#461: So, What Is Learning Anyway?
Saturday • February 27th 2021 • 7:52:49 pm • 6KB
Let us define some things up front: Teaching, or being taught, is when someone else is trying to make you learn. Learning, is when you your self reach out for knowledge. Studying, means looking at something up close. Studying for an exam, is code for...
#460: The Way The World Is
Friday • February 26th 2021 • 6:55:45 pm • 3KB
We are great thinkers, great dreamers, and great leaders, and yet, things rock back and forth, a little bit of this, a little bit of that... And then they settle, in the middle. We need to know why Humanity does things, that wise humans disagree with....
#459: Little Adventures At Nordhouse Dunes
Thursday • February 25th 2021 • 9:19:34 pm • 7KB
I parked at a little wooded rest area, I was already nearing Ludington I didn't need to stop. But I had some tasty crackers with me, and I wasn't actually in any hurry to get anywhere at all. This was early morning, and it is not possible to describe that...
#458: For Contributions To Human Kind
Wednesday • February 24th 2021 • 5:25:53 pm • 6KB
First of all, I want you to know, that you could win that Prize. bestowed upon those who made the greatest contributions to humankind. And that there are multiple pathways, so as long as you are in the right place, somewhere out on the edge. It is hard to...
#457: The Lighthouse
Tuesday • February 23rd 2021 • 8:50:46 pm • 5KB1
I pulled up to the gate at Ludington State Park, it made no sense to get to the hiking sites this late, and I didn't want a camper spot, I grabbed a tent site. I had to show the woman at the booth my Raccoon Drawings, she loved them, and I think I had a...
#456: Bad Grades Are Meaningless Grades
Monday • February 22nd 2021 • 6:18:08 pm • 8KB
You have to punch through what everyone else is saying, if something feels wrong, you walk, you get out, you don't let people push you. Long time ago, we had these little schools, that taught reading, writing, and arithmetic. And people loved them,...
#455: The Microbiologist
Sunday • February 21st 2021 • 9:20:15 pm • 1KB
How Did Life Begin? What are Stromatolites? Micro-Biology, Crash Course History of Science #24 Old & Odd, Archaea, Bacteria & Protists - CrashCourse Biology #35 Chapter 1, Introduction to Microbiology Crash Course Microbiology Leeuwenhoek and Microscopic...
#454: Real Education Is Everywhere
Sunday • February 21st 2021 • 5:49:24 pm • 4KB
The worst thing about schools being bad for us, is how amazing getting a real education is. Above all, a real education will take you through, a series of small businesses that will help you learn about moneymaking. It ends poverty, fears of losing a job,...
#453: The Terrible Truth Behind Piano Keys, Scales, Schools and Uneducated Politicians
Saturday • February 20th 2021 • 8:11:53 pm • 8KB
People are tricked into thinking that music theory is required for making music, and schools deliver music theory as a single indivisible blob. With modern schools focusing on standardized testing, schools trick kids into thinking that memorization is a...
#452: A Little Look At Little Melodies
Friday • February 19th 2021 • 8:20:50 pm • 4KB1
There is something amazing, that you might not have never noticed about melodies. Imagine a group of people singing Happy Birthday, and now a world away... imagine a young pianist learning her first notes by playing Happy Birthday. And now, get this, they...
#451: A Tiny Introduction To Drums
Thursday • February 18th 2021 • 9:13:14 pm • 2KB2
Drums will come in two varieties, synthesized, and as a recording of a real drum. I think the rule of thumb is, the less computer like a drum is the better. Here is an example of a synthetic kick drum, followed by a recording of one. *DRUMS* There are...
#450: Exceptional Ability As A Tool For Thinking
Wednesday • February 17th 2021 • 8:20:56 pm • 6KB
The term Exceptional Ability probably originated, in a unique process required for a US Green Card. More recently it has been used by the CEO of a large company, to describe an alternative to a college diploma. Personally, I use it as a way to show that...
