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There seems to be many versions of colourblind. I think I am red-green colourblind. People say to me, "What colour is the sky?" "What about grass?" Yet, I think the term itself is a misnomer (probably because I am defective!). Just because the majority has a certain trait, why is the minority...

Is the New Testament just another form of political correctness? Where is the evidence that retaliation is outmoded? Does game theory not suggest that in fact it is the superior approach? I nuke you if you nuke me?

One thing to throw into the mix, and this is something I forgot to mention but asked Bee to do before taking the test. Write down what you think you will score for each element. That is 24 guesstimates. Why? Because we backward rationalise our scores using the hindsight bias. When you try to...

Game theory - as first espoused by John von Neumann - suggests that the best strategies involve "tit for tat." So perhaps the age old "An eye for an eye, tooth for a tooth" is just an enlightened discovery back in ancient times. Is not retribution just a successful strategy that has worked since...

I can't be an electrician either. Does that mean I shouldn't wire a plug? :LOL: When I go to choose jumpers, it can be quite a task! I have an app on my phone called "Color ID". I am the only one in the shop poking my phone at the jumpers, where it bleats out, "Greyish blue!"

I watched a great drama series on this recently. It was on Netflix and I highly recommend it. To me, it seemed obvious that he was guilty. When he spoke with the officers for the first time, he didn't ask how she died. Very odd indeed! I watched that call happen in the drama. But then later on...

If you have a 90% probability of being shot down by taking a flight to the USA, would you take that flight? Probabilistic thinking makes sense, does it not? Otherwise, the entire justice system would collapse. Just consider the phrase, "Beyond all *reasonable* doubt." Edit: My post was not...

I didn't know I was until I took a test. Ask me anything.

I would like to add, the good life is made by having good relationships. That is for sure.

Or is being defenseless state-sanctioned suicide?

This brings to mind the pre-emptive strike. A drone takes out Al Qaeda warlords, plus all the collateral damage: children; families; the innocent. If these operatives are likely to kill many thousands in the future, is this removal of the "right to life" justified?

“A mind is like a parachute. It doesn’t work if it is not open.” – Frank Zappa

That makes it not a good life for the cat.

What choice do you have if you don't the know the language? I would think less black and white, all or nothing. Instead, think levels of skill. No human knows every single word meaning in their own native tongue. But can you trust them?

Why worry about it picking up the wrong language in one context, when you are picking up the wrong words in the other 100 languages it knows but you don't. It reminds me of the rather biblical saying: Take thee log out of thy own eye before you try to take thee splint out of thy other.

I recommend The Grid. See my post about it. This represents a consistent way to compound up little improvements, day by day. Excellence is only achieved by the persistent application of effort towards a specific goal. Or, as the cliche goes, excellence is 99% perspiration, 1% inspiration.

I wonder if the urge to learn a new language has declined somewhat, now that Google Translate can do it on the fly.

The ancient greeks used to say live with arete (purposeful living striving for excellence). Aristotle used to talk about doing what is in your nature to do. More recent perspectives include trying to improve your health, wealth, love and happiness. For others it is the Ten Commandments.

I raise you braille!

Are you learning Irish so you can talk behind the backs of Englishmen?