Arlington High School (LaGrangeville, NY)
Class of 1964 ++
Daniel Baright
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Hey farm boy Steve,
This past Sunday the politicians were all saying folks were concerned about "the price of food and fuel." Food and fuel, food and fuel, .... What's the big deal? Why not just put food and fuel on rocket ships and have them flown in from the Moon and Mars? Amen?
Other than fellow AHSer, Daniel Blake Rubenstein, who gives a hoot about economic externalities and the incremental costs of transportation. Amen?
Can you believe it? I recently was able to find some wheat berries right here on planet Earth? I had some shipped in from Oregon and have been using nutrient rich freshly ground flour ever since. How is it where you are? Don't suppose you have come across some soybeans. They are a bit pricey at Amazon but I ordered some anyway. Expecting to make some natto for its high vitamin K2-MK7 content.
Posted on: Oct 20, 2026 at 9:06 AM
The relevancy of vitamin k2 to bone health.
Apparently this is fairly recent reaearch:
"The lifetime risk of having at least one fracture is reduced by 25% with the daily use of 800 IU vitamin D, 45 μgm vitamin K2, and 1200 mg calcium [10]. Vitamin K2 (MK-7) from fermented soybeans stimulates osteoblasts and inhibits osteoclasts resulting in an anabolic effect on bone calcification [11]. A systematic review (level of evidence I [LOE = A]) has shown vitamin K2 to prevent fractures in vertebra by 60%, hip fractures by 77%, and nonvertebral fractures by 81% in Japanese patients [12]." ---
"Vitamins K1 and K2: The Emerging Group of Vitamins Required for Human Health - PMC"; https://share.google/BXnMgpHtdC4mjcCvS
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Note that there are different forms of vitamin k2, most notably k2-mk4 and k2-mk7. As far as I have thus far determined, -mk7 is hard to come by. Kefir has some. Full fat yugurt a little. The best source is Japanese natto.
"Several types of k2": https://share.google/aimode/XOOalOc0LWC3FT1wP
Attention Peter Robinson, the late Dr. Milton and Rose Freedman also of the Hoover Institution, saint and should-be Saint Christopher Hitchens (whom many have reincarnated), and others:
Regarding abstract non-intelligent and intelligent nothingness versus the importance of real world materialistic reality as related to mathematics and science, consider the fantastic overview of Cuisenaire Rods @APL Consortium. My comment is as follows.
>>>> When I was in kindergarten in New York State, my buddies and I built a grand and magnificent palace out of wooden block cubes. But those blocks (cubes only), unfortunately, were based on the American Customary Standard. My guess is they were about 1 1/2" cubes, perhaps a little larger.
Just out of college, I worked briefly as a student teacher in Texas attempting to teach arithmetic to preschoolers. We used Cuisenaire Rods and the Montessori Method. (Sesame Street was also popular.) It has long seemed to me, as a science minded person, that the metric system of measurements is clearly the way to teach.
But is not a 1 cm cube too small for tiny tots? The small blocks and rods would still be great for older children and to sit on teachers' desks. But surely they are too small for kindergarten and younger students. Are they not?
My supervisor at the time was concerned about toxic paint. Since that time, I've been wondering about the tiniest cube being a choking hazard. Has that been a problem or not, especially during play time?
Potential choking hazard aside, it just seems to me that tiny tots prefer big stuff. Do they not? What do you think? I'm thinking that cubes and rods based on 5 cm would be fantastic. Just imagine the grand and magnificent palace that could be built!
That train in the video was certainly also more magnificent than the primitive work sheets I made. Hey engineers, lets have some grand and magnificent old time 3-D trains also!
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Click here, tell us where you're located and we-the-people will be happy to send you ever more streets, roads, and highways. Amen? And tell us what color automobile you prefer that the C.E.O.s and their sales and marketing folks might tempt you with?
Especially now in this world of AI /AGI, I favor top down and bottoms up Universal Full Basic Incomes for all, beginning at birth --- controlled and categorized locally thereby reflecting community and personal values and priorities thereof, to the extent possible. There would be two broad spending categories, one for mandatory spending among the choices provided and the other category including discretionary spending for oneself or ward. Funding, at least in part, would come from monetization of negative economic externalities.
