Current reports are claiming that almost half of the adult population trusts and/or believes in astrological signs, stars, tarot cards, visions, readings, charts and other techniques. Now, stir in many of the other subjective alternatives into the world of decisioning: Instincts and Gut Feelings (Intuition, Abstraction, Baseless, Feelings, Hunches, Small Voices) Herd Thinking (Crowd Mentality, […]
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June 19, 2012
The Dangers of “Cut and Paste”
Posted by Ernest FalknerBack in the day, a “cut” required a knife or scissor blade where the artist extracted information usually from a paper sheet to “paste” to another surface…all done manually…blades, glue, rulers and all the rest. To make this physically real, your’s truly was in the midst of a publishing company graphic project, and during the […]
June 5, 2012
“Gadgets that can recognize handwriting, receive wireless data from TV shows, and read minds through artificial intelligence were among the hottest tech toys at the American International Toy Fair in New York.” At the American International Toy Fair, a new interactive toy that will be marketed to children was introduced. It employs artificial intelligence, fuzzy […]
May 29, 2012
Dementia, Alzheimer’s, Brain Freezes, Memory Lapses and other mind related conditions…all seem to have at least some possible link to exercising and challenging the brain. Whether this proves out to be relative or not, it could be good insurance. Logically, we are told by knowledgeable mentors (family-friends-physicians) that “if we don’t use it we could […]
May 21, 2012
This headline is a book title that is fitting in today’s environment even though it was written over 40 years ago. The author, Josh McDowell, has been instrumentalin challenging the baseline of how to decide on critical life questions. His testimony describes how he set out to refute and rebuke this core belief question, and […]
May 14, 2012
Golf Lessons…Life Lessons
Posted by Ernest FalknerThis weekend’s golf tournament was both entertaining and instructional. On one hand, there was the player who was leading while entering the final round, and it was his tourney to lose. A little further down the pack was the closest challenger who differentiated himself by an obvious trait and methodology. What was the distinguishing factor? […]
May 11, 2012
What is happening right now? Legislative stalemates Zillions of alarming headlines from zillions of writers 24/7 access, delivery and exposure to constantly oppressive information Add to that…We have record: Federal and Personal Debt Gas and Oil prices Unemployment Currency printing Home sales, foreclosures and declining values Welfare recipients Gold and silver prices Foreign instability and […]
April 27, 2012
Back in the day of Camelot, words waxed poetic. The pen was a quill and the audience was local. So, the reach and influence was limited, but the feedback could be emotional and sometimes physical (say or write the wrong thing, and here comes the sword). Fast forward a few hundred years, and today, what […]
April 20, 2012
Ironically, in a recent post “Search or Research,” the dilemma of how and why it is important to differentiate these two steps was analyzed. Little did I know how quickly it would come into play. Case in point The subject of internet “trolling” hit the radar in the last couple of weeks. True to the […]
April 17, 2012
Zillion Dollar Thought
Posted by Ernest FalknerZimbabwe currency. Still not a zillion.
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