Thursday 27 June 2013

Problem with trickle-down economy?


The money printed by the government is first distributed to a few people who receive the money in bulk. Often, the money is not distributed to other people who do not receive the money initially. Instead, the money may be channelled into investment by these few people who are then the direct beneficiary of the money printing.

What is money?


Money is created by government of sovereign states in any amount that they deem appropriate. This money is distributed for the people to grab to exchange for goods and services. The value of the money lies on the faith people have on the money.

Money is a depreciative asset if government prints more money than the value of goods and services its people can produce.

What is in the MBTI model?


This model consists of 4 dichotomies:

1) extraversion / introversion
2) sensing / intuition
3) thinking / feeling
4) judging / perceiving

Extraversion / introversion describes whether my energy is outward-directed or inward-directed. Sensing / intuition describes whether I gather information by using my senses or hunch. Thinking / feeling describes whether I decide based on logical rules or empathizing with the situation. Judging / perceiving describes whether I prefer to gather infomation or make decision.

I believe most people do not fall into the extremities of the 4 dichotomies. For example, I seem to have some amount of extraversion and some amount of introversion.

Wednesday 26 June 2013

Dual roles of water


Water can play a very constructive role like creating life. When the condition is right, like with the help of wind or there is lots of water, it can destroy what takes years to create.

Good or evil?

Being amoral, Nature has no concept of good or evil. Good or evil is uniquely a human concept. Humans decide to be part of a camp or not. When humans in 2 or more camps cannot coexist in harmony, conflict arises. Humans in either camp will perceive good and evil relative to themselves.

Tuesday 25 June 2013

Imagination or fantasy?


Imagination is about forming a mental image of something not present to the senses or never before wholly perceived in reality. Extreme imagination can lead to fantasy which is pointless, unrealistic or improbable.

I dare to say that imagination with odds on my side can lead to followership. Imagination with odds not on my side can lead to what people discard as delusion.

Nature's composition of linear and lateral thinkers?


Nature produces many more right-handed people than left-handed people. The ratio is roughly about 80-90% righties to 10-20% lefties. Based on this composition, can I deduce that 80-90% of people tend to use their left brain only while the other 10-20% can think with their left and right brains?

It is logical to think that there should be fewer leaders than followers. I dare to imagine that had the composition of linear and lateral thinkers been skewed in the opposite direction, the world I see today will be very different. There will be much fewer mega structures. There will be much more discoveries and inventions but not enough people to execute and maintain them.

Causality in correlation?


Based on the chart above, there is certainly a correlation between the consumption of chocolate and the number of Nobel laureates produced. Does this mean that eating chocolate can help to produce Nobel laureates? Is it possible to be sheer coincidence?

Sometimes, it is really difficult to tell if a correlation is due to causality or not.

What is in The Matrix movies?


This movie series depicts enslaved humans or human machines locked in the Matrix world by intelligent machines. Some free humans are fighting against the intelligent machines which exist in the form of agents.

What is in the Star Wars movies?


This movie series depicts a right-wing, hierarchical camp pitting against a bunch of liberal freedom fighters. The right-wing camp shows traits of hierarchy, order, compliance and uniformity. The result is I see clones wearing uniform. The left-wing camp shows flat organizational structure, high individual skill and use of hunch. The result is I see the extensive use of the Force which is hard to attain.

Is George Lucas trying to tell me that human conflict is not going to end even with the greatest technological advancement?