Tag Archives: Reality

What South Park Taught Me About The Existence Of God

By Tomas Stonkus | Published: January 20, 2010
I am a huge South Park fan. I have seen every single episode ever made. It has some of the best social commentary about everything and anything. However, one of my favorites of all time is the South Park’s movie “Imaginationland” Here is a reason behind that. People always question what is real and what is [...]
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How Statistics Can Help You Keep An Open Mind

By Tomas Stonkus | Published: January 18, 2010
Statistics And Life Thinking of statistics reminds of college. Stats were all about numbers and other dry “stuff” that had little relevance to anything important in life. That’s what I thought at the time. Yet, I am increasingly more intrigued by what statistics can show us and teach us about life. I am not going to write [...]
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5 Reasons To Ask For Honest Feedback

By Tomas Stonkus | Published: January 13, 2010
Have you ever set out to accomplish a fairly vague goal such as becoming better at something. That something could be speaking, writing, socializing, networking, basketball, programming and so on. Since better is a very vague word, it is inherently hard to measure our progress or know how we are doing. For example, I set out [...]
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How To Create Value By Disagreeing

By Tomas Stonkus | Published: December 2, 2009
“We’ve all been raised on television to believe that one day we’d all be millionaires, and movie gods, and rock stars. But we won’t. And we’re slowly learning that fact. And we’re very, very pissed off.” – Fight Club This is a preview of How To Create Value By Disagreeing. Continue Reading Here... (estimated [...]
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Why The Joker Was Right

By Tomas Stonkus | Published: November 12, 2009
There are two important and closely related concepts that Joker touches upon in the movie Dark Knight: control and expectations. He knew something that most of the population either was not aware of or chose to ignore. The Joker used that knowledge to create chaos in people’s lives. I am going to discuss those two [...]
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Practical Guide to Self-Awareness

By Tomas Stonkus | Published: November 2, 2009
Summary This article is going to offer a practical guide to self-awareness. Last week I discussed awareness and it’s importance in our lives. Yet, from my experience, I know that people are looking not only for theoretical knowledge, but for practical tips of how to implement a change in their lives. That is why today I [...]
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What is Awareness and Why You Need It

By Tomas Stonkus | Published: October 26, 2009
Have you ever felt out of control in your life? Have you ever felt like you did not understand why certain things were happening to you? Have you ever felt like you were just going through motions?  If you can relate to the above situations, then you know what it feels like to lack awareness. In [...]
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What is?

By Tomas Stonkus | Published: April 30, 2009
Sometimes I realize how really simple the life is. It is so simple. Very simple, but seems like people just choose to complicate it. The reason for me saying is very simple – reality. Science vs. Religion I was having a conversation with a friend today about god and realized that we had a lot in common. [...]
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Examining The False Premise of the American Happiness

By Tomas Stonkus | Published: February 14, 2009
Basic Premise It has been drilled into the people’s mind in America that capitalism is the way of life. That money is the answer to all of the lives problems. The main reason why it happened is  because people are so easily programmable and they seldom test the “truths” presented by others. And that is very [...]
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Unique Perspective on Human Life

By Tomas Stonkus | Published: December 11, 2008
Computers Computers. Yes, computers. What is so special about them? Many things are really interesting, but mostly the rate of innovation of technology surrounding new computational capabilities. There are talks of having computer equivalent of a human brain, which just boggles my mind. I was thinking to myself if it really is possible to accomplish that, [...]
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