tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3141759542968821728.post6527281646659244876..comments2024-01-01T16:01:35.711+00:00Comments on Dick Puddlecote: Child Of Our Time To Hamper Child Of Our Future?Dick Puddlecotehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01481866882188932892noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3141759542968821728.post-76134083396262622172010-06-03T12:01:45.561+01:002010-06-03T12:01:45.561+01:00Surprising to me, the programme did reveal that ma...Surprising to me, the programme did reveal that males scored better on "openness", which includes creativity and originality: surprising because the President of Harvard was forced to resign for claiming, that males were over-represented in the very highest percentiles of mathematical talent (and the lowest - so the mean remained the same as the female mean). I guess it's the way you tell 'em.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3141759542968821728.post-24378041306320935792010-06-03T08:29:44.595+01:002010-06-03T08:29:44.595+01:00JD: Hmmm, green-eyed Green, who takes Hari serious...JD: Hmmm, green-eyed Green, who takes Hari seriously, gets haughty. Ta for the heads up, I'll <em>try</em> to lose sleep. ;-)<br /><br />Trooper: Now why would I want to throw truth out?<br /><br />Junican: Your third para - exactly. But then one wonders if that was truly the desired goal considering the edit.Dick Puddlecotehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01481866882188932892noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3141759542968821728.post-70333611923064452322010-06-03T04:18:58.675+01:002010-06-03T04:18:58.675+01:00Dick.
The scenario that you describe reminds me o...Dick.<br /><br />The scenario that you describe reminds me of the 'three body problem'. Briefly, if three 'bodies' (such as the the planets, Mercury, Jupiter and the Sun) interact in a way in which the orbit of Mercury is altered by the gravitational forces of the Sun and Jupiter, it is EXTREMELY DIFFICULT to calculate the variations of the orbit of Mercury.<br /> <br />Your blog describes such a situation. Happiness, extrovert, danger,success: misery, introvert, safety, failure. Perm any four combinations of the eight - plus all the other ingredients that could be added. <br /><br />Judging from what you say, this program was a fraud. It pretends to be able to CALCULATE decisively the outcome of, not only a three body problem, but a multibody problem. It cannot be done - the complexities are too great. <br /><br />For myself, I ask myself the question, "Am I content with my lot?" The answer is, "Yes!" Decisively so. It is true that I could have been wealthier, but that does not matter much to me. I am glad that, coming toward the end of my life (70 years old), I AM CONTENT with my lot. I have a nice home; I have enough pension to supply my day-to-day needs; I can afford to go to Majorca three or four times a year; my children have good jobs and their own homes; I can treat my grandchildren from time to time. I am lucky. <br />But is 'lucky' the right word? <br />In terms of the three body problem, the calculations of what COULD have happened in my life is very uncertain. So, yes, I have been lucky. But, one must also understand that my wife has MS and cannot walk at all (among other things). But she has had this illness for 30 years and is still, more or less, OK! In that respect, I have been unlucky and lucky at the same time (I speak only for myself). She has been unlucky to have suffered this disease, but lucky that she has had me to look after her - and that is only a two body problem!<br /><br />This thinking impinges on other important ideas that are 'big' in the MSM at the moment. Specifically, the 'binge drinking culture' idea. <br />Now let us understand - according to the MSM (although they themselves do not actually associate themselves with the idea), anyone who exceeds the 'recommended daily limit' is a binge drinker. According to this definition, I most certainly am a 'binge drinker' - and yet, I have never created any trouble at all in the town centre. The association of 'exceeding the recommended limit' and 'binge drinker' and 'trouble in the town centre' is a very good example of the three body problem. All three are uncertain and irregular and any combination of the three can only therefore be even more uncertain and irregular. Decisions based upon these irregularities are bound to be silly.<br />The same applies to the smoking ban. I am sure that I do not need to go into the details, but the scientific improbability of the claims of ASH, for example, are clear for any 'scientist' to see.<br /><br />(CONT - because only 4096 characters are allowed).Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3141759542968821728.post-29470507216540854092010-06-03T00:10:55.099+01:002010-06-03T00:10:55.099+01:00Pardon my language, Mr Puddlecote, feel free to th...Pardon my language, Mr Puddlecote, feel free to throw this out...but<br /><br />FUCKING SOCIALISM, the plague of civilisation. We must root it out and burn it.Trooper Thompsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01505221473081871071noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3141759542968821728.post-62065356167443103022010-06-02T23:35:38.862+01:002010-06-02T23:35:38.862+01:00[random aside]
ahem.
We're being slagged off...[random aside]<br /><br />ahem.<br /><br />We're being slagged off.<br /><br />If you can stifle through many yawns and actually make it through the endless flannel in the piece, the final paragraph gives away the real source of his rage.<br /><br />http://billynojob.wordpress.com/2010/06/02/should-i-raise-my-obscenity-quotient/John Demetriouhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08162148219333846404noreply@blogger.com