Lee Allan Sanders's Blog – January 2008 Archive (3)

I believe the following quotation to be true for those of us who sometimes consider ourselves "full" of learning:

"The full person does not understand the needs of the hungry." - Irish Proverb

I am thinking on this deeply, since I don't yet know how to create a simulation in myself that represents a true hunger for learning that might exist in others. I know I have a strong desire for learning, and I am meditating on the difference. More later *:-)

"We don't see things as they are; we see things as we are." - The Talmud

Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson are going camping. They pitch their tent under the stars and go to sleep. Sometime in the middle of the night Holmes wakes Watson up.



Holmes: "Watson, look up at the stars, and tell me what you deduce."

Watson: "I see millions of stars and even if a few of those have planets, its quite likely there are some planets like Earth, and if there are a few planets like Earth out there, there might also be life. What does it tell you,… Continue