Compete, but only with yourself
Compare, but only to realise your potential,
to know that 'if they can do it, why I can't I'
for if you compete with others,
there will eventually be a point where you're at the tip top
and you'll never improve until the others outwin you
and you'll never, ever, reach your fullest potential.
bc your potential is a function of yourself,
but you're relying on others
and if you compare with yourself,
you'll realise in any case,
you, will lose to yourself.
be it losing to your past, or losing to your future.
so why don't you pick up the gauntlet that your threw
and face yourself.
just. to improve.
for we are born to do so.
next,
as I was pondering about why must we write sigma square instead of sigma
and key in sigma into our calculator,
I realised how level3 we've been
(confidants who have heard me rant about life would probably know that I often think in terms of level, levels can be start from the weakest (in the case of the number game, where level 1s are the unthinkings) or from the best (in the case below, where level 1s are the thinkers of the archaic time, the forgotten))
level ones are people like Euler, like Newton, like the ancient Greek philosophers whose names I don't and can't recall.
born inquisitive, they go on a bid to find out more about the world they live in.
born intelligent, they discover order, a paradigm, law that nature seems to follow.
(of course, I do expect some inquisitive dunce to have gone crazy trying to investigate the world that they can never fathom, and other ego headed brainiacs who missed out the chance to name a law after their names. but we're not dealing with them yet, not now)
hence we get the law of gravitation,
the law of large numbers,
the law of demand and supply,
the law of symmetry.
and they had a consensus that this was good, and people should learn this, for it is such laws that precedes technology and technology is surely good right?
so here comes the level 2s who learn the formulae and laws without fully understanding them: they were taught F = GMMoverRsquare (you're saying it in your head, I know) and why is it so, having the level 1s constantly reinforcing the significance of the derivation.
but some of them rather save some brain cells and take them for granted,
remember the fruits, but forget the roots.
then the level 1s pass away and level 2s breed a level 3 (wee that's us) who regurgitates formulae blindly, without appreciating the significance of each term, and are merely studying due to the pressure of the society, they are not interested in learning at all.
(now, some level 3s are teaching in our education system.
they do not have the slightest appreciation for learning
ask them anything that is not in the syllabus
and question marks will pop up their heads.
they'll merely sweep them away by saying 'it's not in your syllabus'
bc they're just. not. interested.)
and back to the preamble of the sigma square
my level concept applies similarly for calculations:
initially, mathematicians had to add up the probability one by one
and then, they came up with a formula (integration) as a shortcut to the arduous task.
and then comes the calculator
followed by the GC
and now, dimwits like me are complaining about why can't the GC square the sigma that we key in, to make life a less complicated place to live in
(like pressing 2 extra buttons will take my life)
before the GC, seniors had to look through tables and tables of statistics to find out the answer.
now, we can just type in.
in the future,
we probably don't even have to manipulate X so that it becomes Z, we can just key in the value and press (STANDARDISE), like how the (INV NORMAL) button was created so that we do not have to work backwards.
in the future,
you no longer have to calculate the minimum KE such that the electron will be within 1nm of the atom. just key in all the values, in the sequence of (mass, charge, initial velocity) and press (ENTER). tadah you'll get the answer.
so the next level of students will be those who know how to key such stuff in to the GC.
and the ingenious work of the founders of knowledge simply spirals into the abyss.
we will no longer build our own chips,
but manufacture automatons to manufacture chips to make more automatons
so the jobs available will no longer be laborious, repetitive jobs.
but skillful ones, which involves
fixing of these robots.
and look beyond that,
another level of technology will be born
and this will enable a single machine to fix all the other machines that we had
so we only have to learn to fix this one machine.
this all spirals down and eventually, the great breakdown will happen,
when an error will occur in the lowest level (of manufacturing)
that the first level of robots cannot fix
and the second level of robots cannot fix the fact that L1robots cannot fix the problem.
and on
and on
and on
and on
we're over reliant on technology
it does not serve to improve our lives.
we're living in a age where we can derive economies of technology
where an increase in it, will lead up to progress,
to betterment.
but once we reach the minimum efficient scale,
diseconomy will occur
and ultimately,
we're back to square one.
this is where I ask:
'what is the purpose?'
antithesis:
I acknowledge the fact that level 1s and 2s are constantly being born and they do account for certain changes we see in the status quo: new quantum theories
level 1.5 as well, those people who correct the level 1s:
Einstein, who corrected Newton's law
but these people are the extreme minority
and due to the pressure of society, we are all forced to accept the conventional studies, and even if deviants voice out, they would most likely be ignored, due to the monolithic establishment of science and mathematics.
eventually, society will create a bunch of level infinity, who are essentially robots, they vomit out what they are fed when required to.
slippery slope? yes.
but just my 2cw.
ahh. I still have a few more theories to blog about.
but I just reached home (thought about these on the bus back) and am going to shower before continuing. long bus rides = (L). I should do it more.
post script:
I realise, that I can never stop learning.
like how we're programmed to improve,
so are we to learn.
