How We Think Is How We Live The reasonable man adapts himself to the world; the unreasonable one persists in trying to adapt the world to himself. Therefore, all progress depends on the unreasonable man. George Bernard Shaw Irish dramatist & socialist (1856 - 1950) This subject came to mind today, while talking to my friend, massage therapist and body movement instructor, Tara House. We were ... Read more
Healthy Aging Thinking Works To Keep Your Mind-Body Alive Do Rocks Have A Vapor Pressure, I Wondered? Time to Google The following made me laugh. Still does. From MadSciNetWork: Short answer: Everything has a vapor pressure. It can be extremely small. The lab joke is, "Tungsten's vapor pressure at room temperature is one atom/universe." I then wondered about the denominator of this equation; is it per piece ... Read more
Living In Different Worlds On This Beautiful Planet Smart Phone versus knitting. Which is best for your mental health? I postulate that knitting is best, based on the positive power of meditation in my life, and my enjoyment of knitting back in my late 20s (broken leg, stuck in chair for weeks). Learning to turn off the mental chatter is one key to happiness. Phones promote mental chatter, and the ... Read more
I Love This Story, But Not The Outcome! A Lesson Ignored By Pride! Everyone loves a story: Here's a story from my latest book, Prepare For Aging - I find it fascinating! The year, 1846. A salutary tale of a powerful observation, ignored. Extracted from an article, by Rebecca Davis of North Carolina Public Radio. “Our hero is Ignaz Semmelweis, a Hungarian doctor. He wondered why so many women in maternity wards ... Read more
(Ockham's) Occam's Razor! "Occam's razor, also written as Ockham's razor, and lex parsimoniae, Latin for law of parsimony, is a problem-solving principle attributed to William of Ockham (c. 1287–1347), who was an English Franciscan friar, scholastic philosopher and theologian. The principle can be interpreted as stating, Among competing hypotheses, the one with the fewest assumptions should be ... Read more
Major Surgery Recovery? Should I Return To My Sport? You need a safe exercise program! First Complete FitOldDog's Sport Benefit-Risk Analysis People told me not to do this - Too Dangerous!!! Did it anyway - sport benefit-risk analysis. "The choice we make is not whether to have a philosophy, but which one to have: rational, conscious, and therefore practical; or contradictory, unidentified, and ultimately ... Read more
A plant-based diet isn't for everyone. To resolve conflict, e.g. meat-based versus plant-based, focus on your similarities, rather than differences. Move from static to dynamic tension. I do eat less meat. Now I'm on this vegan diet. But I don't like to preach. Each person has to decide for themselves. A few years ago, I accepted joint responsibility for a multimillion-dollar drug-safety program. My co-leader, ... Read more
WHY I LOVE LIVING IN THE USA. Freedom of religion, which in my case is freedom from religion. Separation of church and state. No kings or queens, with an aristocracy-based glass ceiling. Thought and entrepreneurship are encouraged, in spite of the current stranglehold of big business. The generosity of these great people to immigrants, such as myself. The Americans, who enhanced my immigration ... Read more
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The secret is to be a Jack of All Trades, but master of one. One that will earn you a living if the grants don't come in.
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