First Blog

A.   We are all a bit scared of that new bully called AI. It threatens our jobs while titillating us with temptation. B.   Three maxims dating back to Sumerian (pre-Babylonian) culture, 2600 BCE • "Pass no judgment when drinking beer."  • "To be rich but not content — that is poverty."  • "Friendship lasts a day; kinship endures forever." C.   "Education isn't something you can finish." - Isaac Asimov (1920 - 1992) P.S. Did you know microfiber doesn't just clean better and absorb more than cotton, it also won't leave lint everywhere.

A.     For some, the gift most difficult to give is trust , and trust in oneself can be even more so.   B.     Memo to students: If AI can do whatever you can do, what good are you?   C.     New Stress Diet: With enough stress and hate inside you, you will burn huge energy and lose weight. You will also sleep less, and feel much discomfort. 

  In certain vital domains, a pervasive mediocrity among practitioners can stifle genuine advancement. When the intellectual output of a field is predominantly average, it inevitably produces research of corresponding quality. Nevertheless, some of these ideas, by sheer chance or perhaps through effective dissemination, will inevitably gain traction. A significant number of scholars and researchers will gravitate towards these trends, contributing to and propagating further work along these established lines. Such a trajectory allows an initially flawed concept to ascend to the status of mainstream orthodoxy. However, over an extended period, these prevailing ideas invariably fail to withstand rigorous scrutiny; they are ultimately and conclusively disproven. The disheartening pattern then reveals itself: rather than genuine progress, an equally unvalidated or incorrect idea often supplants the discredited one, swiftly establishing its own dominance. This cycle perpetuates, ensurin...

The human mind seeks familiarity not because it is wise, but because it is comfortable. Whether we dwell in fear, longing, pride, or sorrow, once we become accustomed to a certain state, we tend to return to it. Familiarity becomes a refuge, regardless of whether it nourishes or diminishes us. The mind does not ask:  Is this true? Is this good?  It asks:  Have I felt this before?  And if the answer is yes, it settles back into it, even if it brings suffering. Hence, we may revise the old maxim:  “Familiarity breeds comfort, not contempt.” States of mind, like all habits of being, become self-sustaining. The joyful tend toward joy. The bitter tend toward bitterness. Not because of fate, but because we live most often in the emotional rooms we’ve furnished for ourselves. Some people remain unhappy not because life denies them happiness, but because their minds have grown accustomed to unhappiness. It is what they know. It is what they return to. It becomes a quiet...

A.   Our greatest weakness lies in giving up. The most certain way to succeed is always to try just one more time." - Thomas A. Edison B.   Being the King implies that a whole lot of would-be kings are constantly after your job. --- paraphrased from Machiavelli. C.   Einstein’s 3 Steps to Creative Genius:                      i.    - Imagination                     ii.    - Intuitive thinking                     iii.    - Rigorous and logical analysis P.S. It isn't quite that easy.

6/29/2025 1.      Introduction. Consider the question. Are there limits to human knowledge, and by association the art of problem-solving? Specifically, are there fundamental aspects of the universe that are truly unknowable, as in the impossibility of problems to be solved? Age old problems such as, “What is truth?” and “What is the origin of the universe?” are still mysteries. Will they be solved? Can they be solved? Do humans have what it takes to solve them? That is the situation at hand. As is the problem with these impossible-type problems, we are prone to offer half answers and partially solve perceptually incompletely understood problems. An important take-away is that knowledge and problem-solving are very dynamic in breadth and technique, respectively. Naturally, it is necessary to include some discussion about Artificial Intelligence, and whether it’s ready to take over. 2.      Resistance. We may refer to the fortress of human kn...

 A. As you age, your face more and more reveals the mind behind it.   B. The Effort Paradox means that the more effortless your performance seems, the more effort must be made beforehand.   C. Your personal “To be or not to be” is not about kingship (as for Hamlet). It is about your morality and whether you will continue striving for more or surrender to less. P.S. Sorry, a few days late.