Monthly Archives: May 2013

Rhetorical questions are a strange animal. They can throw us especially when someone manages to sneak in an absolute like “always”, “every”, “any”, “all” “never, “can’t”, and “don’t”. Like “Can’t you do anything right ¿” From Wikipedia “A rhetorical question is a … Continue reading →

I asked a guy the other week what conversation is for and he replied, “for enjoyment”. Sure, conversation is enjoyable but sex also is for pleasure but it also has a fundamental purpose, procreation. Besides giving us pleasure, is there … Continue reading →

I was told today that there are two types of anger, by my barber. “What, righteous anger?” I suggested and he reiterated “yes there is a right time for anger and a wrong time”. I told him that if he … Continue reading →

Can anyone argue that life is not about learning to draw our own boundaries? To me, complaining to or about someone’s behaviour before we drew our line is unreasonable and is probably the first boundary needed to be drawn by each … Continue reading →

What’s conversation for? For example I converse to convert my own concepts. AKA to increase my consciousness. His reply: What’s that? I’ve been married 10 years and have 3 kids, I don’t know what that is and I am not … Continue reading →

The measure of an animal’s consciousness, according to David Eagleman, author of Incognito is that if it looks like a jumble of input and output subroutines, then the less it gives evidence of consciousness. He doesn’t say this but his definition … Continue reading →

David Eagleman, author of Incognito: The Secret Lives of the Brain, reckons that our brains are made up of a team of rivals. Starting with the rivals of the left and right side of our brains to a multitude of … Continue reading →

My theory on who we are and why we are here. 1. We have been programmed to over react (sub-conscious): – Think of a child crying hysterically from day one 2. We have a the ability to become conscious of … Continue reading →

What about simply 6 things that will clean out the dead wood in your life. Easy to say a life time to master. 1. Speak with more ADJUSTABLE language and listen out for people’s non-adjustable (all knowing) language. 2. Be … Continue reading →

I am finishing off Antifragile by Taleb and he points out that it is in our DNA to be more reactive or over reactive than under reactive due to the nature of erring on the side of caution or as … Continue reading →