Observations on the world and its inhabitants
So, you all scoffed. You sneered. You laughed, pointed fingers and snorted with derision about the many failures in my quest to conquer the impossible: microwaving an egg without it exploding like a miniature culinary grenade. “It can’t be done!” you declared, between guffaws. You sneered, “You’ll end up with scrambled egg on the ceiling!” ...
The tranquillity of a sunny afternoon can quickly transform into a scene of chaos when a wildfire erupts, engulfing homes and livelihoods in its path. Recent events, such as the devastating fires in Los Angeles, serve as stark reminders of the ever-present danger of tail risk. While cutting costs might seem prudent in the short ...
This article is not designed to be a book review. I have not read the whole book as yet: “The Manipulated Man” by Esther Vilar. Of course, you never heard of her. Who cares! To learn less do not read Wikipedia. I have read several parts of the book and will complete it soon. This ...
Not everybody needs this! I often have text copied from PDF when I’m working on something. This leads to loads of unnecessary paragraph marks. At other times I have rows of plain text copied from somewhere. It’s a pain to get rid of paragraph marks at the end of each line, yet preserving the correct ...
Within the area of knowledge dissemination, a concerning phenomenon has occupied my mind for many years. It is characterised by the propagation of misleading information cloaked in seemingly plausible rhetoric, often endorsed by individuals perceived as authorities. This phenomenon, is now coined by me as “sophistry-veiled untruths” (SVU). It poses a significant challenge to the ...
This is about the murder of Sara Sharif. The Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) released a statement following the sentencing of Sara Sharif’s father, Urfan Sharif, and stepmother, Beinash Batool. The CPS described Sara as a “lively and joyful 10-year-old girl whose life was tragically cut short by the very people who should have protected and ...
As I was saying…people are stupid and lazy! This is in a doctor’s forum, so the balance of probability is that the person making the OP is a doctor. Most lay persons do not know of the PANSS and won’t be seeking it. It is a highly specialised instrument. Do I give flying banana flamingo ...
This article is not to say that Christopher Langan – a man supposedly with an IQ of close to 200 – is a personal hoax. His IQ between 195 to 200 as widely reported over the years, has never been properly validated. I did not know of Langan until 48 hours ago. Something popped up ...
This post and the embedded video is for mature audiences only! Tough – it offends any so-called adult. No one has a right to be not offended, except where there is a specific breach of law. Freedom of expression (a human right) means that on occasion somebody will feel offended. And whilst Freedom of expression ...
What?!! Some have never heard of Sigmas, obviously. This is not going to be a lecture on the topic. To learn more do your own reading! Sigma is not a validated personality type. The researchers are yet to find it. Some may recall that the cure for scurvy was found 50 years before the research ...
