If you want to change something, or do something better, you a) don’t have to wait until an arbitrary time marker (a new calendar year) to do it. Additionally, if
Month: December 2017
NEWS ALERT: IT’S OFFICIAL!! – Peace confirmed in Middle East after Pope Francis ‘calls’ for it. Moments later, Jews, Muslims, Christians, Sunnis, Shiites across region living in perfect harmony, singing, dancing, marrying each other.NEWS ALERT: IT’S OFFICIAL!! – Peace confirmed in Middle East after Pope Francis ‘calls’ for it. Moments later, Jews, Muslims, Christians, Sunnis, Shiites across region living in perfect harmony, singing, dancing, marrying each other.
On Christmas Day, Pope Francis made the customary annual address from the Vatican. In it, he said ‘the winds of war’ are blowing stronger than ever and he called for
Instead of saying ‘I can’t…’, how about asking yourself: ‘Why can’t I?’ and ‘How can I?’Instead of saying ‘I can’t…’, how about asking yourself: ‘Why can’t I?’ and ‘How can I?’
There is no such thing as “Can’t” (other than ‘I can’t live without water/oxygen etc.’, and those laws of physics which are limiting, e.g. I can’t fly to South East
On knowing nothing – The philosophy of: Bill S. Preston esquire and Ted Theodore LoganOn knowing nothing – The philosophy of: Bill S. Preston esquire and Ted Theodore Logan
The only true wisdom consists of knowing that you know nothing. But actually does it? Or was Socrates taking the piss? No like for reals…?
Dust. Wind. Dude. – The Philosoph(izing) of: Bill S. Preston esquire and Ted Theodore Logan [pt.3]Dust. Wind. Dude. – The Philosoph(izing) of: Bill S. Preston esquire and Ted Theodore Logan [pt.3]
Throughout the ages, wisdom hasn’t changed. We were the exact same species one hundred, five hundred, two thousand and 5 thousand years ago. We still all live and we die
Napoleon actually was a short dead dude (The philosophy of: Bill S. Preston Esquire pt.2)Napoleon actually was a short dead dude (The philosophy of: Bill S. Preston Esquire pt.2)
You are not you. If it weren’t all the people you’ve met or had experiences with, whether in person or even in narrative or documentaries, you wouldn’t be the same
There’s ONE way that time travel is possible. And it’s happening every moment, so go with it – The philosophy of: Billy the Kid (in Bill & Ted’s Excellent Adventure)There’s ONE way that time travel is possible. And it’s happening every moment, so go with it – The philosophy of: Billy the Kid (in Bill & Ted’s Excellent Adventure)
So time travel (backwards) is a toughie… and one of the reasons is this… But you are always time travelling. Into the future. Just now, your past 3 seconds ago
Is Death seriously some annoying thing that can just be cured, like cholera or short-sightedness? AND the philosophy of: Everyone Ever (if it could be.)Is Death seriously some annoying thing that can just be cured, like cholera or short-sightedness? AND the philosophy of: Everyone Ever (if it could be.)
How would what we consider to be ‘living’ change if we could live forever? Well for one, you probably wouldn’t be investing a fuckload of time and money and effort
Why Time travel (at least backwards) is not possible – The Philosophy of: minutephysics and the Grandfather ParadoxWhy Time travel (at least backwards) is not possible – The Philosophy of: minutephysics and the Grandfather Paradox
Time travel’s a tough nelly. And largely because Time only goes in one direction. And maybe that’s enough to prove that traveling backwards in it is not possible. Well, this
This could be how to test if you’re doing something that’s truly best for YOU. 30 years ago, would so many people have sent trash cans to Jadaveon Clowney? [+ The Philosophy of: Mr Bean pt.2 – YOU are all you need to have a fucking great time]This could be how to test if you’re doing something that’s truly best for YOU. 30 years ago, would so many people have sent trash cans to Jadaveon Clowney? [+ The Philosophy of: Mr Bean pt.2 – YOU are all you need to have a fucking great time]
How many things do people do just to share online, impress people they know/sort of know/don’t know/hate, or to get likes, views, retweets etc.? A whole bunch of Jacksonville Jaguars
What is knowledge? Do you know?What is knowledge? Do you know?
