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Blowing ponds uphill
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Complex and Complicated
'A well-constructed Indian man, in India, when asked, 'Which English accent sounds funny or weird?' answered, 'Oh, I think those who speak Russian or French!''
Like many people, I write stuff in scrapbooks and little pads of paper, the latter of which live in my coat pockets. The particular words, in the phrases above, are not familiar to me; they are not how I would write that joke, if it is a joke, so I must have come across it somewhere and I thought it should be recorded. Hence, it is not my own creation. It is not funny to me; it is more interesting to me that the Indian man had a completely different slant on the question to, I suspect, the questioner. I suppose the questioner had different UK regional accents in mind. That, however, is how only British natives and people who do not have English as a national language would take the question. You know, Europeans, for example, who happen to be hear British people a lot. English, however, is one of the national languages of India.
English speakers in the U.S.A., Canada, and Australia may understand that the questioner means which 'British' accent is funny or weird, even if the questioner actually meant to exclude Scotland, and Wales from the implied choice.
'Complicated problems consist of many interrelated parts, which experts can resolve through analysis and expertise. They are often linear, meaning that causality can be traced. In contrast, complex problems involve unpredictable variables and interactions, requiring adaptive thinking. Complex situations include factors that can change over time, adding to their unpredictability.'
From the same scrapbook: 'Those in education are programmed to pick up more information - They don't close their eyes'. Now, that does sound like I wrote that, because it is pregnant with opportunities to expand on an idea.
I think I heard Tim Vine, the one-liner, British comedian say, 'I remember the first time I saw a universal remote control. I thought, well, this changes everything.' (It might have been Milton Jones who said that).
I think, you have to be able to let your mind spin a bit, and allow nonsense to prevail for a moment, to get that joke.
Sometimes, I feel like a passenger in my own life. Recently, though, I have decided to take a little more care of what information enters my head and what I do with it. I get a little freaked when I perceive that someone is attempting to persuade me that their idea is a good one.
'We recommend that you have these Envirovent extractor fans fitted in your kitchen and bathroom. They run continually, checking the air for high humidity, and when the interior humidity reaches 60% or more they come on much stronger and vent the humidity outside.'
All well and good, except that the outside humidity in the region I live in is rarely below 60%; I would never be able to open a window, even on Summer evenings to cool the interior air, without two 25 Watt fans running full tilt. I explained to the fool that my electricity unit price (kiloWatt) is 25 pence. I suggested that the two fans would hardly ever be not venting humid air and offered to him that fitting the two fans would likely cost me £36 per year each, if they ran for 16 hours a day, bearing in mind, that especially in Summer, all my windows are usually open in the early morning to allow the cool (and very humid) air in. Outside humidity today at 05:15 a.m. was 90% and with the windows closed overnight, the interior humidity was 70%. (24 hours a day would cost me £54.75 for each Envirovent fan to run - a total of £109.50 added to my electric bill per year, at current prices). Incidentally, that is roughly the same amount I pay for an average full months electric. This means my electric bill would rise by 8% or more. Outrage across the nation! A dehumidifier and a couple of solar panels should cost less than £700 and the warm interior air won't be sucked out in those cold Winter months!
I am tickled that we use the French word 'vent' which means 'wind' in French. If we eradicated all French words from our language, such as the French removed English words from their language, we would have to say, 'windilation' instead of 'ventilation'.
Taking charge of what affects me has included seeking specific medication for my PTSD. I recently had an appointment with a mental health team, who were not keen on giving me chemicals and were much more aligned to talk-therapy in its various forms. I was amused when I was asked, still at the triage stage, about conversations I had, had, that I found interesting or satisfying. I told them I once had a conversation with a woman outside Aldi, with a high IQ, which probably matched my own.
'How many times have you had a conversation like that?'
'Once only in my whole life. We really got on so well, and just understood one another. She even let her ice-lollies, which she had just bought from Aldi, completely melt; they returned to liquid, she was so loathe to leave; as was I.' I answered.
I can't help thinking that they, the two triage mental health nurses, had come across a problem. Talk therapy requires, I think, a rapport to be built, and the patient should be entirely comfortable, in order for the patient to be able to trust the listener, and so be able to visit memories which make them feel vulnerable. They, the triage nurses, if they are at all sensible, would need to find someone with an IQ close to my own. Only 3% of the Global North have an IQ that matches or exceeds mine. Good luck with that, then! Oh, if only people would just listen. I can't help thinking I am ahead of them, and medication is really only the most likely solution. I doubt that they will catch on. That is the bane of having a high IQ and not being in the right environment for it to be socially, financially, or otherwise useful to civilisation.
Also in my scrapbook: Seiche Event - from Oceanography
A seiche is when strong winds really rapidly changes the height of water - able to move an entire pond uphill. When the strong wind diminishes, the body of water returns back to its previously level position.
Pressing a point in order to bring about change, or have a position wherein one has, at least some, control in one's life, requires consistent and focused effort. Falter, get tired, confused, or hesitate, and the original drive and energy becomes only a seiche event.
