Observations on the world and its inhabitants
Getting straight into it – a BBC reporter went undercover for 3 months and exposed all manner of abuse at Edenfield Unit in Prestwich. Unfortunately for the lazy, they’d have to watch the whole video to know what happened. Hats off to the BBC for this brilliant piece of work. They achieved more than any ...
Chess is not most people’s cup o’ tea: it is simply too hard because it requires deep thought and lots of energy. So do I give a flying flamingo if nobody reads this? I do NOT! This means war! On 5th September 2022 Magnus Carlsen suddenly quite from a tournament when he was up against ...
What is AI? Some people do not know and do not care. AI means Artificial Intelligence. That means intelligence that is manufactured by humans. Intelligence is a broad concept but basically it means the functions of finding solutions and adapting to situations. Well – of course ants do that too. So yes ants have a ...
A couple days ago, someone suggested that I get out over the bank holiday weekend to a local restaurant. Calm down – they weren’t inviting me out or hinting at an invitation. They suggested I get a nice steak. I said, “No way. The restaurant would charge me about £20 for the same meal I ...
Some will be afflicted by the Semmelweis Reflex to immediately reject this post and linked reports. Others will bawl, “I could be run over by a bus – so what?” Well, read this excerpt first if you’re still here – from Nature Journal 17th Aug 2022: Huge volcanic eruptions: time to prepare. Over the next ...
If you’re looking for a lecture on how the mind works, you’re definitely in the wrong place. Move on swiftly to avoid angst. The TED session below came up on my YouTube. Initially I thought this was about how to appreciate classical music. Well, yes some of it is about that but that’s not nearly ...
It’s been a sad couple days. Olivia Newton John has passed on. I knew she had suffered with breast cancer some time ago. She fought it off. I wondered if it would return. Oh well – we are powerless against the ticking of the clock. The most we can do is to savour every living ...
So – I’m was in a lovely part of the UK. Northern Ireland – and I do not need to be tracked down to be sent tips or anything else! Saturday was brilliant. Belfast is an amazing city. Did I say I was living in or around in Belfast? I did not! This was last ...
Some people want to save money on food and some don’t. In my recent bill below I saved 69%. Obviously, I won’t get that saving every time. But the more savings I make; they will add up. It was on food that was reduced-price, around 16:30PM on a Sunday. There are other days and times ...
I marvel at the way the humans think. But then – are they actually thinking? The way you work that is to say, “Some do – some don’t.” Giant orbiting teapot So – there is a massive teapot orbiting the Earth and it is about to pour tea on everybody. How do I know? Well, ...
Oh dear me. I’ve made somebody unhappy by causing a chippy shop smell in a kitchen. Well, there’s always a first time as they say. So what’s the story? I’m living in shared accommodation at a hospital for work purposes. That’s nothing new as I’ve done this on few occasions before. Dr X was unpleasantly ...
Again this exploration is motivated by what I see on social media platforms. I often read or hear, “The fact is… (blah blah)..”. But what does that mean? What does fact mean? What do people mean when they refer to ‘fact‘? Of course I’ve not been able to directly quiz those who assert their ‘facts‘. ...
As some will not know, I have been writing about ‘patterns‘ for quite some time. To be clear at the outset, for those who have not read what I have said, patterns predict nothing! Patterns create a probability in favour of the pattern. It is a simple as ‘If you visit KFC twice per month, ...
The purpose of this post is to explore the happiness mindset with a different set of lenses. Different to what? Different to ‘everybody’ else – meaning ‘the majority’. This is not advice to any person. Hence there is no guidance on how to achieve a better alternative, or a more fulfilled life. On posing the ...
Following up on my recent post What is a Mindset?, I did some more private research on the topic. As was mentioned, there are different kinds of mindsets, in different situations for the same person. Some mindsets may dominate a person across a range of activities. Then I came across Success Mindsets by Ryan Gottfredson ...
I am overviewing my thoughts related to the two concepts ‘probability’ and ‘prediction’. The main reason why people want predictions, is to avoid risk materialising. Yes – I know some people would like a sound prediction for winning numbers on the next Euromillions jackpot. If you’re that type, move on swiftly. But look – life ...
People use the word ‘mindset‘ fairly often. But what does it mean? Many will now reach for their dictionaries and Google. When I think about how others refer to mindset, I get the impression that they mean the person’s mind is set in a certain way. I think that’s partially true. People use mindset often ...
One of the big reasons I hang out and interact on social media, is to explore cultures and ways of thinking/behaviour. So when you see some of the same represented in the utterances of Stupid (that imaginary impish figure in my mind), you know where that came from. The example below shows that individuals feel ...
At any one time I have several posts in the backend that I am drafting, some over weeks and others over months. Obviously a topic may hit me and I decide there and then to get on with that, instead of creating yet another draft. So this morning (Sunday 8th May 2022), the topic of ...
Obviously not. So why the title of this post? It is about the energy density of human beings compared to the Sun. ‘Hotter’ is of course loose terminology, but it makes it easier to appreciate. As some will not have seen or heard in Prof Cox’s series that he said that the average human being ...
Wonders of Life is a series available for free on BBC Iplayer – for those with a TV licence. This is a good series. I came across some clips on YouTube then hunted it down. The first one I watched was “What is Life?” Prof Cox explains things so that ordinary people can understand. It ...
Often times I make assertions based on my experiences. Social media occupies a lot of my time. I can observe how the humans think and react. I gather a lot of evidence, but I don’t often have the time to show what I gather. Well today provided a classic. Some chap or chappess, did not ...
This post is a bit of ‘steam release’ really. I kid you not, over the last 5 years or so I’ve been repeatedly coming across posts with questions such as ‘How do I…. ?‘ or ‘Where can I find….?‘ or ‘What is the evidence for …..?‘ or ‘Who is an expert on ….?‘ In The ...
Penrose and Peterson met for an amazing exploration of the human mind in relation to physics. Obviously, most people will bawl, “I’m not a physicist nor a psychologist! It is too airy fairy! I’ve got dogs to feed. Sorry.” Did I say that everybody must take 1 hr and 40 min out of their day ...
Some say the ‘human mind’ is a wonderful thing. I’m not so sure about that. Lots of wonderful things have not so wonderful things about them. Those who look only at the brighter side of things will be more certain than me. I look at both sides and I consider human nature. I’ll avoid a debate ...
Right so this post looks into how ‘nice’ Amazon points are compared to cashback on PayPal’s business card. At the end is an interesting twist. Somebody is now scrolling to the end – I just know it! Human nature – it is so easy to tell what the humans will do next. Amazon says each ...
Belief and believing (etc) have been a big part of my attention for many years. Having read a lot on this, I decided to start all over. What I mean is, I’m going back to the roots of belief. There are things that determine beliefs and I will go into that as well. Why should ...
If you hate Sci-Fi and films that go deep, then move on swiftly to avoid causing yourself distress! You have been told. The following scene is from the film Equilibrium. Having grown up ‘on Spock’ in the early years of my life, I came to think that emotion was the enemy. But Star Trek changed ...
Meaning and purpose are important aspects of human life. I don’t think many will disagree. It becomes intolerable for many people when these two things are absent. Meaninglessness and purposelessness are very difficult to cope with. I’m a bit afraid to alert anyone reading this that there is a YouTube vid down below, because I ...
As some may know, I spend a fair amount of time on social media forums. I’m bewildered about the sort of ‘thinking’ – if you can call it that – that goes on up there. The following was a classic. HM I don’t understand why hardly any of the comments get deleted. American company. Clearly ...
