Monday, April 12, 2010
voice of rationality (aka the dark side) vs the slurs of emotion (aka the inner voice)
It is hard to believe there can be someone who could truly be evil or dark. At a very personal level I believe its rationality in its pure form which can have tendencies to be dark. Perhaps not even fully dark in itself, but in comparison to emotional voice it certainly is more dark. Just like there are moment when one can book emotionally overwhelmed, there also tend to be moments when rationality over power all other aspects. Pure reason can be a dangerous thing and moments like these can provide a glimpse into an emotionless existence.
Friday, February 27, 2009
Rules/Code, in my view, for a happy life.
Some rules in my view which could lead to a satisfying life.
1. Money matters. Never undermine the importance of money.
2. Believe exactly what you want to believe but never enforce that belief on others.
3. Be rational... always. But at the same time keep in touch with your emotional self, though always keeping rationality above emotions.
4. Keep your expectations low. Expect low, but wish high.
5. Be there for your friends when they need you, but to the reasonable extent.
6. Let them be there for you.
7. Don't fall in love with the idea of falling in love.
8. Keep an eye open for the future of your life all the time, but try not to control it. However, if you know there is no future prospect in something, don't knowingly go for it because it will probably only bring regret and suffering and no-going-back. In other words never go for something you know has no future.
9. Be radical and unique, but not radical enough to be declared an outcast.
10. Never bet it all on something.
11. Be ready to face the fall. Don't live in the illusion that you'll always fly. Trust me, you will fall down and its always better to be ready for that.
12. Have faith in yourself but not to the extent of stupidity.
13. Its okay to dream but never mistake the dream for reality because if you do, you will only be disappointed.
1. Money matters. Never undermine the importance of money.
2. Believe exactly what you want to believe but never enforce that belief on others.
3. Be rational... always. But at the same time keep in touch with your emotional self, though always keeping rationality above emotions.
4. Keep your expectations low. Expect low, but wish high.
5. Be there for your friends when they need you, but to the reasonable extent.
6. Let them be there for you.
7. Don't fall in love with the idea of falling in love.
8. Keep an eye open for the future of your life all the time, but try not to control it. However, if you know there is no future prospect in something, don't knowingly go for it because it will probably only bring regret and suffering and no-going-back. In other words never go for something you know has no future.
9. Be radical and unique, but not radical enough to be declared an outcast.
10. Never bet it all on something.
11. Be ready to face the fall. Don't live in the illusion that you'll always fly. Trust me, you will fall down and its always better to be ready for that.
12. Have faith in yourself but not to the extent of stupidity.
13. Its okay to dream but never mistake the dream for reality because if you do, you will only be disappointed.
Sunday, February 15, 2009
Saturday, January 17, 2009
the fall every one has to face
"Give all of us gathered here tonight the strength to remember that life is so very fragile. We are all vulnerable and we will all at some point in our lives fall; we will all fall. We must carry this in our hearts…that what we have is special. That it can be taken from us and that when it is taken from us we will be tested…we will be tested to our very souls. We will now all be tested. It is these times…it is this pain that allows us to look inside ourselves."
Friday Night Lights; Pilot [1.01]
Friday Night Lights; Pilot [1.01]
Tuesday, January 13, 2009
Dreams
It is amazing how sometimes dreams can so accurately portray what we fear, hope or expect. Maybe its the sub-conscious's way of making us more aware of our own feelings.
Friday, January 9, 2009
Possible Consequences of Genetic Transfer of Knowledge
Once while I was thinking about developments in Science and other fields and how each person has to go through all the work done by others before him/her in his/her particular field to start introducing new ideas, I just thought how good it would be if knowledge could be transferred by genetic process through parents to children. My first reaction was the happy realization that in such an event the rate of development would be amazingly fast and humans as a race would go so far in terms of technology.
But then I realized that the situation will probably not be as happy as I initially thought it will be. Firstly there were some other questions that came up in my mind when I thought about genetic transfer of knowledge: If the child would have all the information the parents have, would the child still be technically a child, at least as far as the mental growth goes? The answer that I came up with was that though children will have all the information their parents have, they still won’t have the maturity that adults have and thus would still be children, albeit very informative children!
Then come some of the negative consequence of the knowledge being genetically transferred. If genetic transfer of information becomes possible then the disparity between people who are educated and people who are uneducated will become extremely high and would keep on rising. Imagine two different classes of people. One is from the upper class, lets call him A, who went to one of the most renowned universities (mostly due to the tremendous amount of money his family had). The other is from a poor family, lets call him B, who could barely afford the minimal level of education. Now in present circumstances, the children of the poor man (B) could still study in good schools/colleges (they might get scholarship or any other similar thing) and hence they might actually come to the same level of education as the children of the rich man (A) would be. And hence the disparity between different classes of people (education-wise) is not permanent in the present world.
But now imagine the world where there is a genetic transfer of information from parents to children. Now the children of A would have all of A’s education and they would potentially be a full life-time of education ahead of B’s children. Now if B’s children, being from a poor background, fail to get good education as well, then their children would become two-life time of education behind of A’s children’s children and it would become harder and harder for them to catch up. This process will go on until A’s generation will become so far ahead of B’s that it will be almost impossible for them to catch up with A’s generation’s information level. It will almost be like two different species of homo-sapiens: B being the primitive and under-developed while A being the surviving and leading segment of the species.
And with this disparity, generation-B will not be able to find any work except for manual non-technical work (assuming that machines haven’t taken over such work by that time!) because employers will always prefer the highly educated generation-A compared to generation-B.
Indeed the world won’t be a pleasant place for people who will belong in generation B if the genetic transfer of information and knowledge ever becomes possible.
But then I realized that the situation will probably not be as happy as I initially thought it will be. Firstly there were some other questions that came up in my mind when I thought about genetic transfer of knowledge: If the child would have all the information the parents have, would the child still be technically a child, at least as far as the mental growth goes? The answer that I came up with was that though children will have all the information their parents have, they still won’t have the maturity that adults have and thus would still be children, albeit very informative children!
Then come some of the negative consequence of the knowledge being genetically transferred. If genetic transfer of information becomes possible then the disparity between people who are educated and people who are uneducated will become extremely high and would keep on rising. Imagine two different classes of people. One is from the upper class, lets call him A, who went to one of the most renowned universities (mostly due to the tremendous amount of money his family had). The other is from a poor family, lets call him B, who could barely afford the minimal level of education. Now in present circumstances, the children of the poor man (B) could still study in good schools/colleges (they might get scholarship or any other similar thing) and hence they might actually come to the same level of education as the children of the rich man (A) would be. And hence the disparity between different classes of people (education-wise) is not permanent in the present world.
But now imagine the world where there is a genetic transfer of information from parents to children. Now the children of A would have all of A’s education and they would potentially be a full life-time of education ahead of B’s children. Now if B’s children, being from a poor background, fail to get good education as well, then their children would become two-life time of education behind of A’s children’s children and it would become harder and harder for them to catch up. This process will go on until A’s generation will become so far ahead of B’s that it will be almost impossible for them to catch up with A’s generation’s information level. It will almost be like two different species of homo-sapiens: B being the primitive and under-developed while A being the surviving and leading segment of the species.
And with this disparity, generation-B will not be able to find any work except for manual non-technical work (assuming that machines haven’t taken over such work by that time!) because employers will always prefer the highly educated generation-A compared to generation-B.
Indeed the world won’t be a pleasant place for people who will belong in generation B if the genetic transfer of information and knowledge ever becomes possible.
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