Imagination is important.
Arguably, every major problem on earth can be attributed to either lack or excess of imagination. Terrorists/suicide bombers have too much imagination about afterlife.
Politicians have too little of imagination about everything..from nuclear-energy to health, from infrastructure to education.
Imagination is like a talent and can be developed through practice.
Well-traveled people seem to have enhanced imaginations.. they can imagine the world better through other people’s eyes/perspectives. Interior designers who have seen lots of different homes are better at imagining how to furnish your empty house. They can imagine better.
So, I think it’s entirely feasible to change people’s skills at imagining.
I guess, there should be at least one class on imagination in every school. Students would polish upon their imagination skills. The cource should include tools of critical thinking to curb excess imagination, learn to recognize and suppress their own biases so they can imagine things outside their social box. All this helps in out-of-the-box thinking...lateral thinking you know.
This won’t happen, but imagining this makes me imagine more and feel happy.
Researchers, probably could come up with some hypothetical questions to test people’s baseline willingness to imagine things.
So, what's your IQ (Imagination Quotient)?
Update: 19-Oct-2007
As a head start, can you attribute imagination to happiness?
Just imagine..
Friday, October 19, 2007
Thursday, October 11, 2007
Sunday, September 16, 2007
Zonked..
Weekend.
Turned down friend's invite for a movie.
Turned down party.
Wanted to study for the VCP
...had plans for this since long..
Everything's all set..vouchers..study material..everything but preparation.
Ended up sleeping and net surfing for hours.the whole weekend.
Think I'll study now.
Maybe sleep.
Sleep it is...
Turned down friend's invite for a movie.
Turned down party.
Wanted to study for the VCP
...had plans for this since long..
Everything's all set..vouchers..study material..everything but preparation.
Ended up sleeping and net surfing for hours.the whole weekend.
Think I'll study now.
Maybe sleep.
Sleep it is...
Wednesday, August 15, 2007
The 'P' in Politics..
Curtsy: Lead.TOI
Looks like India is poised to have the real 'P'(people) in Politics...
No doubts..nice initiative.
"Self Nominated" leaders (link) is the best part here...
And the desperation in people..to be called themselves a leader..its amazing.
As of now, I don't see even a single nomination which is NOT "Self Nominated" there...wow..
Yes, you are right, I'm questioning the very (diluted) spirit of patriotism here..
Related: Right Path, Lead By Example, Choices we Have
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Edit (18-Aug-2007): s/"patriotism"/"spirit of patriotism"/
Looks like India is poised to have the real 'P'(people) in Politics...
No doubts..nice initiative.
"Self Nominated" leaders (link) is the best part here...
And the desperation in people..to be called themselves a leader..its amazing.
As of now, I don't see even a single nomination which is NOT "Self Nominated" there...wow..
Yes, you are right, I'm questioning the very (diluted) spirit of patriotism here..
Related: Right Path, Lead By Example, Choices we Have
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Edit (18-Aug-2007): s/"patriotism"/"spirit of patriotism"/
Tuesday, August 07, 2007
Lies et. all..
It occurs that the other person is talking lies..and I am very much aware of it.
I usually keep myself mum and keep listening(and nodding)..eventually(and finally) the person realizes this. (often after a couple of days..but that's fine with me).
Best part with this arrangement is..he'll never ever behave weired with you again.
I can always easily snap on his face..."dude! I know you are lying so just shut up!.." but that's not what I prefer to do.
You cannot ever convey your message across if you are attacking face to face. I always prefer to keep mum and give them some sort of room to realize what he is doing.
This also help in keeping intact the dignity of the other guy. No egos hurt..no harm done...It's all red pill that I have..take it or leave it.
This has always worked for me..until now.
But now I have this never before classic case...
This creature in question...has constantly been talking all lies to me...since last couple of months this time. I..as usual..have been listening patiently all the way till now...hoping that there will be one fine day with all the required wisdom..
But I seem to be giving up on my patience now...I just hope..the day comes soon...and the the Gods enlighten it with the divine knowledge : no-one around is that stupid.
I wonder what makes people behave all that stupid..what are they trying to prove?
Behavioral report would probably have words like: lack of confidence, low self-esteem, split personality..etc..etc.
oh yes...and that's not the only smart thing about these creatures.. They'll constantly keep checking/spying on you...just to see if you are correct with whatever you claim to be...(or for reasons I'm not yet aware of)
creepy isn't it?
I usually keep myself mum and keep listening(and nodding)..eventually(and finally) the person realizes this. (often after a couple of days..but that's fine with me).
Best part with this arrangement is..he'll never ever behave weired with you again.
