cell sufficient: each a universe unto ourselves
CELL-SUFFICIENT — In terms of numbers: Our human body consists of about 30 trillion human cells and alongside almost 40 trillion bacterial cells. While humans have roughly 20,000 genes (of which we only understand the role of about 30% of them), the microorganisms (bacterial cells) that also inhabit our body possess at least 2 million […]
death and resurrection (aka: not the man I used to be)
Somewhat inspired by being reminded about the ‘Ship of Theseus’ this morning… with, perhaps, a hint of Easter spirit still at play in the last minute re-titling… a quickly jotted ‘first draft’… Posted while I am still feeling myself!: Death and Resurrection I’m no longer the man I used to beThere’s thirty trillion reasons whyFor […]
thoughtless gods | when our intelligence exceeds our wisdom (again)
Inspired by a Youtube link to some thoughts about AI from one of Google’s former senior execs. and author of ‘Scary Smart:The Future of Artificial intelligence’ — Mo Gawdat:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I39UoIGTptc Thoughtless gods We humans are so good at proudly inventingThings that might well kill us allFor our intelligence exceeds our wisdomAnd we forget ‘pride comes before […]
thinking happy thoughts
“Thinking happy thoughts” … Hence a reflective ‘work-in-progress’ inspired by my previous studies and current investigations into AI.. The Price of Innovation Kondratieff waved at me and said “The world will change before you go to bed. Before you sleep there will be many tears And any remnant hope there is will Come liberally spiced […]
‘reality’ (they say…)
Sitting in the shade in contemplation… this is what happens (work in progress first drafted 07/06/2025 16:30hr Lisbon time) ‘Reality’ (They Say…) They say that none of ‘it’ is realThey say that ‘it’ doesn’t existWe’re living in a simulation(Though opinion on this is mixed) They say we experience dualityCreated from ones-and-zerosAnd we should simply bow […]
enlightenment
Quickly drafted, it might yet ‘evolve’ if I become more switched-on… a response to lights going out all over Portugal when the system got so easily overloaded in Spain (April 2025)!! Enlightenment Across the PeninsulaDarkness descendedAll were disempoweredAnd life was upended Sticky jams on the roadsStopping trains, grounding planesShops could not take cardsAnd so chaos […]
heavens above
HEAVENS ABOVE yet another work-in-progress as of 12 April 2025!… Rather unashamedly twee perhaps! But nonetheless… could this positively cloud your judgement or prompt you to think about just what is in store? 🙂 What if… (a.k.a. The Database) Heaven is a Database of untold capacityNo marble halls, no angelic choirBut the Cloud on which […]
some of all things
some think this, others that: it is the foundation of human individuality, but also of division… and yet no one truly knows who if anyone is right and who wrong… except in some obvious cases 🙂 Some of all things… Some people speak of karmaAnd some believe in fateThere are those who think you face […]
the power of words
there is much truth in this statement… many current sources that influence other people’s lives through their words seem to do so without care, without thought or else with deliberate malice/self-interest/manipulative-intent aforethought. I think it’s true that great care should be taken in the words we use when we are trying to communicate clearly and […]
the nihilist
something or nothing? post-christmas nihilism. a momentary inspiration that resulted in the following poem: the nihilist I’m making a nihilistI’m checking me twice(Still trying to find outIf I’m “naughty or nice”) If life is just futileAnd nothing has mattered –Won’t it have been pointlessWhen all brains are scattered? If cities should crumbleAnd the planet implodeAnd […]