An alternative might be zakat. Or, sadly, everyone might just have their very own gypto / crypto currency.
---------- @APL Consortium;
https://youtube.com/watch?v=17pmeqS7jI8&is=BA49keekc54-j_wr
https://youtube.com/watch?v=17pmeqS7jI8&lc=Ugyn-rgFuuQnAQkKIlF4AaABAg&si=NIn-GoBShRNGYmtb
---------- Me @HooverInstitution;
https://youtube.com/watch?v=o2u54a1FL28&lc=UgwuAM9NCi0YrtZVo_54AaABAg&si=G35WQisq7uKXh0sr
Posted on: Oct 13, 2026 at 11:01 AM
Ray, I recently viewed a video of Physicist Brian Greene with another physicist whose name currently escapes me. Prof. Greene mentioned that he had a stack of applications on his desk from students interested in the subject. It occurs to me that upper management ought to be intelligent enough to organize said scholars. If not, why does society need colleges and universities?
Currently, we are left with no well funded alternative to stringy ding theory (i.e., String Theory). Especially now in this world of AI /AGI, I favor top down and bottoms up Universal Full Basic Incomes for all, beginning at birth --- controlled and categorized locally thereby reflecting community and personal values and priorities thereof, to the extent possible. There would be two broad spending categories, one for mandatory spending for the common good among the choices provided and the other category including discretionary spending for oneself or ward. Funding, at least in part, would cone from monetization of negative economic externalities.
An alternative might be zakat. Or, sadly, everyone might just have their very own gypto / crypto currency.
Attention great grandchildren of fellow AHS alumni, others. My most recent post, at the Hoover Institution's Uncommon Knowledge hosted by Peter Robinson is as follows:
>>>> As a long time independent studies student of Natural History followed by theoretical physics and the origins of lives ---- one of the muddled words, among many, that philosophers have long derogatorily embraced is "materialism." What is materialism?
In terms of origins --- of liveses (plural) and the universe --- institutionalized students are primarily channeled into the tent labeled theoretical physics. As such, in recent months I've come to one of the biggest conundrums of my thinking. Again, what is matter? What is materialism? In thinking of an electron, for example ---- at the most fundamental level "there is no there, there." Physcists use the word, "particle". But what is a particle? There is no there, there.
While I, like most science minded students, have long accepted the cliche that "mathematics is the language of science," we have also seen it as being supposedly descriptive of physical (i.e., material) reality. And so it has been. Is that "materialism"? If so, what's the problem with that?
This view was expressed by the now late Richard Feynman. I see Feynman as Bill Gates once stated as "being the greatest teacher I never had." A-Z Quotes has:
"Richard Feynman viewed mathematics not as the physical world itself, but as a crucial language combined with logical reasoning that helps describe and uncover deep patterns in nature."
Was Richard Feynman a "materialist"?
More recently, I've come to embrace the thinking of Theoretical Physicist, Max Tegmark. Wikipedia and other sources have:
"Physicist Max Tegmark views reality through the Mathematical Universe Hypothesis (MUH), which argues that our physical world is not merely described by mathematics—it is a mathematical structure."
"Tegmark describes his personal philosophy as 'Bayesianism,' meaning he constantly updates his beliefs based on empirical evidence rather than dogmatic authority."
Is Max Tegmark a "materialist"? If that's the case, then it seems to me that philosophers must be using a dictionary that's even more muddled than usual.
Addendum:
Furthermore, I don't think that grade school children should be taught that
1 + 0 = 1
1 + 1 = 2
1 + 2 = 3
2 + 2 = 4
2 + 3 = 5
and so forth.
That is, grade school children should not be taught abstract mathematics. They should first be taught about what most folks consider to be "reality" prior to learning that reality is immaterial nothingness. Thus, perhaps they might have:
1 applez + 0 applez = 1 applez
1 applez + 1 applez = 2 applez
1 applez + 2 applez = 3 applez
1 applez + 3 applez = 4 applez
1 applez + 4 applez = 5 applez
etc.
where "applez" is analogous to the idiotic English language word, "species," whereby the singular and plural are identical. In this case, applez can be either the singular or plural of apple as based on context.
