Vaccines use a weak pathogen, when put into the body, stimulates the individual’s antibody production. Translation: You inject a weak virus into your body, to kickstart your body’s immune system to fight off the stronger virus. The Body’s Immune System When germs and viruses enter your body, they multiply and attack. Very much like an…
Machine Learning Machine learning is the use and development of computer systems that are able to learn and adapt without following explicit instructions, by using algorithms and statistical models to analyze and draw inferences from patterns in data Machine learning is artificial intelligence. However, artificial intelligence is not machine learning. What makes up Machine Learning?…
Are You Multitasking Your Life Away? This is a fascinating presentation involving the dangers of multitasking by Cliff Nass provided in Tedx. While I knew multitasking was a misnomer, due to we are not capable of processing multiple tasks at the same time, I had not realized how it negatively affected other aspects of our…
Many of us desire the ability to multitask, the allure of being efficient and extremely productive, not fall into irrelevancy. Many do not realize the term multitask appeared in an IBM paper describing its capabilities, 1965. Since then, the term has been transitioned to human tasks, in hopes to give the persona of efficiency. This…
Closing Schools for Covid-19 equals Education Lost Reviewing the article, As Covid-19 closes schools again, education loss may hurt millions of children for years, I pull the key points, with commentary. Article in one-minute The article focuses on the need of education access, while on the backbone high-speed internet accessibility. Interestingly, it does convey there…
As I am working on my Zettelkasten, I am starting to see growth in certain content. One of these involves useful tools. Useful tools are used to reduce friction, increase efficiency and remain as simplistic as possible. This is not really easy when you consider the multiple factors involved in today’s requested tasks. In today’s…
In my pursuit of building a second brain, I came across the original (or known oldest) method, the Zettelkasten Method. Zettelkasten Method Origin The German word ‘Zettelkasten’ means ‘slip box’, created by Niklas Luhmann. Technically ‘zettel’ means slip and ‘kasten’ meaning box. The scholar used slips of paper in a box while utilizing this method…
Recently had a dream, and oddly it involved critical thinking skills along with critical thinking questions. I was in a classroom and posed a question to the class and teacher. The scenario involved individual choices, due to the class discussing ramifications on choice. One student became ill due to an action involving poor choices. I…
Since critical thinking is a mindset, you must always step back, and re-center. Once you remove emotion away from the situation, you can follow this exercise toward Critical Thinking. The following questions should be asked after we step back and remove our emotional bond. Who said it? What did they say? Where did they say…
Full disclosure, I admire Jordan Peterson. When I saw a short video of him discussing critical thinking, of course, I had to see what was said. Per Jordan, the message was quick, concise, and on point in how to learn critically thinking. However, it wasn’t what I expected. Best way to learn critical thinking? Let…
