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The Clever Horse “Hans” and Artificial Intelligence
Intelligent Horses Hans, an Arab stallion from Russia, had proven himself to be a clever horse indeed. He had learned to use his hoof to tap out numbers written on a blackboard. Much to Von Osten’s (a German high school… Continue reading
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Life lessons
“The highest reward for a person’s toil is not what they get for it, but what they become by it.” – John Ruskin We all have unique experiences that led us to where we are today. Every person should strive… Continue reading
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Balancing Productivity with Leisure
“Those who work much do not work hard”, said Thoreau in his journal. I have read his journal multiple times, each time his observation and endearing wisdom resounding so true but so often forgotten in our sisyphic behaviour; and even… Continue reading
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Mistakes are our Teachers
In 1884 Van Gogh wrote: If one wants to be active, one mustn’t be afraid to do something wrong sometimes, and not be afraid to lapse into some mistakes. To be good — many people think that they’ll achieve it… Continue reading
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Knowledge Management fundamentals remain unchanged
Growth and cost optimization have been long-lasting vital drivers for business and factors such as complexity of governance, changing technology, loss of knowledge, high switching costs, not using best practices, and inadequate skills proficiency add to the complexity of management.… Continue reading
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Learning functional programming
I recently tried Pyret, and fondly remembered days of learning and also teaching data structures through Pascal to my undergraduate students. For those starting to learn programming now, I recommend you explore Pyret first (https://lnkd.in/fmkR2Ja). I hope teaching programming will… Continue reading
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Difficulty of predicting exponential growth
Have you ever folded a paper 42 times? How thick would it be? In fact, after 42 folds, the paper is 440,000 kilometres thick. The underestimation of exponential behaviour is a pervasive phenomenon. Evolution trained our minds to think and… Continue reading
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Evening Light
Where threads of personal life, Intertwine with the reflected glinting golden gloam. And metaphysical becomes physical; In that wondrous moment of collaborative sentience, I celebrate with the imagination of the Creator. Continue reading
