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They are all beautiful.  But what's inside their souls is the most important.

Interesting but what's most important is the beauty inside a man's soul. These men seem to be too impressed with themselves; a little " cocky ". Cocky (Like a cock): Try the video full screen if you want to read the captions.

Clear Brook Park is only 10 minutes from where I live and I go there almost every week for a walk. It's a small park with a small lake.  They stock the lake with fish during the fishing season. During the summer there are paddle boats to rent.  Picnic areas are spread out along the lakeside.  There is a swimming pool. It's not really a back to nature area but still worth the visit. Here is a stream draining water from the lake.

Last night I watched the movie Deliver Us From Evil.  It was a frightening story about a cop and a priest.  The policeman gave up his belief in God because of all the evil in the world. The priest looked at the question from a different perspective.  He told the policeman that the question should really be why is there so much good in the world? While the movie was an unbelievable Hollywood story, with an exorcism at the end; what the priest said made sense to me.  God gave us free will so why aren't 't people more evil? Every day most people do good, or at least try to be good. Today I had lunch at Chic-fil-A, fast food restaurant and dropped my tray of food.  My cane caused me to lose my grip. Strangers helped me wipe the floor and pick up the tray. One man said they should have helped me to my table.  Another man went up to the counter to get a replacement for my meal and the manager was glad to oblige. I thanked everyone. I was embarrassed but happily surprised by

It's going to happen and soon.  I'm only hoping that computers will never be self-aware . From Wikipedia: Self-awareness  is the capacity for introspection  and the ability to recognize oneself as an individual separate from the environment and other individuals.  While consciousness  is being aware of one’s environment and body and lifestyle, self-awareness is the recognition of that awareness.  (my highlight) If computers and artificial intelligence never become aware of their awareness then maybe they would have no self-motivation ( Motivated to achieve something due to one's own interest)   to dominate humans. Disaster could still happen but it would be due to a mistake in programming. But if computers and artificial intelligence become self-aware beings then we could be in even more danger. There's an excellent lecture with interesting ideas on this topic.  It's about 16 minutes long. Here's the link: Nick Bostrom- What happens when our compu