I can always easily snap on his face..."dude! I know you are lying so just shut up!.." but that's not what I prefer to do.
You cannot ever convey your message across if you are attacking face to face. I always prefer to keep mum and give them some sort of room to realize what he is doing.
This also help in keeping intact the dignity of the other guy. No egos hurt..no harm done...It's all red pill that I have..take it or leave it.
This has always worked for me..until now.
But now I have this never before classic case...
This creature in question...has constantly been talking all lies to me...since last couple of months this time. I..as usual..have been listening patiently all the way till now...hoping that there will be one fine day with all the required wisdom..
But I seem to be giving up on my patience now...I just hope..the day comes soon...and the the Gods enlighten it with the divine knowledge : no-one around is that stupid.
I wonder what makes people behave all that stupid..what are they trying to prove?
Behavioral report would probably have words like: lack of confidence, low self-esteem, split personality..etc..etc.
oh yes...and that's not the only smart thing about these creatures.. They'll constantly keep checking/spying on you...just to see if you are correct with whatever you claim to be...(or for reasons I'm not yet aware of)
creepy isn't it?
Thursday, August 02, 2007
Are you Sure...?
Can you ever be 100% sure about anything..(in life)?
Does, having a feeling of 99% certainty enough..OR, do you need to feel 99.9..9% sure?
If you 'dream' to be 100% sure, you probably don’t understand how human brains work.
It’s pretty common for us to be certain about things that later turn out to be completely false. It happens all the time..with everyone. (to me..YES it happens).
If it has ever happened to you, then, you know you can’t always trust your powers of being certain.
That also means that you also listen to/rely on your instincts. (which, btw, are never 100% certain).
(Read Blink and you'll get more of what I'm saying.)
Our brains are not 100% reliable. A human can’t be 100% certain about anything. We are just not designed that way.
You might argue that being 99.9..9% certain is as good as being 100% certain.
Well, that is bad mathematics. Let me skew your thoughts a bit more..:)
For example, you might agree to take..lets say, 5% risk of stock market crash, but you wont accept the same ammount(5%) of risk of for a nuclear war.
Larger the problem, less is risk you are willing to take ..right?
Someone said, even a small chance(0.0..1%) of spending eternity in hell has to be taken seriously.
Eternity is a long time. An eternity in hell could be the largest possible penalty.
So while you might not worry about 0.0..1% chance of ending up in Hell(of which, I have my own doubts), you can’t deny the mathematics. 0.0.1% of eternity is a lot longer than your entire mortal life. Probably..infinitely longer.
It might even turn out that even GOD lacks the ability to be 100% sure. As interesting as it is...all that God really wants from his followers is faith/belief.
Well, how could someone as self-assured as God, (who obviously must be aware of his own existence), would want something else as their priority among followers - such as their quest to lead a good life, or accept others openly. And not just faith..
You can only be as sure as humanly as possible...
Does, having a feeling of 99% certainty enough..OR, do you need to feel 99.9..9% sure?
If you 'dream' to be 100% sure, you probably don’t understand how human brains work.
It’s pretty common for us to be certain about things that later turn out to be completely false. It happens all the time..with everyone. (to me..YES it happens).
If it has ever happened to you, then, you know you can’t always trust your powers of being certain.
That also means that you also listen to/rely on your instincts. (which, btw, are never 100% certain).
(Read Blink and you'll get more of what I'm saying.)
Our brains are not 100% reliable. A human can’t be 100% certain about anything. We are just not designed that way.
You might argue that being 99.9..9% certain is as good as being 100% certain.
Well, that is bad mathematics. Let me skew your thoughts a bit more..:)
For example, you might agree to take..lets say, 5% risk of stock market crash, but you wont accept the same ammount(5%) of risk of for a nuclear war.
Larger the problem, less is risk you are willing to take ..right?
Someone said, even a small chance(0.0..1%) of spending eternity in hell has to be taken seriously.
Eternity is a long time. An eternity in hell could be the largest possible penalty.
So while you might not worry about 0.0..1% chance of ending up in Hell(of which, I have my own doubts), you can’t deny the mathematics. 0.0.1% of eternity is a lot longer than your entire mortal life. Probably..infinitely longer.
It might even turn out that even GOD lacks the ability to be 100% sure. As interesting as it is...all that God really wants from his followers is faith/belief.
Well, how could someone as self-assured as God, (who obviously must be aware of his own existence), would want something else as their priority among followers - such as their quest to lead a good life, or accept others openly. And not just faith..
You can only be as sure as humanly as possible...
Saturday, June 23, 2007
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