Remembering what numbers your favourite football players wore in 1995, the capital city of Latvia, Moldova and Belarus are and all the lyrics to about 3 or 4 songs is
Cracking the screen of your phone and Death = same thingCracking the screen of your phone and Death = same thing
The problem with death is that a lot of us are shit scared of it and hate to talk about it, even though it’s the only thing guaranteed to happen
If you have calmness, perseverance and a clear mind, you’re good. You can face anything in life (The virtues of おちついてる, しつついける and むになる)If you have calmness, perseverance and a clear mind, you’re good. You can face anything in life (The virtues of おちついてる, しつついける and むになる)
The nearer a man comes to a calm mind, the closer he is to strength. – From Marcus Aurelius’ Meditations If you want to go through life with a strength of mind
To understand yourself and what’s best for you (especially when weighing up a major decision), ask yourself these four questions.To understand yourself and what’s best for you (especially when weighing up a major decision), ask yourself these four questions.
Who am I? What’s Important to me? What do I like? What do I need? Once you take the time to think deeply on these, in as much uncomfortable (and
When faced with a big decision, focus on what you’ll gain (and nothing else)When faced with a big decision, focus on what you’ll gain (and nothing else)
After making a significant decision where a sacrifice was made, there’s this tendency for some (and I’ve done this too) to focus on what I’ve lost, as opposed to what’s
A Deep Dive into: AI [pt.5] – In the brief period after AI realises it’s smarter and better at us in EVERYTHING, the only jobs left will be those that deal with the annoying thing AI won’t have, understand or give two fucks about: human emotions.A Deep Dive into: AI [pt.5] – In the brief period after AI realises it’s smarter and better at us in EVERYTHING, the only jobs left will be those that deal with the annoying thing AI won’t have, understand or give two fucks about: human emotions.
In the brief period between AI becoming smarter (and funnier) than us and can innovate better than us, process information quicker than us, do every job better than us, and
A Deep Dive into: AI [pt.4] – The formula: Humans making huge inroads in AI + AI can learn at a much faster rate than we can + We understand barely anything about the brain + AI doesn’t give a fuck about emotion or sympathy = Get ready for the most ironic and awkward thing in the history of the universe ever (& the Philosophy of: Funnybot)A Deep Dive into: AI [pt.4] – The formula: Humans making huge inroads in AI + AI can learn at a much faster rate than we can + We understand barely anything about the brain + AI doesn’t give a fuck about emotion or sympathy = Get ready for the most ironic and awkward thing in the history of the universe ever (& the Philosophy of: Funnybot)
As humans we’ve pretty much run our course. We’ve been going thousands of years to make advances in weapons, agriculture, engineering, all to build up to getting amazing as shit
A Deep Dive into: AI [pt.3] – Humans are limited by their ability to process and transfer information but also by our inability to accept information we’ve heard billions and billions and billions and billions of times, over and over and over. And the (interesting, but NOT NEW AT ALL) philosophy of: SaluA Deep Dive into: AI [pt.3] – Humans are limited by their ability to process and transfer information but also by our inability to accept information we’ve heard billions and billions and billions and billions of times, over and over and over. And the (interesting, but NOT NEW AT ALL) philosophy of: Salu
I’m not a robot. But the limitations of the things that make us human, seem to far outweigh those that AI already has (and will continue to improve upon at
A Deep Dive into: AI [pt.2] – Is it possible that all this, everything and everyone around you and your whole life is a computer simulation? (+ The Philosophy of: Elon Musk in a hot tub)A Deep Dive into: AI [pt.2] – Is it possible that all this, everything and everyone around you and your whole life is a computer simulation? (+ The Philosophy of: Elon Musk in a hot tub)
When you play games like The Sims (or other similar mobile games) you have to get your characters to do a whole bunch of shit, get jobs, make and spend
A Deep Dive into: AI [pt.1] – It’s good that humans only live to about 80 right now because robots are soon going to first fuck up our lives, and probably not long after the human race will be completely wiped out. (+ the philosophy of: Sophia the sassy robot)A Deep Dive into: AI [pt.1] – It’s good that humans only live to about 80 right now because robots are soon going to first fuck up our lives, and probably not long after the human race will be completely wiped out. (+ the philosophy of: Sophia the sassy robot)
If intelligence is the processing of info, and computers can already do it a fuckton quicker than us, we’re fucked. For thousands of years people have communicated and tried to