Deep Blue versus Kasparov was an pivotal moment for me. At the time I was playing lots of chess on the computer. (And usually losing.) So the prospect the best player in the world cannot beat a computer was a depressing prospect. Â Maybe it is a sign of how much I had matured (or immatured)…
My main page on quotes is Quotes to Make You Think. Additional ones can be found under the Quotes tag. The opposite of good is not evil. It’s indifference. — Abraham Joshua Heschel He wrapped himself in quotations – as a beggar would enfold himself in the purple of Emperors. — Rudyard Kipling Crowns do queer things to the heads beneath…
Don’t be afraid of sharks or tigers. Well, you should fear the tiger mosquito. I love living this far north where one does not have to plan life around not getting bitten. What I hate about spraying to kill them because the insecticides kill off other good insects. When I was young, I could catch…
Haidt writes and talks about Moral Psychology. This is third of his TED Talks I will post here. I liked this one because I agree we are capable of working together even when we have differences. Getting past those differences? There is the accomplishment. If the video below does not load, then try Jonathan Haidt:…
Apparently Rush Limbaugh made a statement that armed marchers of the Civil Rights Movement would have not been physically assaulted during “Bloody Sunday” on the Edmund Pettus Bridge. He said African Americans, but if I recall my history correctly there were a Caucasian Americans there who were also assaulted. Perhaps armed marchers might not have been…
Another Tuesday, another Jonathon Haidt video. Locked cooperation can lead to success over free-riders. I am curious what is the next big thing where cooperation will overcome something deemed insurmountable. If the video below does not load, then try Jonathan Haidt: Religion, evolution, and the ecstasy of self-transcendence.
My main page on quotes is Quotes to Make You Think. Additional ones can be found under the Quotes tag. If you can’t be seven feet tall, be seven feet smart. — Lois McMaster Bujold A book lying idle on a shelf is wasted ammunition. — Henry Miller Two possibilities exist: either we are alone in the Universe or we are…
Some NASA scientists have spent most of 2012 trying to debunk theories about the world ending yesterday.