http://www.nytimes.com/2010/04/23/nyregion/23hire.html?emc=tnt&tntemail1=y
“What makes the people vulnerable are their hopes for a miracle.
They are hoping a pastor will come and rescue them.”
- Rev. Dale T. Irvin, president of New York Theological Seminary
Prayer of Saint Francis
"Lord, make me an instrument of your peace;
where there is hatred, let me sow love;
where there is injury, pardon:
where there is doubt, faith ;
where there is despair, hope
where there is darkness, light
where there is sadness, joy
O divine Master,
grant that I may not so much seek to be consoled as to console;
to be understood, as to understand;
to be loved, as to love;
for it is in giving that we receive,
it is in pardoning that we are pardoned,
and it is in dying that we are born to Eternal Life.
Amen."
- St. Francis of Assisi
from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prayer_of_Saint_Francis
this is the song we are going to sing this Sunday.
you can listen to the song at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZI1Gst7pEqc
where there is hatred, let me sow love;
where there is injury, pardon:
where there is doubt, faith ;
where there is despair, hope
where there is darkness, light
where there is sadness, joy
O divine Master,
grant that I may not so much seek to be consoled as to console;
to be understood, as to understand;
to be loved, as to love;
for it is in giving that we receive,
it is in pardoning that we are pardoned,
and it is in dying that we are born to Eternal Life.
Amen."
- St. Francis of Assisi
from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prayer_of_Saint_Francis
this is the song we are going to sing this Sunday.
you can listen to the song at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZI1Gst7pEqc
it's all relative...
"In our heads, speed is not always the most important thing.
Sometimes what really matters is timing."
from http://discovermagazine.com/2009/dec/16-the-brain-what-is-speed-of-thought
yeap! it's all relative...
Sometimes what really matters is timing."
from http://discovermagazine.com/2009/dec/16-the-brain-what-is-speed-of-thought
yeap! it's all relative...
we are arrogant... yes we are...
http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/notrocketscience/2010/04/02/pigeons-outperform-humans-at-the-monty-hall-dilemma/
in some tasks pigeons are better than humans. obviously they can fly better than us. :(
but sometimes even in probability problem... take a look at the article linked above...
the reason why we are worse than pigeons in Monty Hall problem might be
we are too arrogant to switch from our pre-calculated understanding... which might be
not perfect but which we stick to...
in some tasks pigeons are better than humans. obviously they can fly better than us. :(
but sometimes even in probability problem... take a look at the article linked above...
the reason why we are worse than pigeons in Monty Hall problem might be
we are too arrogant to switch from our pre-calculated understanding... which might be
not perfect but which we stick to...
Paul Erdos...
the followings are copied from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Erdős
Other idiosyncratic elements of Erdős' vocabulary include:
- children were referred to as "epsilons";
- women were "bosses";
- men were "slaves";
- people who stopped doing math had "died";
- people who physically died had "left";
- alcoholic drinks were "poison";
- music was "noise";
- people who had married were "captured";
- people who had divorced were "liberated";
- to give a mathematical lecture was "to preach" and
- to give an oral exam to a student was "to torture" him/her.
faith is...
"Faith is not knowing what the future holds,
but knowing who holds the future."
- from I don't know....