Complex and Complicated
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Cadwell NOT Caldwell
Blowing ponds uphill
[4 minute read ]
Complex and Complicated
'A well-constructed Indian man, in India, when asked, 'Which English accent sounds funny or weird?' answered, 'Oh, I think those who speak Russian or French!''
Like many people, I write stuff in scrapbooks and little pads of paper, the latter of which live in my coat pockets. The particular words, in the phrases above, are not familiar to me; they are not how I would write that joke, if it is a joke, so I must have come across it somewhere and I thought it should be recorded. Hence, it is not my own creation. It is not funny to me; it is more interesting to me that the Indian man had a completely different slant on the question to, I suspect, the questioner. I suppose the questioner had different UK regional accents in mind. That, however, is how only British natives and people who do not have English as a national language would take the question. You know, Europeans, for example, who happen to be hear British people a lot. English, however, is one of the national languages of India.
English speakers in the U.S.A., Canada, and Australia may understand that the questioner means which 'British' accent is funny or weird, even if the questioner actually meant to exclude Scotland, and Wales from the implied choice.
Complex, isn't it? Or, is it complicated?
From: The British Language School, 'Understanding Complicated and Complex'. https://thebritishlanguageschool.com/complicated-or-complex/
'Complicated problems consist of many interrelated parts, which experts can resolve through analysis and expertise. They are often linear, meaning that causality can be traced. In contrast, complex problems involve unpredictable variables and interactions, requiring adaptive thinking. Complex situations include factors that can change over time, adding to their unpredictability.'
From the same scrapbook: 'Those in education are programmed to pick up more information - They don't close their eyes'. Now, that does sound like I wrote that, because it is pregnant with opportunities to expand on an idea.
I think I heard Tim Vine, the one-liner, British comedian say, 'I remember the first time I saw a universal remote control. I thought, well, this changes everything.' (It might have been Milton Jones who said that).
I think, you have to be able to let your mind spin a bit, and allow nonsense to prevail for a moment, to get that joke.
Sometimes, I feel like a passenger in my own life. Recently, though, I have decided to take a little more care of what information enters my head and what I do with it. I get a little freaked when I perceive that someone is attempting to persuade me that their idea is a good one.
'We recommend that you have these Envirovent extractor fans fitted in your kitchen and bathroom. They run continually, checking the air for high humidity, and when the interior humidity reaches 60% or more they come on much stronger and vent the humidity outside.'
All well and good, except that the outside humidity in the region I live in is rarely below 60%; I would never be able to open a window, even on Summer evenings to cool the interior air, without two 25 Watt fans running full tilt. I explained to the fool that my electricity unit price (kiloWatt) is 25 pence. I suggested that the two fans would hardly ever be not venting humid air and offered to him that fitting the two fans would likely cost me £36 per year each, if they ran for 16 hours a day, bearing in mind, that especially in Summer, all my windows are usually open in the early morning to allow the cool (and very humid) air in. Outside humidity today at 05:15 a.m. was 90% and with the windows closed overnight, the interior humidity was 70%. (24 hours a day would cost me £54.75 for each Envirovent fan to run - a total of £109.50 added to my electric bill per year, at current prices). Incidentally, that is roughly the same amount I pay for an average full months electric. This means my electric bill would rise by 8% or more. Outrage across the nation! A dehumidifier and a couple of solar panels should cost less than £700 and the warm interior air won't be sucked out in those cold Winter months!
I am tickled that we use the French word 'vent' which means 'wind' in French. If we eradicated all French words from our language, such as the French removed English words from their language, we would have to say, 'windilation' instead of 'ventilation'.
Taking charge of what affects me has included seeking specific medication for my PTSD. I recently had an appointment with a mental health team, who were not keen on giving me chemicals and were much more aligned to talk-therapy in its various forms. I was amused when I was asked, still at the triage stage, about conversations I had, had, that I found interesting or satisfying. I told them I once had a conversation with a woman outside Aldi, with a high IQ, which probably matched my own.
'How many times have you had a conversation like that?'
'Once only in my whole life. We really got on so well, and just understood one another. She even let her ice-lollies, which she had just bought from Aldi, completely melt; they returned to liquid, she was so loathe to leave; as was I.' I answered.
I can't help thinking that they, the two triage mental health nurses, had come across a problem. Talk therapy requires, I think, a rapport to be built, and the patient should be entirely comfortable, in order for the patient to be able to trust the listener, and so be able to visit memories which make them feel vulnerable. They, the triage nurses, if they are at all sensible, would need to find someone with an IQ close to my own. Only 3% of the Global North have an IQ that matches or exceeds mine. Good luck with that, then! Oh, if only people would just listen. I can't help thinking I am ahead of them, and medication is really only the most likely solution. I doubt that they will catch on. That is the bane of having a high IQ and not being in the right environment for it to be socially, financially, or otherwise useful to civilisation.
Also in my scrapbook: Seiche Event - from Oceanography
A seiche is when strong winds really rapidly changes the height of water - able to move an entire pond uphill. When the strong wind diminishes, the body of water returns back to its previously level position.
Pressing a point in order to bring about change, or have a position wherein one has, at least some, control in one's life, requires consistent and focused effort. Falter, get tired, confused, or hesitate, and the original drive and energy becomes only a seiche event.