### icon | portrait:

Family portrait
* have an important role in building a family.
* play an important role in building a family
  - telling family history

Idea
* Every idea is endowed of itself with immortal life, like a human being.
  * are concepts created in the mind. No one really knows how this works. Ideas are the product of mental action
  - a highly concentrated form of energy
  - archetypes of the things themselves which far surpass even the concepts of understanding
  - complexs
  - content
  - developed by entrepreneurs
  - in the realm of higher thought
  - intangibles
  - located in brains
  - memories of sensations, but impressions are the cause of sensations
  - opinion
* are part of answers
  - philosophy
  - subjective in that individuals can be aware only of their own ideas
  - teleological weapons of mind
* are the DNA of everything that is worthwhile
  - capital that moves commerce
  - currency of human life
  - factors that lift civilization
  - root of creation
  - things that people do, they define people as much as social class or wealth or politics
  - universal truths based on reason
* are what matter and the ability to generate ideas
  - the mind feeds on
* can be a form of behavior
  - evolve in a way analogous to biological evolution
* cause feelings, which in turn produce behavior.
* change over time.
* come from analogy
  - chaos theories
  - experiments
  - external sources
  - hunters
  - inspiration
* compete for replication by our brains just as genes try to get reproduced.
* control the world, and monetary ideas shape monetary institutions.
* deserve attention.
* determine things, and they are more universal than the particular objects in the world.
* develop into kinetic molecular theories
  - when people with different perspectives talk about the same problem
* emerge from the movement of the hands and their interaction with the mind.
* evolve just as do living things
* exist in the human mind that answer laws of nature still unknown
  - only in minds
* form attitudes, and attitudes determine behavior or actions
  - the foundation of all fortunes, the starting point of all inventions
* gain acceptance.
* give rise to the objects created by humans.
* go through different stages
* have applications
  - characteristics
  - curiosities
  - importance
  - natural curiosities
  - potential
  - practical applications
  - social importance
  - values
  - wings and in the IT age they fly at the speed of light
* help students.
* include creations
  - options
* influence decisions
  - outcomes
* is content
* lead to development.
* make senses.
* only exist when they are perceived by some mind.
* receive attention.
* relate to energy
  - regulations
  - topics
* rely on techniques.
* result from analyses.
* shed light.
* suggest possibility.
* to test hypotheses.
+ Pseudoscience, Types of Pseudoscience
  * Some ideas are 'arguably' pseudoscientific. This means that some mainstream scientists consider the idea pseudoscientific and some do not. Certain ideas about how the stock market behaves fall into this category.
  * The Wikimedia Foundation has begun a year long phase of strategic planning. During this time of planning, members of the community have the opportunity to propose ideas, ask questions, and help to chart the future of the Foundation. This wiki will provide an overview of the strategic planning process and ways to get involved, including just a few questions that everyone can answer. All ideas are welcome, and 'everyone' is invited to participate.

### idea:

Big idea
* come from people who devote their energy to ideas they believe in and care about.
* have curiosities

New idea
* happen when two or more ideas are merged when they have never been merged before.
* increase the average amount of wealth one person can produce.

### ideal spectator sport:

Track racing
* has various types of events including sprints and individual time trials.
* is an ideal spectator sport.