"If a thing is worth doing, it is worth doing well. If it is worth having, it is worth waiting for. If it is worth attaining, it is worth fighting for. If it is worth experiencing, it is worth putting aside time for."
― Oscar Wilde (October 15, 1854 - November 30, 1900)
"Simplicity is the highest goal, achievable when you have overcome all difficulties."
― Frédéric Chopin (March 1, 1810 - October 17, 1849)
'Some' of The Best of Chopin (1:37:11)
"Technology is just a tool. In terms of getting the kids working together and motivating them, the teacher is the most important."
― Bill Gates
"There is no idea so stupid that you can't find a professor who will believe it."
― H. L. Mencken
"It has become appallingly obvious that our technology has exceeded our humanity."
― Albert Einstein
Neil Postman talk at Apple in LA, July 28, 1993 (1:45:36)
Whatever anyone thinks they "know" is necessarily incomplete and possibly even wrong. This is true of history and even more so of "current events." To believe otherwise is hubris. That understanding underlies all of science and medicine as well as traditional philosophy. It is unfortunate that most politicians and other members of "the anointed" are all too often unable to grasp that fact. It is also unfortunate that the Aristotelian roots of our "subject-predicate" language structures contribute greatly to that inability.
Some of our contemporary thinkers and teachers, such as Thomas Sowell and Neil Postman can help us realize just how much we are missing when we fail to inquire further into what passes for common knowledge. But no one can help if there is no "curiosity" about that which we are asked to believe without questioning.
What is TIME? Where does it go? A d if it goes, where does it come from?
CREDO:
'Whatever' I 'believe' or think I 'know' is (at the very least) incomplete, and quite possibly wrong!
'Whatever' you 'believe' or think you 'know' is (at the very least) incomplete, and quite possibly wrong!
'Whatever' anyone 'believes' or thinks they 'know' is (at the very least) incomplete, and quite possibly wrong!
A wide variety of thoughts, both new and old, original and historical, etc. may be offered here for comment, contemplation, criticism, praise or ridicule (not too much, I hope), etc. Links are welcomed, but should be accompanied by a brief summary or digest. Context is always welcome, as it often aids in understanding.
"Human beings are a time-binding species.
Through language and symbols, we can pass knowledge from one person to another.
Through language and symbols, we can pass knowledge from one generation to the next.
Through language and symbols, we are able to overcome the limitations of time, and thereby make progress.
We build on the labor, the discoveries and innovations, the accumulated knowledge of our ancestors, of the generations that came before us."
― New York Society for General Semantics https://nysgs.org/