Last updated 2002.02.27. Help us make this a great page for welcoming newcomers! Edited by Andrius Kulikauskas, Direktorius, ms@ms.lt

Welcome!

Welcome to the Minciu Sodas laboratory!

Introduction

Minciu Sodas serves independent thinkers.

Minciu Sodas organizes us around a shared value of caring about thinking.

See the glossary below! I'll put up more information here soon. Andrius

Please note that our website reflects that this is our place of work, it is a kitchen or garage, but not a salon! But you are most welcome to explore. In fact, you may share our work, it is in the public domain wherever it does not state otherwise. Please support the work of our authors, give them ample credit.

Here are some pages to get you started:

• minciu_sodas_en@yahoogroups.com This is our gateway. Subscribing to this group is free, and the best way to feel the spirit of our laboratory. We're averaging 3 to 4 letters a day. You may introduce yourself here whenever you like.
• Our working groups include Thinking Relevantly to engage group minds, Thinking Powerfully to develop networks of tools for thinking, and Embracing God to seek truth and find it. Our work is public for all to view, but only members may participate.
• John Leppik, Investigatorius has a public workspace Thinking about Thinking where he is incorporating ideas that he likes from our groups.
• Our goals Some of this information is a bit dated, but overall our goals have stayed the same.
• Our list of members This is an updated list. We have about 30 actively participating members.
• Our old website has a wealth of information for people who like to think.
• Benefits of membership I'm just starting this!
• New services that we're developing for independent thinkers Watch us put these together! The plan is to offer the services of our members as public work packets.

What does caring about thinking mean to you? Explore the functionality at our website http://www.ms.lt Choose an option (such as "chatting") and then click on the button "is caring about thinking". We'd like you to use these functions as your workspaces. Let us know how useful they are, we welcome your feedback. We invite your help so that each function might emphasize a different activity by which we can foster care about thinking. Or write to Andrius at ms@ms.lt

Glossary

caring about thinking = Being concerned with our own minds and those of others. What is going into them, what are they doing to us, and what is coming out of them? Whether, what, how and why we are thinking!

independent thinker = Anybody who works on their thoughts regularly, purposefully, constructively, and without the necessity of outside encouragement or stimulation. Do you return to lovely thoughts and build on them in your spare time? If you do, then you are thinking independently!

Andrius Kulikauskas = Andrius Kulikauskas is the Direktorius of Minciu Sodas. He was born in Santa Monica, California in 1964. UCSD awarded him the Ph.D in Mathematics in 1993. Andrius moved to Lithuania in 1997 but often travels and works in the USA. He is a citizen of both countries and pays taxes in both. See his workspace!

Minciu = "Mind" in Lithuanian, the same root as "mind" and "mental" in English. "Minciu" is pronounced "min-CHEW".

Minciu Sodas = Minciu Sodas is a sole proprietorship registered to Andrius Kulikauskas in 1998 in Vilnius, Lithuania. "Minciu Sodas" means "Orchard of Thoughts" in Lithuanian and was suggested by Karolis Markevicius.

Sodas = "Orchard" in Lithuanian, the same root as "sod" in English. "Sodas" is pronounced "SO-dus" with the "O" as in "old" and the "u" as in "us".