Sometimes technicalities get in the way of practicalities. Who cares about the biochemistry if you can cultivate a rose to bloom! We can infer a lot about the universe that we don’t totally understand, but we can also discover or suspect at least enough about it to be able to function meaningfully / operationally as we…
“People are people. Kids are kids. Mosquitos are mosquitos. Squirrels are squirrels. The squirrels … did not mean any harm when they stole the birdseed you put out … the squirrels were simply doing what they do. They were doing what their nature demanded. Some people are thieves. Some people are exaggerators. Some people are…
FACT: High intensity human behavior is unsustainable in “normal” circumstances … never mind “abnormal” circumstances! Acknowledging this fact, baseball games have “innings”. Football games have “Downs”. Boxing matches have “Rounds”. Basketball games have “Time Outs”, etc., and – except for boxing – there are ample opportunities for substitutions. And then there’s “Half-Times” and the…
First Volley: The traditional concept of “Willpower” really doesn’t work! “Any human construct offering infinite choices will result in poor choices, with each and all of us Invariably choosing what PLEASES us rather than that which is GOOD for us.” Quartermaster The Nutrisystem “System” is exemplary, based solely on this premise. NS advertising posts show…
In the end analysis, life is all about CONSEQUENCES … things that actually happen as a result of other things that did or did not happen. Some consequences are predictable. Do good things / useful things and good things result. Do stupid things or blatantly “bad” or wrong things and results can be devastating. While…