2.0, an invisible and imaginary character: Give it some parameters, Give it a back story, add some magic elements here and there in that, and also include some prophecies (which the coming generations would Hope to occur - but never will !), and tons of unquestionable illogical statements and make them "Holy" - So the future would fight over it! - and have absolute control over their minds - How interesting is it to be God ;)

But someone may provide response that includes the arguments that evil is necessary for the existence of greater goods such as free will or spiritual growth, that we cannot understand God, that evil is merely the absence of good, or that it is an appropriate punishment, and the valence effect follows.

Human - Who cannot create an "Atom" by himself - creates Gods by Dozens.!
Ever sensed protons and electrons buzzing inside you ?-You are just a pile of atoms: The same contents as the Halley's Comet or Rolls Royce, where does all this comes from ?
My belief : Quantum Physics is going to create a shattering effect on the future of current Religious systems.

Come'on Guys -- Wake up and .... "Follow the White Rabid-Rabbit"

You are bored of existing in this world. Suddenly you sees a white rabbit, wearing a coat and carrying a watch, run past, lamenting " I am late". And you follow it down a rabbit hole and fall very slowly down a tunnel...How Deep does The Rabbit Hole Go?



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Google
Confucius
Kaala Bandhar ( The Black Monkey )
God ;)