First
How would it be not to own everything, but to have everything?
How would it be not to own the knowledge, but to know the truth?
How would it be not to know all the answers, but to be able to answer any question?
How would it be not to know the reason, but to be able to explain the consequences?
Helpful translation:
How would it be to own the truth?
How would it be to know all the consequences?
Second
By knowing all you wanted to know by now, is it going to make it easier for you?
Helpful translation:
Can you be serious when it all makes sense? (more…)
I just found out that the first key that’s wiping off from my keyboard is “C”. Now, what does this mean?
- I’m fast?
- I’m lazy?
- I’m not creative?
- My forefinger rests on the wrong key?
- My forefinger sweats a lot?
- ABCD …
- It’s a cheap keyboard?
- All of the above;
- Nothing.
I scored 26 on the “Mensa Workout” test. What is this making me believe? Well, I believe my math got rusty and so far it was one of my biggest pleasures in life. This winter I’m going to review some of my old copybooks. Repetita iuvant.
Your score was 26 out of 30. That is an excellent score—you would have a very strong chance of passing the Mensa test and joining Mensa.
Please note that the Mensa Workout is NOT the official Mensa test, and your score will not qualify or disqualify you for membership.
I was not happy enough for the last two days after I found out that the Romanian-born poet and novelist Herta Muller had won the 2009 Nobel Prize for Literature, so I had to go back to Earth and find out today that the 2009 Nobel Prize for Peace has been awarded to backbone free Obama.
First I thought I probably didn’t catch much news this year, but c’mon! After that I thought it’s a joke or that because of the current economic crisis the Nobel Foundation ran out of money. I went and checked the announcement of the Nobel Foundation, it was all true, the reaction people have had to the announcement confirmed me “the news”.
I thought I was somehow familiar with what Alfred Nobel intended the Prizes to be awarded for and because I didn’t see the connection for a politician, the President of the biggest empire today, to get this prize, I tried to find the excuse.
From Alfred Nobel’s will:
shall be annually distributed in the form of prizes to those who, during the preceding year, shall have conferred the greatest benefit on mankind. The said interest shall be divided into five equal parts, which shall be apportioned as follows… and one part to the person who shall have done the most or the best work for fraternity among nations, for the abolition or reduction of standing armies and for the holding and promotion of peace congresses.
If it would be for us to judge after what Obama did in the precedent year, 2008… well, he was in campaign for the entire year :-). Is this year’s Nobel Peace Prize awarded to Obama’s presidential campaign?
Some context. Because of the economic mess we are in and because many economists are saying that the only way out (especially for US) is to start the World War III, we may actually see it happen. Two weeks ago, the leaders of US, UK and France have held a joint press conference to warn Iran to ‘come clean’ on something they already did/didn’t do/hadn’t to, which is a sign for big trouble. China is the number one oil and gas importer from Iran, go figure.
What struck my mind was that in this context, the best thing the Nobel Foundation could do would be to work proactively and to award the peace prize to the (leader of the) most aggressive country in the last 65 years. How can Obama now declare war to anyone when he was awarded with the Nobel Peace Prize for his vision? It’s just like stipulating in a contract some of the clauses he engaged to during his campaign. After all, he may very well lead his empire for 7 more years. What would be the world with no new wars for 7 years?
The Nobel Foundation’s press release quotes (I highlighted the key words) :
The Norwegian Nobel Committee has decided that the Nobel Peace Prize for 2009 is to be awarded to President Barack Obama for his extraordinary efforts to strengthen international diplomacy and cooperation between peoples. The Committee has attached special importance to Obama’s vision of and work for a world without nuclear weapons…
I think the contract I was talking about is present in the last part of the press release:
For 108 years, the Norwegian Nobel Committee has sought to stimulate precisely that international policy and those attitudes for which Obama is now the world’s leading spokesman. The Committee endorses Obama’s appeal that “Now is the time for all of us to take our share of responsibility for a global response to global challenges.”
By accepting the prize, Obama signs the contract in the name of the most powerful nation. Unfortunately, life taught me that people without backbone are extremely dangerous, as they don’t care much about contracts. I guess we’ll have to see. Anyway, with this prize, they killed just another myth… and created a new one.
