Helveticus
Army veteran - Retired Special Ed Teacher
Joined Feb 2023
#life "A life on our Planet" with the famous David Attenborough, is a frightening vista into the near future if we continue polluting our environment!!
It's on Neflix and I strongly recommend it to the younger generation. The warning is simple enough: There will be a moment when all attempts to correct our mistakes will be futile!!
OK, it's 2100 and life on Earth is bleak with most animal species extinct, our oceans can no longer absorb carbon or feed living organisms!
Food for thought!😩
Living Part Two:
3) There is no school to prepare parents, but you can get a lot of valuable information from books by reputable authors.
4) Make sure you include the following experts in your list of reliable service pros: Mechanic - Dentist - Lawyer - Policeman - Medical doctor(s) - Plumber electrician handyman. They will be invaluable in time of crisis!!
4) Learn how to solve your own problems as much as possible.
5) Listen to the people you trust BEFORE making an important decision!!
#Living Lessons learned during a long life: Part One:
Not in order of importance:
1) Don't include a new acquaintance in one of your frames till you understand their circumstances (Frame of reference includes for example Professional People).
2) Make sure you have ALL the pertinent information before: A job interview - An investment - Buying a new home - Proposing to your future wife (or husband) - Moving to a new location - Giving an opinion at a HOA meeting, etc..
#politics The irony escapes most MAGA supporters (cultists really) when Trump accuses Biden of interfering with the 2024 Presidential election!!
The accuser is about to be indicted for trying to change the results of 2020's voting process, even as Fox News suffers from a huge payment for their lies at the time!
So Donald continues to brazenly support the BIG LIE and I cannot understand why honest journalists fail to ask him about the obvious contradiction!
I forgot that Trump has no shame!😅
Do not judge if you lack the essential comprehension of the subject; inform yourself and resist the emotional impulse to squash your opponent. You'll be glad you did!🤔
"And while care and concern from both mom and dad is important, from a biological perspective, it’s not interchangeable. Komisar says when mothers and fathers nurture a child, they both produce a hormone called oxytocin." (idem)
"But it turns out, that intense closeness is critical well past the first few months of a child’s life. Babies need it for the first three years — especially from their mothers."
#education Part Two
In other words, they needed the arms of a caring mother, or surrogate mother, to survive the first two years of life!
A newborn given for adoption needs the maternal attention of a caring woman if it is to live! No man can replace her in this essential function even if he gives the baby all the affection of a real father!
The first five years should include a full time mother! If this is not possible, a loving grandmother could well do the job!
Food for thought!
#education Part One
A long time ago, almost 100 years, orphanages noticed that many babies died before reaching the tender age of 2!
Strangely, for the doctors at the time, these infants had not shown any sign of illness or infection...and yet they died suddenly with no obvious cause!
An observant nurse made a comment that shone a bright light on the case: She noticed that babies who had been in loving arms frequently did not appear in the grisly statistics!
#investments Barring a major catastrophe, like war with Russia or Trump back in the WH, the next 5 years look excellent for EVs, AI, Chips, videogames, clean energy storing, safe batteries (no lithium), and even flying taxis!
I certainly plan to invest in these tech areas, so as to obtain a ROI above 10%!
There is always a risk so only invest money not essential for daily living and stay away from "gurus" with "promises-too-good-to-be-true"!
Food for thought!😀
#guns One in five children under the age of 5 will probably not make it to 6 in the South because of guns being freely allowed in most states!!
Yes, this horrible statistics tells us that very young children get killed by gunfire every year in record numbers!!
Accidents of course caused by stupid parents who leave pistols lying around the house, but also drive by shootings and mass murder in various venues committed by deranged individuals who can buy guns very easily!
What a country!!
#finance I invested some extra money into the stock market in 2021! I focused on technology like NVidia and Palantir, feeling that once the pandemic was over, a depressed market would rebound!
Well, patience pays off as I was able to gain a 11.4% return, which is much more than savings accounts (3-5 %)!
I hope my strategy will induce others to invest whatever they don't need to live with which could be saved over the course of 4-5 years for example!
Food for thought!
#quotes "....the meek shall inherit the earth (Matthew 5:5)"
Well, so far that biblical prediction has not panned out, at all!!
"..quiet, gentle," says the definition of meek!
So many so-called Christians favor Mr. Trump, the antithesis of meek. It makes one wonder why they, the Christian voters, don't read their Bible more often and more extensively!
Nowadays, being meek means losing elections at every turn! People don't want meek political leaders, and they are right!
Food for thought!
#evolution Ignorance and low intelligence are not synonyms!
Humanity has advanced in scientific knowledge as never before!!
But evolution has failed, happens quite often, in creating a variant call MAGA branch!
Just look at the poor platypus who tries to be a mammal laying eggs!!
The American platypus, AKA Magapus, is clearly an evolutionary dead end!
Like the dinosaurs, it is doomed to become extinct!
One cannot expect for evolution to get it right every time!👹
"O I didn't mean it" How many times do we blurt an offensive reply to family members or friends, only to add later that we are sorry?
Are we really sorry or are we observing social norms?
Do we in reality express what our subconscious wants to say?
Children often make people laugh when expressing their true feelings. Nevertheless, a popular axiom show that drunks and kids usually speak the truth!
Why can't we forego social (hypocritical) mores and say what we really believe?
#robots https://www.usatoday.com/videos/tech/2023/06/01/humanoid-robot-using-chatgpt-warns-ais-unintended-consequences/12009898002/
Why do robots look like humans?? I always wondered why we can't simply listen to a voice, such a phone conversation (voice only)?
We already have Siri and Alexa, for example, no human face there! So why waste so much money on making an artificial human?
Alfred, what do you think??
Wow, the Devil himself (or is it herself) deigned to favorite me! Remember me when I get there (soon I am sure. 😜
#Coso I am a little concerned about this platform! Compared to Mastodon and Twitter, there is very little activity which means few Cosonauts!
Do they even do publicity because I have visited many sites and have never seen it mentioned!
Am I wrong? Because I like the quiet atmosphere where people don't insult each orher, there is no porn (as in Reddit) thankfully, but I would enjoy more members!
#mentalhealth
Sickened by the daily news, I seek refuge in science where there is no mass killings, no constant lying, no sex trafficking, no child abuse, and no religious hate!
Instead I rejoice at the real prospect of fusion energy, quantum computer, dark matter discovery, and new tools to combat cancer!
I feel lucky that I live to see the incredible discoveries that will make human life a lot more enjoyable and exciting, ....provided, of course, that we don't cause our own extinction!!😂
#education I will probably make a few people mad at me for saying that I fully support the decision by SCOTUS to end affirmative action for colleges and to allow service providers to refuse service if goes against their values!
Affirmative action for universities began in 2003 and in these 20 years it certainly helped many minority candidates access higher education!
But it was time to end it and base their acceptance on academic merit rather than skin color!
May the best candidate win!😜