We came to an agreement several years ago, the four of us among countless as yet unknowns, that since Chaos insists upon 3:00 A.M. crying sessions we should establish ground rules so at least three of us can get some sleep. Our female birth was a disappointment. Everyone involved prayed for a boy…Had I been a boy,...
Continue reading...Chaos Playground We let them out to play or there's Chaos to pay
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Acknowledge the Shadow What is it that you do not tell yourself? Control, the brain’s Inner Guard protects the id, ego, and superego from harm. The Id, ego, and superego collude to prevent awareness of uncomfortable truths about ourselves which prevent us from acknowledging the role we play in that search which contributes to what we find...
Continue reading...Learn Your Enemy
It’s probably a maturity thing as we progress from the comfortable safety of infancy and enter the Brave New World. It’s only natural to want to drag the security blanket into adulthood and be sheltered by a myriad system of government laws, rules and regulations designed to protect us from ourselves. Every generation makes a collective stand...
Continue reading...Human Experimentation
Human Experimentation in Science Fiction Altered Carbon Total Recall Avatar Iron Man Transformers I-Robot We’re down here in the pool fighting with each other over trifles while we allow ourselves to become divided into blocs, types, interests, cataloged, fondled, mutilated stapled and placed into the round file. 1909 Virginian Progressive eugenicists authorized doctors to sterilize ethnic...
Continue reading...Lecture not Listen
We got accused of lecturing, not listening, so we lectured our theory how they could come to that conclusion. That’s a bit Spock-like isn’t it?
Continue reading...How to Combat B.S.
How to Fight Brain Softening Buy your children age inappropriate toys and let them discover the pain of victory. Read and learn about that which most vexes you in order to determine for yourself the difference between what is real and what is manipulative propaganda. Treat commercial advertising as a personal science experiment. Peruse every advertisement to...
Continue reading...Artificial Intelligence and the Age of Unconsent
Ethics of Artificial Intelligence and Robotics Seven requirements: Human oversight, Technical robustness, Privacy and data governance, Transparency, Fairness, Well-being, Accountability The main fields involved in robot ethics are: Robotics, Computer science, Artificial intelligence, Philosophy, Ethics, Theology, Biology, Physiology, Cognitive science, Neurosciences, Law, Sociology, Psychology, Industrial design the foundation for robot ethics was Runaround (story), a science fiction short...
Continue reading...Division of Chores
In a civilized society, a modicum of grooming and maintenance is required for an individual to successfully exist. This means some chores are required for everyone, man, woman or child, rich or poor. Chores are how we learn the habits of grooming and maintenance. Chores activate the Pecking Order Genes POG’s, which I’ll discuss further. Definition of...
Continue reading...Private School vs Public School
Private Schools are Indefensible that private schools were allowed to open when so many public schools were closed “Please tell us what are the criteria for re-opening fully in person,” they wrote. And they dropped heavy artillery: “From our understanding, several of our peer schools are not just surviving but thriving.” Shortly after the physicians weighed in, more...
Continue reading...They Call it Maccaroni
The question: They Call it Maccaroni In the song Yankee Doodle, we ask is it the horse or the feather that’s called “macaroni”? Chaos retorts, “Why would either horse or feather be called “macaroni,” why compare them a pasta? Thanks to Wikipedia: Yankee “Yankee” was a derisive term to refer to Northerners, specifically the Union side of...
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