Here are the top five myths about losing stomach fat and getting that six-pack look the media tells us we are supposed to aim for. Of course, in some societies, and throughout history, being nicely rounded has actually been considered more attractive and a sign of health, than having “toned” muscles and a size zero [...]

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Mitreanu, unlike Maslow, does not focus on our needs as such, but rather looks at the way we behave when addressing those needs.

His theory can be summarized in three points:

a) Every individual has, at any time, only one dominant need to address

b) Every individual possesses, at any time, a hierarchy of needs that stems from [...]

Following its initial publication on the arXiv physics archive at Cornell University earlier this year http://arxiv.org/pdf/physics/0612053, the author of the theory, Peter Lynds, presented a second paper about it at the International Conference on Complex Systems in Boston on November 1 http://necsi.org/events/iccs7/viewpaper.php?id=225. Another group also presented a conference paper about the theory.