Hypothesis Discovery

The policies we followed were based on the expectation that we have no effective therapeutics for viruses other than vaccines.   We have therapeutics to address the serious problem caused by the toxic protein. Attacking the toxic protein therapeutically for the ill is also a lot more preferable to subjecting the healthy to potential harms of a vaccine. This episode is also available as a blog post: http://hypothesis-discovery.com/2021/06/05/covid19-discovery-of-doubt/

When people are walking on sidewalks, their subconscious may be telling them they are trespassing.  They are trespassing on the territory for dogs. This episode is also available as a blog post: http://hypothesis-discovery.com/2021/06/02/influence-of-dogs-on-city-sidewalk-character/

There seems to be something more fundamental lacking in the engineer's preparedness for their job.   Despite finding a lack of key information in the published instructions on either the biocide or the maintenance manual, they were not deterred in their confidence that this should be a simple task.  They were convinced the task was simple, and the circumstances did nothing to undermine that confidence.  The missing element in this scenario was self-supervision.  This episode is also available as a blog post: http://hypothesis-discovery.com/2021/06/01/just-in-time-learning-and-supervision/

Grading is important. Making high grades is important only for those who will end up standing on the shoulders of giants.   For everyone else and for society as a whole, the optimal grade is a C. This episode is also available as a blog post: http://hypothesis-discovery.com/2021/05/31/climbing-to-stand-on-shoulders-of-giants/

Referencing video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fe-SZ_FPZew I think education needs grades and that the grades ideally should be measured on a bell curve.   The grades identify where to cut the tails off of the central cohort.   The tests need to be challenging enough to expose those tails so that they may be trimmed from the cohort.   Our problem is our failure to recognize that the C grade is the ideal grade. This episode is also available as a blog post: http://hypothesis-discovery.com/2021/05/30/thoughts-on-grading-in-schools/

There comes times when the situation is outside of the navigator's experience and training.   In those times, the old navigator may be incapable of opening his mind to fully pay attention to what is actually happening.   Some times call for a younger mind that is learning in real time, absorbing the recent observations with youthful wonderment.  Those are usually times of the most severe crises. This episode is also available as a blog post: http://hypothesis-discovery.com/2021/05/29/navigators-for-data/

About the workers who are declining the new opportunities.   Ultimately, they may be seeing these opportunities for what they really are.   These are opportunities to torment their hearts.   They have to wear masks and stay distant from customers.  They are not allowed to experience the serving of crowds, let alone the larger opportunities for tips or wages.   They would be entering an empty workspace that clearly is optimal being more crowded. This episode is also available as a blog post: http://hypothesis-discovery.com/2021/05/28/revolving-doors-are-locked-employees-wanted-but-not-welcomed/

This distinction of chores versus tasks has a corrupting influence on work.   It is form of the corrupting influence of money because we tie compensation or continued employment to the progress made during tasks.  This is different because money is not a factor.   Greed is not the cause of the corruption.   Instead, it is the corruption of having to justify one's position.   It is the corruption of being gainfully employed.  To justify employment, we need to show the gain.  Our work has to be important in some larger sense. This episode is also available as a blog post: http://hypothesis-discovery.com/2021/05/27/necessary-without-being-important-chores/

I enjoyed the preparatory work of arranging data into a presentable form.   The surprise was when I was then put in a position to present this to a critical audience.   I accidentally experience the ability to handle surprising questions.   I was addicted.  The addiction was to the conversation.  The conversation happened to involve the language of data, a vast collection of individual datum. This episode is also available as a blog post: http://hypothesis-discovery.com/2021/05/26/conversing-using-data/

I like my useless body-composition weight scale.   It gives me numbers and plots with labels describing things I want to know.   The numbers come from computations based on scientific studies.   The numbers have a certainty to them even though I have no idea where this health story will end up.   I am entertained watching the show of my own making. This episode is also available as a blog post: http://hypothesis-discovery.com/2021/05/25/line-between-science-and-fiction/

