I was not aware that a thread had already been started on this subject. Had I known I would have posted to that thread rather than start a new one.

If Zheng He made a voyage to the Americas I doubt that it will ever be possible to prove it. Any hard evidence of such a voyage would likely be lost to ...

Many of you have probably heard of the Chinese eunuch Zheng He. According to this article he may have discovered America before Columbus.

http://straitstimes.asia1.com.sg/primen ... 36,00.html

I'm not in a fog. My memory and mental abilities seem sharper than ever. Also, I have not noticed any decrease in energy.

Last week I was at a seminar. The instructor told everyone to write down three questions that we would like to ask of other people in the seminar. Then we were told to find three people in the group that we didn't know and ask them the three questions. After everyone finished asking and answering ...

Exactly. Good luck with whatever decision you make.

I'll try to answer your question about how it feels to lose body parts the best that I can.

When I looked at my hand and saw that two of my fingers were gone I was shocked. However, I quikly accepted the fact that they were gone. I hated losing them and I wish I could some how get them back. But I ...

One thing you should keep in mind is that the holistic philosophy was created by an ancient people who didn't have the benefit of our modern science. Personally, I put little value into any belief system created by ancient people who had far more ignorance than knowledge, regardless of whether they ...

I'm sure that the loss of my fingers is nothing more than an inconvenience. I lost parts of my body, but not parts of myself. A penis and fingers are just tools/input devices.

I'll give a sci-fi example to demonstrate my point. Let's say hypothetically that I have a disease which is killing my body ...

SplitDick, you are quite the philosopher, but I respectfully disagree. About ten years ago I lost two of my fingers in an accident. Emotionally I felt their loss very deeply. It is also a slight physical handicap. However I am definitely the same person as I was before the accident. I am also the ...

Paolo, I emailed your reply to Andrew and here is his reply:

Indeed I am.A BANNED LINK WAS POSTED! Now, maybe when I get to the Annapolis Raddison, there might be some sort of Internet cafe where I can log on to AOL with a more stable computer and/or phone line.A BANNED LINK WAS POSTED! If not, I ...