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Let's also consider replacing "The 3Rs," (reading, riting, rithmetic) with "rwlc" --- reading and writing languages, communicating.
Subject: So what ought the wise old folks of today actually be selling? What ought they be doing? / A.I.
Perhaps all should get up out of their easy chairs, wave their hands in the air, and call it "exercise." [Insert blinky].
Good morning. How's your day going here on planet Earth? Shall we all now pray for some slave labor to provide for our worldly needs. (Surely, partnerships would be more "godly".)
I've been up to my usual: "Let the Bible Speak" with Brett Hickey on 49-1 followed by "Catholic Worship Hour" on 27-1 and thereafter the news programs.
The last news program with Kristen Welker was some commentary regarding A.I.:
"Bill Gates says it’s ‘not enough to have a kill switch";
https://youtube.com/watch?v=AbMxbgIahtE&is=ezqNUTjMh7nkVHtL
While I certainly agree that legislation is needed to limit AI recursive learning so as to prevent malicious doomsday scenarios, etc. --- much of the discussion around A.I. has long been a diversion from the long standing problem of sales and marketing as the basis of our ridiculous political economy.
All sales and marketing, by its very nature, is biased and thus fundamentally non objective.
Surely little children, especially, ought not be allowed to be "educated" by such bias. A question then becomes, how and by whom should objective information be funded. (Personally, I favor various categories of Full Universal Basic Incomes for all, beginning at birth.)
As for the other news, have no fear children, the wise old men of today are doing what Mohammed and other supposed wise old men have been doing throughout human history. It's been a matter of survival of the supposed fittest.
Dandy Dan.
Addendum: (1.) “It’s not what you know that matters; it’s who you know” --- Anonymous. (2.) “It’s what you know and who you know that matters” --- Anonymous. (3.) “What matters is what we know, who we know, and what we can do, if anything, with the knowledge, skills, talents, passions, and energies that we have.” --- dfb / local transportation guy.
Peace, joy, happiness, and prosperity and happiness to all. (But, of course, only if they believe as I do on the relevant issues of the day. [Insert smiley, thinker, grim, sad.]) ---- dfb
Posted on: Sep 19, 2026 at 11:21 PM
Sally (Baright) Cross'60, retired biology teacher, has a birthday today.
09.12.26 ---- A morning's comment by yours truly (link below):
>>>> My understanding is that the producer of videos gets 45% of the take. AI, with all its positives, has also corruptly been useful towards turning billionaires into the next trillionaires. Surely oversight is needed.
Congress has long been either incompetent or lacking concern. Consider the fake videos of celebrities such as Dr. Phil and Dr. Oz. They have publicly stated some videos supposedly featuring them are fakes. But Dr. Oz is a government official. And yet with all that power and available resources, the crooks, as far I'm aware, are yet to be locked up. Could it be "all publicity is good publicity"?
I've also found fake videos in other areas to be annoying. To echo Bill Gates, Richard Feynman is "The best teacher I never had" ---- Gates Notes. Fake videos of Feynman and Sr. Roger Penrose have been particularly annoying over the years.
My suggestion would be to have your congressmen and senators haul suspected fake content producers before Congress. If they are legit, then the current medical system needs to be fixed. Clearly, the current healthcare system needs to be fixed in any case. Surely, the current healthcare system is heavily biased.
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---------@TheSurgeonUnmasked
https://youtube.com/watch?v=vH_IurqEURw&is=lQcaRnLz92I_Ma-0
https://youtube.com/watch?v=vH_IurqEURw&lc=UgwVEeVKyGlQj26gdIF4AaABAg&si=Qi5c7rEo9U_w6rlx
May it be that medical "science" and the political, economic, social, philosophical / theological irrationalities of our current times don't conquer you. May you and yours not be conquered by the mind numbing marketing and political economics of the intellectual descendants of Edward Bernays and the statistical analysis data demanding religion of Rev. Thomas Bayes. May you be saved from being guinea pigs for ever more data collection and the resulting pharmaceutical fine print.