The current culture shift toward team behavior has occurred over multiple generations.  The people in teams seem to have people who are content with their place in the team.    More significantly, they seem to be content in staying in their place indefinitely. This episode is also available as a blog post: http://hypothesis-discovery.com/2021/05/24/the-individual-in-a-team-obsessed-world/

This trend of upsetting the normal arrangements will continue.   While this is happening there will be more shortages.  Supply chains will dwindle due to government restrictions and due to the lack of labor.  The supplies that are delivered will have inflated costs due to high demand or due to the need to pay for the higher labor costs.   The ultimate result is high inflation. This episode is also available as a blog post: http://hypothesis-discovery.com/2021/05/23/consequence-of-flattening-the-curve/

Ultimately, the modern workplace fears soloists.   They have good reason to fear them.   The soloist has power.   Like in a music concert, if the soloist can't show up, the show cannot go on with just the accompanists.  If the soloist fails, there is nothing the accompanist can do to save the show. This episode is also available as a blog post: http://hypothesis-discovery.com/2021/05/22/soloist-in-hiding/

When a customer gets his hair cut, there is only one person doing the cutting from the start to the finish.  That cutting involves observing, analyzing, planning, and acting.   He succeeds because this is not a team effort. This episode is also available as a blog post: http://hypothesis-discovery.com/2021/05/21/thoughts-on-delaying-a-hair-cut/

The 17 year cicada's and the brood X existence might instead be a deliberate choice to send a message to all the other species that it understands evolution.  In some way, species are aware of the evolutionary pressures of other species.   They can act on this awareness to mess things up for them, but in a playful harassing way.   This creature knows how to create a bountiful feast on a schedule that does no good to any other species.  This episode is also available as a blog post: http://hypothesis-discovery.com/2021/05/20/diabolical-cicadas/

The rhythms of life and nature appear to be happening at intervals that are twice what we are using.   Our time keeping is rushing life, and for the most part, the life is not trying to keep up.   The natural rhythms often are occurring in bi-periods, or half-time. This episode is also available as a blog post: http://hypothesis-discovery.com/2021/05/19/significance-of-a-fortnight/

My blood pressure may be very similar to a computer cooling fan.   It is telling me my brain is working hard on something.    Like in the second computer fan example, it may be doing something unnecessary, and something I didn't even realize would be happening.    When I see spikes in my high blood pressure, it is telling me I am thinking about something too hard.   If I don't recognize it, it might be subconscious. This episode is also available as a blog post: http://hypothesis-discovery.com/2021/05/18/blood-pressure-and-thinking-too-much/

The fact that we have achieved a population life expectation that is at this number provides proof that this is the right number, or a least a lower limit to what the right number should be.   I wonder whether it might have been just an accident of history.   The high life expectation was a deviation from the normal value.   Perhaps it will be inevitable that we will revert to a much lower norm.  This episode is also available as a blog post: http://hypothesis-discovery.com/2021/05/17/life-expectancy-as-a-priority/

There appears to be something like a town growing along these bike trails.  At parking lots there are appearing food trucks offering hot food.   In town, I have seen people with little trailer cart behind their bikes with a little bit of merchandise or a coffee stand.   I would not be surprised if they start to appear at the edge of the trails.   I can certainly see a potential for a kind of a roadside stop for the passing bicyclists, but served by a business that uses bikes instead of cars to stay in business. This episode is also available as a blog post: http://hypothesis-discovery.com/2021/05/16/urban-transportation/

A sabbatical is a legitimate option for career training.   This is the only time a person can learn how to fill in unstructured time.   Doing so develops skills in how to create jobs where none were defined before.     The key element of extended absences is the completely unstructured time.   Things that do need to be done can take much longer than normally would be allowed in a work setting. This episode is also available as a blog post: http://hypothesis-discovery.com/2021/05/15/detox-from-work/