Response to the quote from Charles Darwin

Mathematics is heavily based on finding logic behind certain things and finding solutions of the logic through the use of numbers. Mathematics is clearly not an easy subject and this quote shows mathematics as being a difficult area of knowledge as finding logic through basic actions or basing things we do in life because it is hard to be able to observe thing and the way it works just through a system of numbers.

Finding out the basic logic behind numbers is something very difficult and the quote shows how the goal of the mathematician is quite a reach as it is compared to a blind man in a dark room trying to look for a cat. This quotation represents the difficult of maths as being an area of knowledge as we can look at past attempts of mathematicians trying to figure out a formula that helps figure out a woman. It is quite an absurd goal as a formula cannot really figure out how a woman looks.

Mathematics is able to figure out the formulas and equations to some certain actions and it surely is able to predict the outcome for those actions but for most daily life actions or just in general things that occur, it is difficult to use numbers and signs to base on how those things work because daily life actions vary due to different circumstances and the situation isn't always constant so therefore using a formula will not accurately determine how a situation would play out. This can be triggered to the past with mathematics being used to determine what's the perfect on cheese on toast going to be like.

Darwins quote makes it seem like it is almost impossible for Mathematics as an Area of Knowledge to work efficiently in the real world and them goals mathematicians set in solving out these problems tend to be absurd. The reality is that it is very difficult to use just numbers to predict action and mathematics is a bit too theoretical in this regard as it is very difficult to be able to translate those theories successfully into action.

Hyperthymesia

http://www.news.com.au/technology/science/joey-degrandis-has-an-extremely-detailed-autobiographical-memory/story-fnpjxnqt-1227466538818

Joey Degrandis is one of the 60 people in the world to be diagnosed with an extremely unique and rare condition. Hyperthymesia. This is a condition in which Joey is able to recall from memory eveyrhting that happened in his life in extreme detail, he has an extremely detailed autobiography of his life planted in his own memory as for e.g.  he knows what he did exactly on a certain day 12 years ago.

This is a rather weird disease and is considered to be a human superpower in a way. We can infer so much information from this but what I can takeaway most from this is that to what extent can we consider memory to be a reliable way of knowledge?.

In my opinion, I definitely consider memory to be a rather weak way of knowing because aside from the people with that condition, we can never really know something in true detail when we use our memory to recall from the past. We can use the human sciences here and bring in psychology as normally we remember some things and then there are other things that our brains just forget.

Memory has been known for being a way of knowing that can fluctuate. Psychologically, if we aren't in the best state of mind or in the best mood then one's memory tends to be off point as it is something I have experienced myself. When our minds work well then therefore our memory works well do. I feel that memory is not exactly the most effective way of knowing and that there have to be many things that fall in place such as having a good mood, time of day, activity we are doing etc as all of these factors help in contributing to how good our memory can be in the moment.

From an article that I saw a long time ago (cannot find the link), it said that police officers biggest issue to solving crimes was trying to get eye witnesses to give them as much information possible as several officers stated that a lot of the time eye witnesses couldn't remember details effectively. This helps show that memory isn't the strongest way to know and can be a liability in the most crucial of circumstances such as a murder cases.

17 year old hailed as a hero

https://www.yahoo.com/parenting/teen-saves-kidnapped-woman-hailed-as-a-hero-127079394932.html

A 17 year old boy in Canada was able to invade himself into what seemed like a dispute over a man and a woman. What really happened was is that the man was kidnapping a woman and taking charge of her. He saw them at the station and followed them closely on the train and was nice to them and took them to a Tim Hortons where he then called the cops to arrest the man.

The boy was able to use his intuition very well as he was able to realize that the woman was in a very bad sitaution with the man and no one else really was able to realize the type of situation they were in. His intuition was the reason why he was able to save a womans life. From this case, we can ask ourselves. How effective is intuition when it comes to a life/death case?.

When in situations regarding life or death. One would definitely not like to use intuition because a lot of the time our intuition can go wrong like for example when we study for tests and we havent studied, in that type of situation we use our intuition because we dont know anything and the chances are that we will likely fail that test badly. Then again, a test is definitely not a life or death situation but it still doesn't work out when being used. I feel that it is good to play it safe and smart when a situation that has a chance of death such as being for example if one is in an area where there could be a huge landmine. In those type of situations, we will be forced to use our intuition. We definitely can be successful but intuition is a risk/reward type of decision. If intuition is used successfully, then we can be hailed a hero like that 17 year old boy in Canada. If say one is in a situation where they are trapped on the train tracks, using intuition will be absolutely useless there because it will be extremely tough to get rid out of those tracks and back onto the platform. There you will definitely have to use your brains because your intuition will not work. Intuition rarely does work in life or death situations and it is best not putting intuition in those types of situations because it can likely cause death. It is not good to use intuitions money wise in what to investment as a lot of the time the investments can end up in losses in the long term.

