Strange as it seems, no amount of learning can cure stupidity, and higher education positively fortifies it.
- Stephen Vizinczey, Hungarian-born Canadian writer (b. 1933)
One dictionary defines stupidity as “a poor ability to understand or to profit from experience.”
Why would anyone with a higher education be stupid, possibly stupider than someone with less education?
Education–at least the [...]
Archive for April, 2008
You May Be Stupid And Not Know It
Posted in Blogroll, Health Science, Human Nature, Psychology, Uncategorized, tagged bribery, business, corporations, government, high school, religion, scandal, stupid, TIA, university, Vizinczey on April 30, 2008 | 2 Comments »
What We Miss Most
Posted in Blogroll, Health Science, Human Nature, Psychology, Uncategorized, tagged Bruce, curriculum, education, friends, lessons, life, marriage, parents, school, sex, teachers, TIA on April 27, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
When you are eight years old, nothing is any of your business.
- Lenny Bruce, comedian (1925-1966)
It’s a good laugh line for a comedian. Just about everyone remembers that when they were eight years old nobody wanted to include them in adult affairs or conversations. And the adults in Lenny’s audience likely did the same with [...]
Just How Dumb Can We Get?
Posted in Blogroll, Health Science, Human Nature, Media, Psychology, Uncategorized, tagged 2001, AI, brain, C3PO, Clarke, gifts, Hal, intelligence, Jones, Kubrick, robots, space, TIA, toys on April 26, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Ours is the age that is proud of machines that think and suspicious of men who try to.
- H. Mumford Jones, US critic & educator (1892 – 1980)
Not just your age Mumford, the present one as well.
Many people have an odd fascination with machines with Artificial Intelligence (AI). Two generations ago the most popular Christmas [...]
The Secret Of Love
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged cats, divorce, dogs, help, hug, love, needs, parents, secret, TIA, touch, Voltaire on April 23, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
It’s not likely what you think. Don’t be afraid to read this article to learn something. Love is what life is about.
Find the home site of author Bill Allin at http://billallin.com
We Have To Suffer, And We Do It So Well
Posted in Blogroll, Health Science, Human Nature, Media, Psychology, World Politics, tagged advertising, future, health, Marti, peace, people, persuasion, politicians, politics, propaganda, suffering, TIA, war on April 21, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Man has to suffer. When he has no real afflictions, he invents some.
- Jose Marti, Cuban freedom fighter and hero (1853-1895)
When you read the quotation you might be tempted to think that it was written recently. But Marti, Cuba’s greatest national hero, lived well over a century ago. In the sense of this quotation, nothing [...]
Albert Einstein: Behind The Scenes With Science’s Superstar
Posted in Human Nature, Media, Uncategorized, tagged astronomy, Big Bang, brain, Einstein, genius, physics, quantum, relativity, TIA on April 19, 2008 | 2 Comments »
Without doubt, Albert Einstein stands as the only true superstar of science. Most educated people admire Socrates, Plato, Copernicus, Isaac Newton and others, but no one can dim the glare of fame that has developed around the name Einstein. It’s known in every culture of the modern world.
Mild mannered, shy and, like many highly intelligent [...]
A Tribute To Collected Wisdom
Posted in Blogroll, Health Science, Human Nature, Psychology, Spirituality, Uncategorized, tagged choices, Evans, heaven, hell, hero, kindness, lie, life, love, people, sleep, TIA, wisdom on April 13, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
While I always have a book on my bedside table, waiting to be to read before I go to sleep, rarely do I have one that so absorbs my mind that sleep eludes me while I continue to turn pages. Richard Paul Evans’ novel The Gift is one.
The Gift is admirable not just for its [...]