we're given Hobson's choice
and that's life
Compare, but only to realise your potential,
to know that 'if they can do it, why I can't I'
for if you compete with others,
there will eventually be a point where you're at the tip top
and you'll never improve until the others outwin you
and you'll never, ever, reach your fullest potential.
bc your potential is a function of yourself,
but you're relying on others
and if you compare with yourself,
you'll realise in any case,
you, will lose to yourself.
be it losing to your past, or losing to your future.
so why don't you pick up the gauntlet that your threw
and face yourself.
just. to improve.
for we are born to do so.
next,
as I was pondering about why must we write sigma square instead of sigma
and key in sigma into our calculator,
I realised how level3 we've been
(confidants who have heard me rant about life would probably know that I often think in terms of level, levels can be start from the weakest (in the case of the number game, where level 1s are the unthinkings) or from the best (in the case below, where level 1s are the thinkers of the archaic time, the forgotten))
level ones are people like Euler, like Newton, like the ancient Greek philosophers whose names I don't and can't recall.
born inquisitive, they go on a bid to find out more about the world they live in.
born intelligent, they discover order, a paradigm, law that nature seems to follow.
(of course, I do expect some inquisitive dunce to have gone crazy trying to investigate the world that they can never fathom, and other ego headed brainiacs who missed out the chance to name a law after their names. but we're not dealing with them yet, not now)
hence we get the law of gravitation,
the law of large numbers,
the law of demand and supply,
the law of symmetry.
and they had a consensus that this was good, and people should learn this, for it is such laws that precedes technology and technology is surely good right?
so here comes the level 2s who learn the formulae and laws without fully understanding them: they were taught F = GMMoverRsquare (you're saying it in your head, I know) and why is it so, having the level 1s constantly reinforcing the significance of the derivation.
but some of them rather save some brain cells and take them for granted,
remember the fruits, but forget the roots.
then the level 1s pass away and level 2s breed a level 3 (wee that's us) who regurgitates formulae blindly, without appreciating the significance of each term, and are merely studying due to the pressure of the society, they are not interested in learning at all.
(now, some level 3s are teaching in our education system.
they do not have the slightest appreciation for learning
ask them anything that is not in the syllabus
and question marks will pop up their heads.
they'll merely sweep them away by saying 'it's not in your syllabus'
bc they're just. not. interested.)
and back to the preamble of the sigma square
my level concept applies similarly for calculations:
initially, mathematicians had to add up the probability one by one
and then, they came up with a formula (integration) as a shortcut to the arduous task.
and then comes the calculator
followed by the GC
and now, dimwits like me are complaining about why can't the GC square the sigma that we key in, to make life a less complicated place to live in
(like pressing 2 extra buttons will take my life)
before the GC, seniors had to look through tables and tables of statistics to find out the answer.
now, we can just type in.
in the future,
we probably don't even have to manipulate X so that it becomes Z, we can just key in the value and press (STANDARDISE), like how the (INV NORMAL) button was created so that we do not have to work backwards.
in the future,
you no longer have to calculate the minimum KE such that the electron will be within 1nm of the atom. just key in all the values, in the sequence of (mass, charge, initial velocity) and press (ENTER). tadah you'll get the answer.
so the next level of students will be those who know how to key such stuff in to the GC.
and the ingenious work of the founders of knowledge simply spirals into the abyss.
we will no longer build our own chips,
but manufacture automatons to manufacture chips to make more automatons
so the jobs available will no longer be laborious, repetitive jobs.
but skillful ones, which involves
fixing of these robots.
and look beyond that,
another level of technology will be born
and this will enable a single machine to fix all the other machines that we had
so we only have to learn to fix this one machine.
this all spirals down and eventually, the great breakdown will happen,
when an error will occur in the lowest level (of manufacturing)
that the first level of robots cannot fix
and the second level of robots cannot fix the fact that L1robots cannot fix the problem.
and on
and on
and on
and on
we're over reliant on technology
it does not serve to improve our lives.
we're living in a age where we can derive economies of technology
where an increase in it, will lead up to progress,
to betterment.
but once we reach the minimum efficient scale,
diseconomy will occur
and ultimately,
we're back to square one.
this is where I ask:
'what is the purpose?'
antithesis:
I acknowledge the fact that level 1s and 2s are constantly being born and they do account for certain changes we see in the status quo: new quantum theories
level 1.5 as well, those people who correct the level 1s:
Einstein, who corrected Newton's law
but these people are the extreme minority
and due to the pressure of society, we are all forced to accept the conventional studies, and even if deviants voice out, they would most likely be ignored, due to the monolithic establishment of science and mathematics.
eventually, society will create a bunch of level infinity, who are essentially robots, they vomit out what they are fed when required to.
slippery slope? yes.
but just my 2cw.
ahh. I still have a few more theories to blog about.
but I just reached home (thought about these on the bus back) and am going to shower before continuing. long bus rides = (L). I should do it more.
post script:
I realise, that I can never stop learning.
like how we're programmed to improve,
so are we to learn.
we're given Hobson's choice
and that's life
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