Human Brain consider 30 times more powerful than the best supercomputers

http://www.techtimes.com/articles/79701/20150826/research-suggusts-human-brain-30-times-powerful-best-supercomputers.htm

How did this happen? Our brain has been considered to be nothing intelligence wise when we compare it to a supercomputer. A supercomputer can clearly do a lot of things the human brain cannot but we can see from this that a human brain can do things that a supercomputer cannot so therefore this works both ways. We may all think about how much better can a supercomputer can be than our brain, it can do such cool things that you have never seen before. This is true of course as technology continues to evolve and become even better, new things are made and it really shapes up our world. With this, to what extent can a supercomputer be that much more reliable than a human brain?.

Firstly when it comes to the technology perspective, our brain can only do so much. We use computers that are able to successfully access thinks that we cannot but the computers do not make the decisions for us. They don't do exactly what we say. We are forced to make the actions for the computer to work for us. The thoughts that come into the human brain can never come into a human computer and it is at our command where the a supercomputer works best. Our brain does all the doing, our brains were able to create the supercomputer. The supercomputer can definitely do a lot of things that the human brain cannot do but it is a product of our brain. The brain came first and then did the supercomputer. It can definitely be beleivable that the comouter is more powerful than our brain but it is our brain that it made the computer more powerful. Our work in technology and in the sciences has made the computer work better. The natural and human sciences work by humans and their brains has made this super computer be so good.

Wickham Art Theft

http://www.portsmouth.co.uk/news/local/thieves-strike-at-wickham-art-exhibition-1-6927106

Burglars broke into a stately home and robbed works of art that is nearly worth 15,000 pounds. Art in general is the human expression and application of human imagination and skill. Being valued at 15,000 pounds is an understatement. Art works have gone on to be valued for millions and millions of dollars. Why though?. That's something we will find out through this analysis. What makes art valued to such a large extent?. The most expensive artwork of all time has been valued at 300 million dollars!. Not even a house is worth that much and I'm sure most people (just my opinion) could do a lot more with a house than just a painting.

We could first say that art is valued so much because of how unique it is compared to other mediums. Art conveys a lot of things that speaking and writing cannot. There are a lot of thoughts artists like to hide through their pieces of work, maybe those thoughts could be political or suicidal even, who knows...... Art overall has an unpredictable factor in it and there have been many artworks where there has been a misinterpretation with its true meaning. A lot of the time, artists have produced works where there has been criticism because we don't really know how to interpret that piece of work and that mystery is something unique found only in art and not in anything else. Therefore this could be one clear reason in why art is valued so high.

Another factor could be the social sciences factor. Art in society has just been valued for centuries for now and it has just always been that way. We can bring in economics in this regard because it just naturally has been valued so high (by the rich of course) and there has been no changes to that when we look at it from the economic standpoint. The economy has been over centuries valuing some goods more than others and it definitely looks like paintings and artworks finds itself on the good end of the spectrum. Some things have been just a constant mainstay in the economy and in the social sciences in general and artworks prices have always been valued this high like houses and cars have been.

The aesthetic part is what stands out in this. There are many artworks that are just absolutely absurd and unreal looking and you have never seen anything else that looks like them before. The aesthetic factor plays a big part as many legendary artists like Picasso have created works of art that are people just cannot replicate today and it is something you have never seen before. This is probably the main reason why it is valued to such a large extent.

A small possibility could be that there is a correlation between the rich and love for art as I am sure most of the rich is so fond of art and that is why they purchase artworks in the millions range.

Blind Man Completes a Marathon

A blind man in UK just completed a marathon in UK, where he completed 160 miles in what is considered to be the world's toughest race!. Wow. You all must be thinking right now, how was he able to run 160 miles without having a pair of functioning eyes.

Now back to the serious world. Completing a marathon without the use of one of his senses is an unbelievable accomplishment and is something that can raise many questions in psychology thus the human sciences. We can view from this accomplishment that without having the ablity to see, he was still able to do it. Which means that this man was able to use the strength and power of his mind along with the strength of his other 4 senses in order to be able to trump the deficiency of being blind. This can lead to the development of my knowledge question, to what extent can 4 senses be able to trump the loss of one of the senses?.

When people become blind, they are forced to rely on their other 4 senses. Their feel, smell, hearing and taste become used even more often as they must use them to get through basic everyday tasks and complex tasks as well. Walking to the kitchen or walking through a crowded street where you have such little space will require all the more use of those senses if one is blind. This can lead us to think that we can we really survive as well without one sense as we could've if we had all 5 senses functioning. Our senses work separately but they all in all help us complete our actions and we can do things without one sense. After all there are millions of people in this world who are blind and/or deaf, but they are still living life to the fullest and showing us that the power of the mind on top of the strength of the other 4 senses will be able to help us to keep moving forward.

For people who are blind, they can train their ear constantly to hear noises that they may never have been able to have heard before because they didn't put much emphasis on it since they had perfect sight. The same will apply to the touch, taste and smell, these 3 senses will also be put to heavy training as the ability of those 3 senses will move to new heights.

Overall it is possible of course to use mind power and the other senses to overcome the loss of one sense and there is still definitely a huge chance that your state of mind and ability will be like how it was before you had all senses working as you can see a blind person was able to complete a marathon, something people who even have perfect senses cannot even do.