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Saturday, March 13th, 2010
There are many ways:Normative abnormalityWe go by 'Nothing is normal as nothing is perfect.' Only perfect is 100% normal. Farther you are from ideal, more abnormal you are.Clinical abnormalityWhen things are beyond certain level of irrationality, bizarreness, poor adapatation, unorganization, ineffectiveness.Cultural abnormalityWhen things not considered 'normal' by a culture.Statistical abnormalityThis ...
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Thursday, February 11th, 2010
Think what following sentences would mean to you if you hear them in day-to-day conversation.
S1: "People, who do not work on anything, think that nothing is impossible."
Makes sense?
S2: "People, who do not work on anything, think that everything is impossible."
Makes sense?
It may seem like S1 and S2 are complementary and ...
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Wednesday, February 3rd, 2010
How do you know if Person knows Something?
Here are indications:
(For logicians, following are sufficient and necessary.)
1. Person believes in Something.
2. P has justification for belief.
3. Something is true.
4. Belief and truth are not accidental.
Have fun thinking about this!
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Monday, January 16th, 2006
Q: “If you toss a coin a thousand times, how often will it
come up heads?”
A: “About fifty percent of the time.”
If you consider this as “truth”, check http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=1697475.
Real problem is how to evaluate actual situations (force, friction, airflow, weight etc) and calculate, without error, using scientific rules to find ...
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Wednesday, January 4th, 2006
Q: When you make a decision, what matters?
A: Context (State/Conditions of environment, involved system(s) and decision-maker)
Q: If you do not really do addition operation, does 1+1 still becomes 2?
A: It is irrelevant.
(Does 1+1=2 imply any timeline?)
Q: If god made world, who made god?
A: World ;-)
Q: If you do not invent ...
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