Age of Idiocy

[Martin Stevens]

For sure!

David

Thanks, David!

 

[Elsie N]

Hrvoje, what about discrimination / equality.

I closed my Twitter and Instagram two years ago. I de-activated FB in February to take a break. I am not really sure the purpose of LinkedIn, but I have lots of connections. I don't watch any cable news show. I watch the local news in the morning to see what is happening around town that week. I guess my point is I don't really value any source of news be it on TV or social media. About the only thing I do on my iPad anymore is view Reduser. I even stopped carrying my phone with me, unless I am traveling. Its nice to go out to dinner where no one is checking their email or FB status.

Lately a friend has been organizing seeing the latest movie each week in HDR. He buys the tickets and we reimburse him on site. This way we all sit together since it is reserved seating. We now have two Dolby Cinema (HDR) theaters in the Seattle area. There are probably 10-20 of us. We don't discuss politics, we simply discuss the movie and complain about the ambient lights that are illuminating the HDR screen, ruining the experience. Its nice to just get together and have a good time.

You are the first person I am going to call to meet up with the next time I am in Seattle.

David

Ummm... David? '-)

 

[Wayne Morellini]

In which context ?



Why am I not surprised. Nice to know.
Please don't stare at HDR for too long, world needs color scientists with healthy vision.



I'm waiting for little grey men or reptilians building megaliths with interstellar spaceship lasers, coming out of flying saucers made in same factory as stealth UAVs. As soon as they make a time machine we can go back in time and save the almanac of Alexandria from Biff senior's hands.

Dunno really, seems to change frequently over millennia, depending on a parasite infestation.
Looks like Euromurica currenlty.

Ha, is is the truth finally.

Still waiting Hrvoje.

You do know that being a colorist is nothing like a color scientist.

 

[Wayne Morellini]

I'm waiting for little grey men or reptilians building megaliths with interstellar spaceship lasers, coming out of flying saucers made in same factory as stealth UAVs. As soon as they make a time machine we can go back in time and save the almanac of Alexandria from Biff senior's hands.

Dunno really, seems to change frequently over millennia, depending on a parasite infestation.
Looks like Euromurica currenlty.

Deciphering the Hrvoje code :smiley: :

https://www.swanl.com/products/euromurica-tide-sharp-drop-earrings

https://stickersnorthwest.com/products/murica-euro-sticker

 

[Wayne Morellini]

How many have heard the term "Brain Hacking"?

LINK

Skimmed that. You didn't think this was possible! Sad but true, they do it movies, like on really poor movies, and for a period a lot of blockbusters, an obligatory sex scene etc was the norm (and 'they' claim European cinema is good for cinematic value!). Various other plot methods were used, I even had a whole scheme worked out to reach in there and tug those strings. Such things are OK if used properly/modestly to no bad end, unlike what we are talking about here.


They will think its OK until they realise that it can be used to get people, the public in general, to give up rather than fight, to betray their country, to get behind campaign and attack. If you did analysis on apps from certain jurisdictions you may well find that they already do that (such is the open market) ones with a history of this sort of warfare. If I was the sort of operative in charge and an potential victim wanted to buy weapons parts, or systems, from my country, I would have a field day.!I would hot have to weaken one part, but would know where the accrual weaknesses are. These are the sort of things that intelligence and military have to deal with, to prevent (not nearly as idiotic, as you think). However, when businesses use these to attack, compromise, take advantage of people isn't it a form of warfare? But where are the patriots to stop this. In a battle to the last beast world, that means that most businesses are going to loose, and some people land up owning most of everything, so it doesn't suite either side of politics, yet it is being pushed like an Russian roulette wheel of unlimited turns with fewer and fewer players, where 90 can loose out shorter and 99%+ long term, ultimately as close to one player as possible. Have a look at MacDonalds and other fast food businesses, how many one sided politic business owners got closed down by their own side. Look at many industries, and see everybody getting rolled up and cast aside. The rich might think they can own stock, but the fewer the players the fewer Tue stockholders and the less people at are rich enough to hold much stock, these are the possibilities. So a few own the few businesses completely, and don't want to sell you stocks. They then have all sorts of special legal privileges under law that protect them and their assets from their companies liabilities, to be so rich as to be remotely touchable but with say so like a private business it none of the responsibilities unique to private business ownerships. Pretty interesting how they have insulated themselves to violate human rights.

Their is a Canadian Australian that does a mind hack series on a brighter side. About improving your mind.

Ummm... David? '-)

Don't be disappointed Elsie, Bill Gates still lives in Seattle doesn't he? I would probably visit him first too, given the chance (though Stacey and David don't rather equate to Bil Gates :smiley:

 

[Karim D. Ghantous]

Yeah, Bill Gates is no question my intellectual superior. His IQ is probably double that of mine. However, living in ivory towers makes people go funny. He thinks he can help fund an AIDS vaccine. Not going to happen, and you don't need to be a scientist to figure that out, once you look into what AIDS actually is and is not. As far as Google is concerned, it's going to collapse on itself, and become nothing but a progressive virtue signalling engine. I'm sure there is a Chandrasekhar limit which applies to people or organizations after they pass the social justice event horizon.

So there is much idiocy going around, but the good news is that it has a maximum level that it can't grow past. Most people are immune.

 

[Wayne Morellini]

I'm thinking alright, hmm, what, lol! Sort of thing Karim.

If Bill Gates IQ was double yours Karim, he would probably be the greatest on record. Per cent of population drops if dramatically after 100%. I'm doing 81% (or 95%+ depending on part of the test) despite how bad I was doing, That was at over a dozen points above average. Once you get to 143 it is something like 1 in a thousand or 1 in a million, I forget. So, over 200 is hardly heard if I think. So I doubt bill is over 143 or so.


The way things are going on products I use, Google might regrettably collapse in on itself one day.


Companies and people can get as big as they can as long as they are not stopped.

Regrettably, people don't seem to be generally immune to being idiots. Hardly any of us Karim. :frown: