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Лятото на дебилите

2/28/2017

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В кратко текстче, наречено "Когато дойде лятото", Георги Данаилов описва как гледал група цигани, копаещи земята с вдъхновение. Чудил се защо го правят, а после разбрал че търсят гайки и болтове. С тези усилия биха могли да изкопаят, засадят и оберат голяма градина, но циганите обичали работата им да е свързана с късмет, с търсене и намиране.

Да бяха само циганите такива, ама не са! 99% от младежите и голям процент от възрастните, също се вдъхновяват от търсенето и търсачките. И удобно забравят, че ако ги няма тези, които:
> създават знанията,
> обединяват ги в теории, които след това "доказват" или опровергават,
> създават технологиите,
> пишат книгите и статиите, и
> правят филмите, музиката и уебсайтовете,
то няма да има нищо за търсене и намиране.
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The Weakness of the Visionaries

2/25/2017

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Euclid was able to see the infinitude of primes but was blind to the existence of the number zero. Gregor Mendel left his fingerprint on genetics but did not leave a genetic fingerprint.

Евклид можа да види безкрайността на простите числа, но остана сляп за съществуването на числото нула. Грегор Мендел можа да остави отпечатък в генетиката, но не можа да остави генетичен отпечатък.

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 За йес-хората

2/22/2017

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"На гол тумбак - чифте пищови", казва народната поговорка. Преведено на съвременен български: "На празна глава - позитивно мислене".
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The Fiveness Challenge

2/17/2017

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The bold thing above is a theorem of mine, which I call "The Fiveness Theorem". "The Fiveness Challenge" is to find a number n such that k >= 17 .
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Facebook Addiction

2/12/2017

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Alice and Bob are friends. Alice is an optimist and always sees similarities. Bob is a pessimist and always sees differences. Yesterday they learned that tobacco is more addictive than Facebook.

"It's obvious. There are so many differences between tobacco and Facebook," Bob said.

"You are wrong. They are similar, as they both shorten one's life," Alice countered.
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"On the one hand, you are right. But there's a material difference. Tobacco shortens one's life by shortening its end, i.e. life's worst part. Facebook shortens one's life by shortening its middle, i.e. life's best part. That is why it's easier to give up on Facebook," Bob said.
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