George Rebane
Trump’s cabinet picks are overwhelmingly on the mark by my lights. However, there are a couple of them who are arguably inappropriate for their assigned jobs. Former congress critter Tulsi Gabbard is a nice lady, and no doubt has many talents which do not include the executive experience and required knowledge base to become Director of National Intelligence. The DNI oversees 18 of nation’s top intelligence agencies and is responsible for summarizing much of what the president sees on a daily basis. There are many others more suitable for the job. And Lori Chavez-DeRemer is an abysmally poor choice for SecLabor. She is on record as the most pro-union Republican and supports the Protecting the Right to Organize Act which is a devious piece of legislation that the unions use to enforce workers to unionize against their will. Her confirmation in that job puts a fox to guard the hen house.
Speaking of the cosmos and an ontology that has an excellent chance to make sense of it, I offer for your attention a video on some important ongoing research in that field of enquiry. Dr Michael Levin of the Allen Discovery Center at Tufts University has recorded a long podcast summarizing the current status of this research – ‘Self-constructing bodies, collective minds: the intersection of CS, cognitive bio, and philosophy’. To me it was an extremely illuminating cum mind-blowing presentation. I have long thought that at its primal level the cosmos (i.e. ‘what is’) is really an amalgam of evolving patterns at many levels of intelligence that are variously structured into a universe which is then seen as distinct realities by its countless parts (patterns) observing/seeking their own foundations. Levin’s work is the first I’ve encountered that puts my hazy mental meanderings on a more solid footing. The next thing I need to do is take the time to view the whole thing again, and make notes. More to be said about it later. For those interested in these concepts and questions, I introduce you to the bleeding edge of such thoughts.
[update] Joe pardons son Hunter and logs one more gigantic lie to the legion already on his record. Looking in the rear-view mirror we all should have seen this coming. The pardon is a required ‘Stay out of Jail’ card for the entire Biden family. I can hear Hunter telling his pop ‘if I’m going down, you all are going down.’ Hunter knows enough to send a lot of people up the river, and if he is now hauled into court again, you can bet the ranch that he’ll sing like a bird.
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