Comments on: Words to my daughter http://www.bookwormroom.com/2008/03/01/words-to-my-daughter/ She escaped from the belly of the liberal beast Thu, 20 Nov 2008 14:14:46 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6 By: Al http://www.bookwormroom.com/2008/03/01/words-to-my-daughter/#comment-20623 Al Sun, 02 Mar 2008 11:30:07 +0000 http://www.bookwormroom.com/2008/03/01/words-to-my-daughter/#comment-20623 It's starting, BW. Our 16 year old occasionally gives me the impression I should not be breathing in her presence. And many of our friends recount similar unfathomable irritations. I'm glad Miss Bookworm open to discussion. She will change as her perspective changes. Al It’s starting, BW. Our 16 year old occasionally gives me the impression I should not be breathing in her presence. And many of our friends recount similar unfathomable irritations. I’m glad Miss Bookworm open to discussion. She will change as her perspective changes.
Al

]]> By: 11B40 http://www.bookwormroom.com/2008/03/01/words-to-my-daughter/#comment-20622 11B40 Sun, 02 Mar 2008 00:22:26 +0000 http://www.bookwormroom.com/2008/03/01/words-to-my-daughter/#comment-20622 Greetings: My father was of the "I may have taught you everything you know, but I haven't taught you everything I know" school of thought. Greetings:

My father was of the “I may have taught you everything you know, but I haven’t taught you everything I know” school of thought.

]]> By: rockdalian http://www.bookwormroom.com/2008/03/01/words-to-my-daughter/#comment-20620 rockdalian Sat, 01 Mar 2008 21:24:47 +0000 http://www.bookwormroom.com/2008/03/01/words-to-my-daughter/#comment-20620 In a roundabout way, I used to tell my daughters that, hey, I have been sixteen, but you've never been forty. I didn't listen very much to my parents either. In a roundabout way, I used to tell my daughters that, hey, I have been sixteen, but you’ve never been forty.
I didn’t listen very much to my parents either.

]]> By: Ymarsakar http://www.bookwormroom.com/2008/03/01/words-to-my-daughter/#comment-20618 Ymarsakar Sat, 01 Mar 2008 20:40:18 +0000 http://www.bookwormroom.com/2008/03/01/words-to-my-daughter/#comment-20618 Oh btw, the reason why Nature needs these people to experiment for her, is because Nature abhors stagnancy, which is what old folks like to create. Oh btw, the reason why Nature needs these people to experiment for her, is because Nature abhors stagnancy, which is what old folks like to create.

]]> By: Ymarsakar http://www.bookwormroom.com/2008/03/01/words-to-my-daughter/#comment-20617 Ymarsakar Sat, 01 Mar 2008 20:38:20 +0000 http://www.bookwormroom.com/2008/03/01/words-to-my-daughter/#comment-20617 <B>As I explained to my daughter, while I may be slower to learn now than I was 30 years ago, I still know infinitely more than she does based upon those 30 years of experience, both in terms of hard facts and life knowledge.</b> My explanation would be this: She is a computer that has a large memory and may process information quick, but I'm the computer programmer. I may need a calculator and software to do my task, but the computer couldn't do it on its own no matter how much RAM or CPU processing speed it had. The reason why the computer has so much need for RAM, permanent memory, and CPU speed is that it can't connect the dots. Only with experience and sentience can one connect the dots and use parallel thinking over serial processing. A smart person can figure things out simply through brute force processing speed and power. A wise person figures things out because he or she has already seen the solution in act and simply needs to recall or modify it to the now. Thus this is why no matter how smart you are when young, a retarded veteran of many wars will still kill you faster than you can think "I'm in trouble". Also the confidence of youth is there because Nature decided that in order to test out many risky scenarios, she needed to program into her creations a confidence and belief in their own immortality. This way, they are gloriously and happily do dumb things, believing they are right, while Nature sits back and observes which disasters occur to whom. Older folks have survived because they have learned the trick of the con. As I explained to my daughter, while I may be slower to learn now than I was 30 years ago, I still know infinitely more than she does based upon those 30 years of experience, both in terms of hard facts and life knowledge.

My explanation would be this: She is a computer that has a large memory and may process information quick, but I’m the computer programmer. I may need a calculator and software to do my task, but the computer couldn’t do it on its own no matter how much RAM or CPU processing speed it had.

The reason why the computer has so much need for RAM, permanent memory, and CPU speed is that it can’t connect the dots. Only with experience and sentience can one connect the dots and use parallel thinking over serial processing.

A smart person can figure things out simply through brute force processing speed and power. A wise person figures things out because he or she has already seen the solution in act and simply needs to recall or modify it to the now.

Thus this is why no matter how smart you are when young, a retarded veteran of many wars will still kill you faster than you can think “I’m in trouble”.

Also the confidence of youth is there because Nature decided that in order to test out many risky scenarios, she needed to program into her creations a confidence and belief in their own immortality. This way, they are gloriously and happily do dumb things, believing they are right, while Nature sits back and observes which disasters occur to whom. Older folks have survived because they have learned the trick of the con.

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