#449: Schools Are Bad For Us So Build Better Schools And Don't Look Back
Tuesday • February 16th 2021 • 9:16:17 pm • 1KB
Don't fall into the trap of explaining why, just start building the new schools, forget the old. The new schools are amazing, because they are about happiness. Seriously, you go there, and you pick a classroom that makes you smile the most. This is not an...
#448: Trying To Sing
Monday • February 15th 2021 • 5:44:37 pm • 2KB1
So today, I will show you how to compose your own songs, with your own lyrics. We have a talent that you may not be aware of, it is the talent of synchronizing with a metronome, or a simple beat. Here, you just turn in on for one minute, and then come up...
#447: The Music Theorist
Sunday • February 14th 2021 • 8:11:01 pm • 2KB
What is Music Theory? Pitch and Octaves The 12 Pitches Tones and Semitones Scales, The Major Scale Scales, The (Natural) Minor Scale Scales, The (Harmonic) Minor Scale Scales, The (Melodic) Minor Scale Scale Degrees (Explains Tonic) Scale Degree Names (and...
#446: You Do Not Need Theory
Sunday • February 14th 2021 • 1:32:32 pm • 3KB
Theory, is useful after you don't need it, don't do things because others tell you to do them. You are too unique, you are too grand, too unstoppable, too unbreakable, to fit any theory. Some theories are broken... college is broken, future expects more of...
#445: Fake Schools, Fake Education And How To Spot A Creepy Cult Of Greed
Saturday • February 13th 2021 • 6:50:57 pm • 4KB
Let me start by giving you the answer first: FOLLOW THE MONEY. Now, before I get into explanations, I must first give you an example of a Real School, and an Example of a Fake One. Y Combinator is a "kind of a" Real School even though it has been built as...
#444: Get Mad: Of High School And Music
Friday • February 12th 2021 • 7:26:08 pm • 4KB
In today's episode, we get mad at High School and Music. We use songs as an example of a thing... that the first semester of music class should teach you how to make. I want you to think about a website, with an album of 10 songs, that your customers can...
#443: How To Easily Learn Anything And Everything
Thursday • February 11th 2021 • 8:57:23 pm • 6KB
First of all, you can't just pick a subject out of the blue, nor can anybody tell you what you need to learn. If you are forced to learn something under a threat, you are likely to memorize it, and thus create the wrong impression of the subject. Saying ...
#442: And The World Will Grow
Wednesday • February 10th 2021 • 8:53:27 pm • 2KB
We all have to be careful about what we end up believing in, and we have to be good to ourselves taking care of our minds and bodies. Our greatest flaw, is our susceptibility to indoctrination. We have a tendency, to believe whatever it is that we are...
#441: To The Trailblazers
Tuesday • February 9th 2021 • 8:45:11 pm • 2KB2
Snow is melting, 38 days until Spring, and in just about 18 days everybody starts hitting the Appalachian Tail. Spring weather could be here in as little, as two weeks! Crossing an I-275 Bicycle Trail overpass today, I saw someone trying their wobbly luck...
#440: A Note On Self Education And Entrepreneurship
Monday • February 8th 2021 • 9:17:30 pm • 2KB
Before we trust school with our knowledge, and our path to wisdom and beyond. Before we assume that College. will open gateways to a job we love. Before we trust somebody, or something else, we must begin learning on our own, and never stop. One of the...
#439: The Meteorite Hunter
Sunday • February 7th 2021 • 11:43:55 pm • 1KB
Meteor Hits Russia Feb 15, 2013 The Tunguska Event TOP 15 BIGGEST Asteroid Impacts in History How We Proved An Asteroid Wiped Out The Dinosaurs Top 5 Meteorite Fragments People Found The Meteorite Museum Meteorites and Meteor-wrongs Meteorite or...
#438: Live Beautifully
Sunday • February 7th 2021 • 5:45:05 pm • 1KB
Live Beautifully, Stay Strong. Take to Knowledge and Wisdom, and if you so choose, Greatness. Make use of our greatest powers; Authenticity, Foresight, Insight, Unbreakability... And be mindful of our greatest flaw, our tendency to believe in things that...