Dandy Dan, would-be local transportation & systems guy and owner of all the world's resources and environments, a.k.a. would-be trillionaire and would-be world's first zillionaire (congregations of believers needed). For decades I was an independent student of Natural History. Since then, I have become an independent student of origins of lives (plural), consciousness, universe; epistler. I'm a self proclaimed grand master of whole wheat, sourdough, sandwich bread now being made with freshly milled flour; would-be local transportation & systems guy; and urban / Martian / Lunar farmer; Lebanon, Missouri, planet Earth.
Bill,
I finished watching the video, "The Majority Report," produced by Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez of NYC. I'm impressed. She seems more mainstream than the national news tends to portray her. Certainly will be an interesting election season.
I've been making progress regarding bread and pizza dough making endeavors using my newly discovered secret ingredient, fresh milled flour. Amazing difference! Supposedly most nutrients in commercial bread are lost in the milling process. Enrichment thereafter isn't sufficient. I tend to believe it. Research has long been needed. In any case, it would seem that every town and city needs a local grain mill. See "Bread Beckers" and others.
Posted on: Sep 05, 2026 at 9:10 AM
Subject: The Dead Sea Scrolls and A Downside to Internet Education.
Posted by yours truly to a commenter on the Internet (link below):
>>>> Hey you all, are you communists, fascist's, socialists, democrats, capitalists, republicans, democratic republicans, or other? Surely the p.r. agents for your favorite politicians would want to know.
As one who has been annoyed by sales and marketing long before the Internet, I've come to find the Internet and A.I. have compounded the issues exponentially. It used to be primarily just publishers and businesses that overloaded my physical mailbox with junk mail. Nowadays everyone who wants to be his own publisher on line can do so.
What are the limits to free speech? It's well known that it's illegal to yell "fire" in a crowded theater when there is no fire. What other limits ought there be?
A better question, what responsibilities should the owners (who currently take away 45% of the revenue generated) and facilitators of the Internet have, if any? Who owns the Internet? Who ought to own the infrastructures of the commons?
It would also seem the current situation provides an opportunity for organizations such as "Consumers Reports," "Consumers Research," "America's Test Kitchen," etc. of old. Even better, would be for a credible organization or organizations to verify and organize content providers on behalf of users. How would such educational, entertainment, or other categories of content be funded?
We all currently pay for schools through one means of taxation or another. Personally, I prefer Universal Basic Incomes for all, part of which would be mandatory spending on the economy of the commons. Another part could be spent on subscriptions to content of one's choice.
See also: "'Discovery with Ambrose' which primarily points to Ambrose Discovery and Ambrose Wild, paired YouTube channels that specialize in long-form, documentary-style videos covering mysteries, nature, science, and historical topics."
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Dandy Dan --- Lebanon, Missouri, planet Earth.
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https://youtube.com/watch?v=ETnCH_zAfy8&lc=UgwvoVzeh53wYgrxqBh4AaABAg.Aa8oZn1wkQiAaM4l6zhbQo&si=qHhoXgixoG5KVIy5
Posted on: Aug 30, 2026 at 12:33 PM
Attention Rich in Florida,
We here in the need to be showed state, hereby order all those in Florida and elsewhere to abandon their noisy, gas guzzling lawn mowers. Raise pasture grazing chickens so as to produce healthy eggs:
https://youtube.com/watch?v=Kt3X14YLJsk&is=9Io_DssXWTGZr7vU
Posted on: Aug 18, 2026 at 3:00 PM
Posted on: Aug 18, 2026 at 2:59 PM
Cooling the climate with new technology
Attention Clarkson University, Potsdam, New York, planet Earth:
Eureka! Eureka! I'm a bit slow but have at long last figured out what corporate executives, politicians, academia in general, religious leaders, and others have been doing all these years!
My informal observations of their behaviors over the decades has led me to conclude that they have been using newly invented engines developed by the sales and marketing divisions of various corporations to remove CO2 from the atmosphere, exhaust O2, and fill cargo bays of planes and land vehicles with fresh, clean drinking water. Is that it? What other conclusion could there be?
