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Day: May 14, 2020

OBSERVATION (Mt. Everest)

Mt. Everest has centrality of location, and therefore a chaotic surface (i.e., trash strewn all over it). keywords: [life] [General Systems Theory)

Mike Jones Life May 14, 2020

lorem ipsum (foreground versus background)

In foreground angle is constrained, whereas in background speed is constrained. (- obvious when stated, but easy to overlook) keywords: [life] [General Systems Theory] [reciprocity]

Mike Jones Life May 14, 2020

OBSERVATION (substrate)

Location is the ultimate substrate. keywords: [Physics] [support] [progress]

Mike Jones Life May 14, 2020

lorem ipsum (boredom)

Boredom is symptomatic of lack of data. keywords: [life] [priority] [priorities] [fresh activity]

Mike Jones Life May 14, 2020

OBSERVATION (documents)

The ultimate purpose of any document is to give you the choice as to whether a certain door be open or closed. keywords: [life] [progress] [advancement] [continuous improvement] [data]

Mike Jones Life May 14, 2020

an article on polarizable molecules

Here is the link. keywords: [Physics] [science] [electrodes] [redox reactions] [electron transfer] [solvation of molecules] [non-linear effects] [nonlinear effects] [condensed-phase solvents] [state-dependent reorganization energy]

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an honest straight line

(suggested new terminology) Definition. An honest straight line is the macroscopic version of a straight staircase. keywords: [geometry] [stepwise progress] [step-wise progress] [step function]

Mike Jones Life May 14, 2020

lorem ipsum (patience)

Definition. Patience consists of accepting step-wise improvement (as opposed to straight-line improvement). keywords: [life] [progress] [continuous improvement] [effort] [advancement]

Mike Jones Life May 14, 2020

RECIPROCITY (anti-symmetry)

The more symmetric the location, the less symmetric the object. (--> breaking symmetry) keywords: [life] [General Systems Theory]

Mike Jones Life May 14, 2020

OBSERVATION (bank shots)

The purpose of a bank shot is often (always?) to break symmetry – e.g., a train backing up in the station before going forward out of the station, and the secret to being able to tear a telephone book in half with your bare hands being to first ‘scaffold’ it (cf: “Divide and conquer.”). (In … Continue reading OBSERVATION (bank shots) →

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