Paradox

Life’s a paradox: reproduction is superior to production; recurrence is better than occurrence; imperfect mother of perfect; and failure father of success

Brexit

UK out of the EU: Earthquake? Perhaps. But no surprise. The path of history is unpredictably; its triggers not obvious, e.g. the Arab Spring. Lesson: Anything is possible. Anything.

The Mind – revisted

If the mind is subject to quantum/uncertainty effects & is there4 non-deterministic, what does this say about the mechanism of free will?

DNA

Fact:DNA is one of life’s blue-prints. Fact: Some DNA mutations lead to gifted humans. Question Can mutations produce dangerous super humans?

Brexit

UK out of the EU: Earthquake? Perhaps. But no surprise. The path of history is unpredictably; its triggers not obvious. For example, what role did the Arab Spring play in the exit result.

The 3rd Chimpanzee

Even though we are very similar to Chimps (about 98% similar), we are also radically different, clearly. How did this come about (biblical genesis story aside)? Turns out the genetic changes that allowed for the development of a fully opposable thumb, a language-capable larynx and a larger brain were the keys that gave us the […]

Irrationality

Irrationality: Since this seems to be hardwired into the human DNA, what is its evolutionary/long-term survival value?

Levels of Mystery

There seems to be 3 levels of interacting mystery: the universe, life, and consciousness. To discover, unravel & predict the outcome of these interactions is called LIVING

Bullshit

I took a break from the ‘news’ for a couple of weeks only to return to find that the Bulls***t Mountain-also known as Nasty Politics-just got higher.GHMoU – God Have Mercy on Us

Beware

Beware what you wish for! On KQ, it is time to fold shirtsleeves and hunker down. When you are in a hole they say you stop digging. In this case, we may have to dig deeper in order to dig out!