thought for the day
I don’t know if I’m just repeating something I’d heard long ago… but this struck me today…
If you’re not getting enough out of life, it means you’re not giving enough of yourself.
A couple of links that seem to be helpful.
Came across various versions of the same story. As I couldn’t find a succinct version, I consolidated yet another one myself from different sources on the web to match the one I’d heard originally long ago (can’t remember where).
This was about a person Derek Ogilvie called as a Baby Whisperer. The article was quite amazing really, about how the man (of Scottish origin) is able to communicate with infants!
When Descartes said “I think, therefore I am”, I wonder if he could extend it to AI saying “it thinks, therefore it is” 😉
Of course limited ability, or challenged, are nowadays gentler substitutes for the word handicapped, but I hope to write about something beyond mere courtesy or terminology, so I’m just using what’s convenient to me.
My son left on his own, first cried a bit trying to get anyone’s attention, and then tried moving around by himself. It seems like such a miracle how hard it is to for us to learn just to move one little inch forward! He was quite persistent for a while, gradually frustration and helplessness…