How Crazy .. ?

Okay, I enjoy thinking about mechanical devices that do things, you would
not normally connect that such a mechanical device might do that.

For example, a mechanical device that could determine
how crazy something or someone might be.

So first consider how often and how much the term, " how crazy " , is
used.  It occurs frequently.  Generally it is connected to an event or
a person.  So you might say:  " how crazy is that person ? ", by which
you might be saying something good or maybe something not so
nice.

So a device of this type was utilized to great effect in the
Ghostbusters movies,  so it's not like something like this
has not been imagined.   Perhaps, even such a thing
exists and very few people know about it, and they
don't want to tell anyone else ,,,, perhaps.

But what it really comes down to is, if " how crazy ", can
be measured and described by some kind of numerically
based, type of number.  (As oppose to the non-numerical
ones ).

Mathematics loves this, obviously, observe the kinds of
things they engage with.

For example, they have an infinite number of numbers,
when for the average guy,  surely a finite number
would do, but you never know what might come
around that corner, so they decide, okay we'll have
more they anybody would really ever need or
want to use for that matter.

So I am afraid, if some mathematicians get a hold
of this they will figure it out,  in order to be able to use some of
their favorite things:  numbers.  Most likely they already did it,
however.

This is getting a little bit tedious, but I thought an example
to which a number might be ascribed, is our " political "
process.  I am of course thinking of what this blog
is about , a 2 party system where in the total population
is divided - really - into 3 majors groups, being the
side that doesn't want to talk about, or think about it,
being the majority.  The smaller groups are the two
groups which are incessantly talking about it ...
but constantly --- disagreeing --- with each other
in what is almost always a very disturbing way.

If you think about it, it is easier to describe the above
mentioned event in terms of words than numbers.

I will not try to assign a number to it, but I
would guess it might be either a really big
one, or ( perhaps ) something very, very small.

I hope I did not say finally before this, but
finally,,,, this disclaimer is to indicate that
the above,  was a contrived and forced effort
at humor, and should only be taken as that.

But seriously ,,,,,,

Human-ness & Time

What makes people, human or maybe what makes humans, people?

But first, time.  I think it's kind of important to understand
that everyone who has ever lived has lived in " modern " times.

In what ever time you live, you are living in the farthest
reaches of the future of mankind.   But of course there is
more than one way to look at that issue.

Anyway, that brings me to the idea of " the primitive ".

This concept is based on the notion that in the past
humans were not always as evolved as they are in
the present age, or in other words " modern times ",
which is basically another way of saying, the present.

But this whole notion of - primitive - indicates an
extra-ordinary leap from assumptions concerning evolution
and time, for which there are conflicting facts and
information.

Nevertheless, this idea has " justified " an incredible
amount of brutality and exploitation throughout
history.

So what makes us human, anyway?

Well, I think one fundamental and important
aspect of human-ness is our ability to see
the humanity in each other.  However, it is
a worthy idea to reflect on, more.

Search & Common Ground

I sort of feel that the earth has moved under my feet, since the last post,
or --  I feel the earth move .


Anyway, when I was quite young, or ,,,, younger than today,
I watched a Walt Disney episode where Jiminy Cricket,
explained how we spend most of our time hunting,
which starred Goofy hunting. 

It seems more accurate I think to say we spend most of our
time searching.  That search might be consciously focused,
or a more diffuse search.  As the British often say,, sorting
it out.

So what does this have to do with common ground. ?

--  Blues - The Common Ground ,,, is an album on
Wikipedia, which is something to think about.

Well, I will just say finally that ,,, in all the searching we
do, do, I think we might, maybe,  spend a little more  time on
searching for a bit of " common ground ".