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Sayings of BioBuddha
In my younger days, I earned a Ph.D which stands for doctor of philosophy. However, it was later in life and independent of the degree that I became a philosopher.
Scientists and politicians are like cats in that they lick themselves a lot and make a big pretense of being clean.
When global warming comes up for a vote in Buffalo, NY, I am voting in favor of it.
To be a successful scientist, you should get rid of conscience. That's what deconstruction of the word con-science means. In modern science, there's no room for subjectivity and conscience.
The gates to our prison are locked on the inside.
Popular culture has undone thousands of years of human evolution. Look at those around you and think about it.
The bread and circuses of Buffalo, NY, are chicken wings and the Bills. Beer is a potential amplifier.
We are destined to pass through many veils. What's on the other side of some of them isn't pretty. Ask Dorothy about the Emerald City.
Advances in technology may have elevated the condition of mankind up to a point, but somewhere along the way we started to go the other direction and we became sicker than we were.
If we never needed to reinvent the wheel, then how did flying come about?
Ignorance isn't bliss. However, ignorance can be a fake and temporary bliss that is a lot like what happens when someone takes cocaine.
A rule that leads to finding success in the world: Do as you are told.
Science claims that the Big Bang is like a Virgin Mother that gave birth to everything that exists: matter, space, time, and natural law. Questioning that view leads to being labeled as a blasphemer.
without a doubt
But he's now a new born
on the inside looking out
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BioBuddha's Twelve Step Path for a Recovering Scientist
1. First admit that you have ignored the right
brain. In effect, you have turned yourself into a
left-brain obsessed half-wit.
2. Make an effort to stop looking upon humans as evolved
meat-creatures.
3. Stop worshiping mathematics, physics, and chemistry as
preeminent parts of a holy trinity.
4. Consider the possibility that things that cannot be
measured using conventional science are not thereby defined as
imaginary.
5. Make an effort to stop selling your scholarship for
money.
6. Start questioning everything.
7. Make an effort to cease being philosophy starved.
Try working some philosophy into the daily routine.
8. Stop believing, as a chief article of faith, that
scientists know more than anyone else.
9. Try to identify others whom you have harmed through
pursuit of personal reward and a scientific career. Seek
their forgiveness and make amends when possible.
10. Stop thinking that gaining more and more technology is
the most effective answer to human problems.
11. At least once a day, take some time to completely
forget about science and quiet the endless chatter of the left
brain. Use this time to experience the wonder of nature
and the majesty of life, the very things that the left-brain is
incapable of comprehending.
12. Learn to laugh better. If you find yourself
angry after reading this list, consider the possibility that you
are an addict in need of recovery.
BioBuddha's Five Axioms of a Professional Researcher 1,2
1. Confine your research to the questions that draw approval from colleagues.
2. Ask only the questions that attract money to do the work.
3. Address the questions that yield a maximum amount of data with the least amount of controversy.
4. Positive networking with colleagues is as important, if not more important, than the research you do.
5. Try to stay within your niche and refrain from going against the party line.
1. Unfortunately for me, I sometimes reject my own advice. Working proximal to the world's oldest profession gets difficult when you realize what it takes from you.
2. Bean counting is integral to this business, but there are many important things that don't rank a score on the bean index.
BioBuddha's List of First Laws
First Law of Homo sapiens in the Post-modern World: The 'new normal' in terms of human beings is always lower than the last one.First Law of Obligations: The more you know how to do, the more you will have to do (1).
First Law of Psychotropic Drugs: It's much easier to change a perception of reality than it is to change reality.
First Law of Pharmaceutics: A pill, rather than water, is the universal solvent.
First Law of Government: There is an inverse relationship between human evolution and the size of government.
First Law of Scientific Research: Orthodox views always get published.
First Law of Energy: Gossip is the only thing capable of traveling faster than the speed of light.
First Law of Density: Bureaucracy is the most dense of elements known and it occupies infinite space.
First Law of Expediency: Giving in to the demands of expediency always triumphs over good sense and high principle.
First Law of Deadlines: If you give them until Tuesday, they will take until Friday.
First Law of Learning: Yesterday's knowledge always turns into today's religion and then becomes tomorrow's nonsense.
First Law of Post-modern Grading: Everyone is above average.
First Law of Civilization: The influence of cultural tradition on decision-making increases in proportion to the rise of civilization.
First Law of First Laws: No law is more important than this one (2).
First Law of Omission: _________________________________________ (3).
First Law of Commission: Humans can't be expected to act with common sense because there is no such thing. There is only common nonsense. (4).
Endnotes:
1. My grandfather used to recite this one.
2. My dog sometimes looks at me and barks this one.
3. It's underlined.
4. See First Law of Homo sapiens.
BioBuddha's Rubric for Post-Modern Grading (1-3)
B stands for 'Below Average'.
C stands for 'Certainly Below Average'. Considered failing. C is the lowest grade earned during "schooling".
D stands for 'Don't Know'. This is a temporary grade. It's what used to be an 'I' grade or incomplete.
F stands for 'Fantastic'. A rare grade indicating high achievement. In the post modern world, this grade is difficult to earn without undertaking a lot of effort. Students earning an F need to come back again as an example to show others how such excellence is accomplished.
Endnotes:
1. https://qz.com/415380/harvard-grads-averaging-almost-an-a-minus-gpa-dont-think-grade-inflation-is-a-problem/
2. https://economix.blogs.nytimes.com/2013/12/10/as-have-been-harvards-most-common-grade-for-20-years/
3. Post-modern grading follows an inverted Bell Curve on a graph of high excellence plotted against letter grade. See below.