Surely, in their roles as world leaders they are clearly setting ingenious examples for all current and future generations. Amen? More is better. Amen?
Given the answers I've received from A.I., how can one conclude otherwise?
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My question 1 to A.I.: Do scientists agree regarding climate change?
"Yes, climate scientists overwhelmingly agree that Earth's climate is warming and that human activities are the main cause. Multiple peer-reviewed studies show that between 97% and over 99.9% of actively publishing climate experts and scientific papers share this consensus.
"[....]"
https://share.google/aimode/2qDSu4EQQ6MW1B6Z8
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My question 2 to A.I.: Do religious leaders believe climate change is real? Answer:
"High Acceptance: Studies published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences indicate that roughly 90% of Christian clergy across diverse denominations (including mainline Protestant, Catholic, and over 80% of evangelical/fundamentalist leaders) accept anthropogenic climate change.
"The 'Silence' Factor: Nearly half of these leaders report they have never mentioned climate change to their congregations, and only about a quarter have spoken about it more than once or twice.
"Congregant Misconceptions: Ordinary churchgoers heavily underestimate how many of their leaders accept climate change, often assuming that the majority of clergy are skeptics or deniers."
https://youtube.com/watch?v=Czqc9eqsuDU&lc=Ugz4eq2rgaFHpvgZzmh4AaABAg&si=pNhXg5xOPCH5OWUA
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The moral of this story:
"The exact phrase 'practice what you preach' comes directly from Matthew 23:3 in the Bible. Jesus speaks about the religious leaders of the time, saying: 'So you must be careful to do everything they tell you. But do not do what they do, for they do not practice what they preach.'"
Assuming Jesus was speaking to his followers, one might logically conclude that his followers were Christians but the religious leaders of the time* weren't.
But if the preachers weren't preaching the gospel of Christ, why would Jesus insist his followers do everything those religious leaders told them? Was that so they wouldn't be crucified? Is that why Jesus isn't a good role model? Jesus didn't do as the religious leaders told him to do. Jesus didn't practice what Jesus preached.
Is it any wonder that I once saw a preacher toss his bible across the floor he was standing on?
* "The main religious leaders in Jesus' time were the Pharisees, Sadducees, Scribes, and the Chief Priests who ran the Temple and the Sanhedrin (the Jewish ruling council). They held great power over daily Jewish life and often argued with Jesus about God's law." --- AI Overview.
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Well, while considering our next step, may it be that medical "science" and the political, economic, social, philosophical / theological irrationalities of our current times don't conquer you. May you and yours not be conquered by the mind numbing marketing and political economics of the intellectual descendants of Edward Bernays and the statistical analysis data demanding religion of Rev. Thomas Bayes. May you be saved from being guinea pigs for ever more data collection and the resulting pharmaceutical fine print.
Dandy Dan, would-be local transportation & systems guy and owner of all the world's resources and environments, a.k.a. would-be trillionaire and would-be world's first zillionaire (congregations of believers needed). For decades I was an independent student of Natural History. Since then, I have become an independent student of origins of lives (plural), consciousness, universe; epistler. I'm a self proclaimed grand master of whole wheat, sourdough, sandwich bread; would-be local transportation & systems guy; and urban / Martian / Lunar farmer; Lebanon, Missouri, planet Earth.
Appropriate local vehicles, a New Library of Alexandria combined with appropriate housing, retirement plans with benefits, technology assistants, partners, updated office, directors, executives, proof readers, partners, golf carts, trolley systems, managements, and quantum mathematicians / physicists / chemists, needed. In terms of the economics of the commons, both a physical wall and an internet fire wall around the city would seem to also currently make sense.
Long-term Interests:
(1.) Local transportation & systems; a political economics that supports local representative democracy; local capitalism; determination of and accounting for positive and negative economic externalities and incremental costs; local community & transportation planning and development on an ongoing basis; trash and the minimization thereof.
