There is an old adage that says “Birds of a feather flock together”. It commonly is used to illustrate that people that behave and think similarly tend to act and talk with one another. It’s likely a reason why people try to use the concept of guilt by association. While it is true that people […]
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Obfuscate Exact Value Using Randomized Distribution Cloud
If you ever have to give your age, a price you bought something for, how much you make an hour or a year, etc. you may want to give people a range or something less than precise. Many people might pick a number range where the actual number is almost in the middle of the […]
Solution to the Tunnel Traveler Turn Back Problem
Tunnel Traveler Turn Back Problem There was a thought problem I had for a while regarding how a person determines how far they are willing to travel down a path before they turn back and try the other paths. This is a theory of why it happens. You could relate this to the concept of […]
Work Cost of Actions Quantified
When someone says something is simple, hard, difficult, easy, complex, or complicated, they are referring to the effort and amount of steps involved. People associate these two groups as one commonly because… Effort Easy – Achieved without great effort, presenting few difficulties Hard – Not soft, solid, firm to touch, unyielding to pressure, unpenetrable and […]
Sequester Carbon to Fix Global Warming, Reform Deserts, Provide Food for People and Cattle, and Create Fuel
There are many ideas on how to sequester carbon by gathering the carbon into a storable form and then store it. Those are two big steps. Then you have the cost of making those things happen. You can however use algae blooms and spike their growth with simple chemicals but that jacks with the ocean […]
The Survival and Security Paradox
Many people would like to and do have a place to call home. A portion of the population do not however have a place to call home. Most people would prefer the homeless to not break into their home to steal or sleep in their home. Many homeless people will not break into peoples homes […]
Forced Conversation Bottleneck Impasse Scenario
This is when you have too much to explain to the audience or conversation partner to allow them to have the same information you do to come to have the same perspectives you do. Much like it is difficult to explain calculus to someone that doesn’t know algebra yet. The foundational information just is not […]
We Fight Ideology, Not Religion
People tend to think that religions are killing each other over ideology but forget to mention anything that has nothing to do with religion that is also ideology or pure greed that made giant terrifying wars happen. Religion is a set of ideologies that form your life style and decision making processes. It has little […]
A Summary of Success
Success is the state of achieving the goal of optimization within whatever subject matter the success relates to. The solution then to how to be successful at the core is that for you to be able to succeed, you must optimize that portion of your life. The trick to it though is that is simpler […]
Value of Reinventing the Wheel
The wheel is an amazing tool that we are able to use to transport things and transmit power from one place to another. A wheel is a circular component that is intended to rotate on an axle bearing. The wheel is one of the main components of the wheel and axle which is one of […]