Mindblown: a blog about philosophy.
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Diary – Christmas Day 2015
Diary – Christmas day 2015 To me, this is a sad Christmas Day 2015. I study the world, and I shake my head in silent disbelief. The human family, of which this small soul is a member, is becoming inured to horrors. Like mindless machines, we trudge along our paths, believing, like the unfortunate Jews…
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Learning to Fly Helicopters (7B) “The Dark Side of the Sun “
Note: “Alternative version” – I just could NOT get it down right. I went round and round the houses, struggling to say something. I just could NOT get it down the way I wanted on paper. So… in the end, here are BOTH versions of Chapter 7. Maybe the kind reader, between the two versions…
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Learning to Fly Helicopters (7) “Joy, Caution, and Tragedy “
“I am a small Man, limited and struggling, but the Universe is my Father “ Learning to Fly Helicopters Ch.7 “Joy, Caution, and Tragedy” I have been scribbling stuff all my life. But some chapters, some stories, have waited many decades to be written. Many are still… waiting. I don’t quite know why. Reluctance, for…
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Learning to Fly Helicopters (6) ‘General Flight Test, and dreams’
It is our dreams that sustain us, and carry us forwards Learning to Fly Helicopters Ch.6 General Flight Test and Beyond The Great Day had dawned. The written exams were all passed. The required flight hours and training had been accomplished. There remained only the GFT. The General Flight Test. That I would be flying…
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Learning to Fly Helicopters (5) “Oh, oh, Oops! Sorry! “
Learning to fly helicopters Ch. 5 “oh, oh, oops…! Sorry…!” And so it came to pass that I turned up at an airfield that I had not previously been to. Innocently, full of the best intentions, I proceeded on down to land. High time fixed wing pilot, fixed wing CFII, low time helicopter student pilot.…
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Learning to fly Helicopters (4) ‘Auto-tribulations’
Learning to fly Helicopters Ch. 4 “Auto-tribulations ” (For Sam Mohring, because he said he’d like a sequel…) It was several more months before I could get back to California. This time I turned up with a very different attitude. Gone were the doubts. In their place was a lot more confidence. Confidence in the…
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Ray Kurzweil – Google Intelligence
Ray Kurzweil – Google Intelligence 10/4/15 “Philosophers are useful, but I’ll put my money on the Engineer” I wish, of course, that I understood the intrinsic details of what these gentlemen are talking about. I wish. In truth, I am more like a dusty old mole, debating crossing a Freeway during rush hour. Something tells…
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Alternative Reality – Moggyism Rising
Alternative Reality – Moggyism rising 10/6/15 I often resent Big Media. I don’t think they do our society too many favors. Sure, they may wrap themselves in the mantle of righteousness and truth, bringing us vital information, with which to allegedly better our understanding of the world around us. Their faces (and their legs) occupy…
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