(2.) a. The superiority of --- even considering the resulting uncertainties thereof --- the deductive, abductive, and inductive reasoning of science coupled with the mathematics and logic thereof based on Euclidean and neo-Euclidean reasoning, a few common notions, and the best naturalistic inferences therefrom versus the inductive and subjective "reasoning" of Evolutionism based on encyclopedic definitions and the endless inductions of hypotheticals and the marketing thereof as has become the norm of the life "sciences."
b. English to American dictionary for all sciences and maths based on one-to-one correspondences between words (and symbols) and their unique definitions;
c. Origins-of-lives (plural) studies --- cellular biology and genetics, epigenetics, extra-cellular environmental and quantum influences.
(3.) Having spent some time researching family history and especially tracing a lineage back to Edward Doty who arrived here on the Mayflower --- I've come to find genealogical histories to be fascinating. Question: Why don't we know anything regarding the descendants of Mathew, Mark, Luke, John, and other biblical and non-biblical religious characters such as Mohammed, Confucius, Buddha, etc.? We know that at least some were married. Surely their descendants would have thought highly of their forbearers. ??
Especially now in this world of AI /AGI, I favor top down and bottoms up Universal Full Basic Incomes for all, beginning at birth --- controlled and categorized locally thereby reflecting community and personal values and priorities thereof, to the extent possible. There would be two broad spending categories, one for mandatory spending among the choices provided and the other category including discretionary spending for oneself or ward.
An alternative might be zakat. Or, sadly, everyone might just have their very own gypto / crypto currency.
Dr. William Li's response to the theft of his personality / Making "Thou shall not steal" a law of the land.
To: Earthlings, others:
Assuming this also isn't a fake video*, praise be to Dr. Li for being a real world leader and for at least taking a first step in solving the long standing problem of impersonations.
As an independent student of theoretical physics, I've found the same annoyance in other areas also. Impersonations of Sir Roger Penrose and Richard Feynman ("the best teacher I never had"**) have been particularly annoying.
Celebrities such as Dr. Phil and Dr. Oz have been impersonated. Why they can't be bothered to do anything about it, has long been a mystery. The personality crooks ought to be locked up. If governments and law enforcement can't be bothered to lock up the crooks, then why do we-the-people need governments and law enforcement? Or is it that the law is inadequate?
I'm not a lawyer or politician. Perhaps a law is needed. How about: "Thou shall not steal." Supposedly we are a "Christian" nation. If Christians can't be bothered to help solve the problems of the world, then perhaps some other religion will.
Notes:
*Dr. William Li regarding impersonations of himself ---- YouTube
** Bill Gates regarding Feynman;
Bill Gates uses the phrase "the best teacher I never had" to describe the legendary Nobel Prize-winning physicist Richard Feynman ---- gatesnotes and others.
Meanwhile, may it be that medical "science" and the political, economic, social, philosophical / theological irrationalities of our current times don't conquer you. May you and yours not be conquered by the mind numbing marketing and political economics of the intellectual descendants of Edward Bernays and the statistical analysis data demanding religion of Rev. Thomas Bayes. May you be saved from being guinea pigs for ever more data collection and the resulting pharmaceutical fine print.
Dandy Dan, would-be local transportation & systems guy and owner of all the world's resources and environments, a.k.a. would-be trillionaire and would-be world's first zillionaire (congregations of believers needed). For decades I was an independent student of Natural History. Since then, I have become an independent student of origins of lives (plural), consciousness, universe; epistler. I'm a self proclaimed grand master of whole wheat, sourdough, sandwich bread; would-be local transportation & systems guy; and urban / Martian / Lunar farmer; Lebanon, Missouri, planet Earth.
Appropriate local vehicles, a New Library of Alexandria combined with appropriate housing, retirement plans with benefits, technology assistants, partners, updated office, directors, executives, proof readers, partners, golf carts, trolley systems, managements, and quantum mathematicians / physicists / chemists, needed. In terms of the economics of the commons, both a physical wall and an internet fire wall around the city would seem to also currently make sense.
Long-term Interests:
(1.) Local transportation & systems; a political economics that supports local representative democracy; local capitalism; determination of and accounting for positive and negative economic externalities and incremental costs; local community & transportation planning and development on an ongoing basis; trash and the minimization thereof.
