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!