Observations on the world and its inhabitants
The world is catching up on stuff I wrote about years ago. Oh yes – this is just one strand of evidence. Unfortunately, for those who need manually assisted alimentation, I’m not summarising the video (which could well disappear in time).
Right – today I am declaring that I am ahead of my time! Those who would bawl “Arrogant!!” are told to STFU. Why? Because yet again I see the world catching up with me! As some will know, if they’ve not been sleeping under a rock for some years, ‘friends’ and ‘friendships’ have been one ...
Well, loads of people have been biting their nails about ChatGPT. Yuh know anything that is new and apparently intelligent is to be feared. Like “OMG!! OMG!! AI is taking over the world, let’s have a panic attack!” The sort of responses are similar to when aeroplanes were made to fly people around, the telephone ...
I knew nothing of this until today. I’m not like ‘OMG’, because nothing much surprises me these days about human nature. The link to the full story will only be live for about 24 hours, so tough if you’re late. The excerpt from The Times is below (full credits to them). Those who need to ...
If you’re looking for a tutorial depart now and save yourself time and bother. Instead head to Pure bias at Wikepedia and you’ll get your tutorial there. But if you stay on to read this post, you are warned as always that you’ll be putting up with my own thoughts about the concept (and the ...
Guilty by Reason of Sanity, is coming! I’m putting out some previews into the public domain. It is a lot of work happening on this. I’m proofing every word of it using text to speech techniques built into Windows 11 and some from Text Aloud. Call me a cheapskate – I’ve been called worse – ...
This is a follow up to Guilty by reason of sanity: the ultimate insanity in Sept 2022. The book has taken a lot of effort. The book cover and title are copyrighted. No other book exists by that exact title. It’s not easy to dig back into memories – many quite traumatic. There will be ...
“What now?“- you may wonder. “What’s he on about this time?” – I’m no mind reader but I may have heard you think it. Well – it is been playing on my mind – in the back of my consciousness – that the humans have a ‘suspend mode‘. Oh yes – I’ve been observing for ...
At this post Word are cheap in October 2021, I was meant to explore ‘What is love?‘ Of course, I got distracted by so many things along the way. But tonight the question suddenly hit me, when I accidentally came across a discussion on YouTube. Well, I’ll leave that video for lower down this post. ...
Unfortunately for those who prioritise dog-bathing, Instagram and Netflix, this is a deep and complex story running for 80 minutes. I cannot simplify it into 5 words nor am I so thick as to attempt to do so. You take it or you leave it. Most will never listen to the whole interview. I couldn’t ...
I have written much on predictions before. The following equation appeared in a different format in The arrogance of mathematics and Chaos Theory. I haven’t changed the content of it; only the layout. I’ll explain in a while. There are major problems with predictions. The first big one is that all predictions depend on ‘the ...
Sadly most will have no time for the pearls of wisdom being shared in these videos. Bathing and walking dogs are far more important – not to mention Instagram, FB, Twitter, Neflix and Amazon. No time. Hence, stupidity continues to rule. [AC_PRO id=6333]
This follows up on my post on manipulation. In case some don’t know, an infographic is not meant to provide hard evidence. It shows the flow – the process. Who said that that below is right? No one!
All of this post is my notes. It is not designed for ‘you’. I use advanced features of find and replace in MS Word. I write my notes like self-talk because I’ve noticed that in a few months’ time I may not remember every aspect of this. Challenge Recently I wanted to find an easy ...
I’m always fascinated to learn new words. When I say ‘new’ I mean words that I did not know or use, or words that I had forgotten about. The following is a recent list, which is being updated as I discover new words: Ham-fisted Bucolic Hagiography Obstreperous Rapscallion Bloviation Skedaddle Sinecure This post is not ...
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 ...
I’ve touched on ‘justification‘ in several posts over the years. A recent event last week, made me think even more about it. As always I try to define or refine what I mean by words like justify or justification. Google addicts may now pause to check what the words mean. What is the concept? To ...
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, perception, truth, reality, decision-making and related things have occupied me a lot on this blog. Why this post today? I’ve been trying to work out how some people perceive me to be nice, and others perceive me to be arrogant, condescending, patronising and narcissistic. People see different sides of me ...
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 ...
Not everybody is the same – jeez I know it is obvious. So – why are there people who are called weird? I’m not talking about looks. Some people think differently about things, so they are labelled as weird. This is because they have some ideas that are pretty different to ‘everybody‘. This means that ...
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 ...
Well, I know that I do not throw away things that are/were of value to me. I found the book FALLACY: The counterfeit of argument, in a storage box in my garage today 2022-05-29 around 12:30PM. It means I’ve kept that book for just over 40 years! Snapshots below. It is/was an important book because ...
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 ...
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 ...