(2.) a. The superiority of --- even considering the resulting uncertainties thereof --- the deductive, abductive, and inductive reasoning of science coupled with the mathematics and logic thereof based on Euclidean and neo-Euclidean reasoning, a few common notions, and the best naturalistic inferences therefrom versus the inductive and subjective "reasoning" of Evolutionism based on encyclopedic definitions and the endless inductions of hypotheticals and the marketing thereof as has become the norm of the life "sciences."
b. English to American dictionary for all sciences and maths based on one-to-one correspondences between words (and symbols) and their unique definitions;
c. Origins-of-lives (plural) studies --- cellular biology and genetics, epigenetics, extra-cellular environmental and quantum influences.
(3.) Having spent some time researching family history and especially tracing a lineage back to Edward Doty who arrived here on the Mayflower --- I've come to find genealogical histories to be fascinating. Question: Why don't we know anything regarding the descendants of Mathew, Mark, Luke, John, and other biblical and non-biblical religious characters such as Mohammed, Confucius, Buddha, etc.? We know that at least some were married. Surely their descendants would have thought highly of their forbearers. ??
Especially now in this world of AI /AGI, I favor top down and bottoms up Universal Full Basic Incomes for all, beginning at birth --- controlled and categorized locally thereby reflecting community and personal values and priorities thereof, to the extent possible. There would be two broad spending categories, one for mandatory spending among the choices provided and the other category including discretionary spending for oneself or ward.
An alternative might be zakat. Or, sadly, everyone might just have their very own gypto / crypto currency.
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* Dr. William Li regarding impersonations of himself;
https://youtube.com/shorts/diR6TC1wfAQ?lc=UgzfLEhpI0K8FKcbnXd4AaABAg&si=eRQJvJlixcQ_mav_
** Bill Gates regarding Feynman;
Bill Gates uses the phrase "the best teacher I never had" to describe the legendary Nobel Prize-winning physicist Richard Feynman ---- gatesnotes.com/the-best-teacher-i-never-had https://share.google/WqYXdH6lZBcbDMXMP.
What is a "representative democracy"? What is "capitalism"?
Attention all U.S. Congressmen and Senators, would-be U.S. Congressman or Senator, and believers:
Who amongst you represents me on each and every issue that comes before the U.S. House of Representatives and U.S. Senate? Let me know and I will use one of my antique postage stamps, an envelope, and will write in a vote for you. (More preferably, every individual would have a secure at-home voting machine at his or her disposal.)
Some issues, such as the daylight savings time issue, have been before Congress since I was in my late 80's:
"The elimination of Daylight Saving Time (DST) in the United States was first brought forward and enacted in 1919, just one year after it was originally introduced." ---- Wikipedia.
Should folks be paid if they aren't able to do the job they are tasked to do? What political-economic philosophy is that?
Dandy Dan at 195 years of age, @AmericaInTrouble
"I'm 195 years old and eat only Popeye brand spinach everyday." ----
https://youtube.com/watch?v=CkldFczgwIg&lc=UgzXtxxG2aXgVwQQN5l4AaABAg.AZtfgfDwFhAA_FK_vmQPjS&si=BivlA-xir2anGnBX
Dandy Dan, would-be local transportation & systems guy and owner of all the world's resources and environments, a.k.a. would-be trillionaire and would-be world's first zillionaire (congregations of believers needed). For decades I was an independent student of Natural History. Since then, I have become an independent student of origins of lives (plural), consciousness, universe; epistler. I'm a self proclaimed grand master of whole wheat, sourdough, sandwich bread; would-be local transportation & systems guy; and urban / Martian / Lunar farmer; Lebanon, Missouri, planet Earth.
Especially now in this world of AI /AGI, I favor top down and bottoms up Universal Full Basic Incomes for all, beginning at birth --- controlled and categorized locally thereby reflecting community and personal values and priorities thereof, to the extent possible. There would be two broad spending categories, one for mandatory spending among the choices provided and the other category including discretionary spending for oneself or ward.
An alternative might be zakat. Or, sadly, everyone might just have their very own gypto / crypto currency.