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Uncertainty Farid is in Dallas and Iman lives in London Canada. This weblog is a place to share our idea with our friends. We would like to talk about many interesting subjects like philosophy, Anthropology, Human Rights, Religion, Ethics, Medicine (especially surgery), Science and Music..
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Wednesday, March 12, 2008
I stopped writing here long time ago! I started my blog here. Come and see what is going on!!
Iman Posted:Wednesday, March 12, 2008 | Monday, May 15, 2006
Niagara falls!
Niagara falls is spectacular! I always wanted to see this place. I went there with a friend and we really enjoyed it. Posted:Monday, May 15, 2006 | Sunday, April 16, 2006
Imagine!
Imagine there's no heaven, It's easy if you try, No hell below us, Above us only sky, Imagine all the people living for today... Imagine there's no countries, It isn't hard to do, Nothing to kill or die for, No religion too, Imagine all the people living life in peace... You may say Im a dreamer, but Im not the only one, I hope some day you'll join us, and the world will be as one. Imagine all the people Sharing all the world... You may say Im a dreamer, but Im not the only one, I hope some day you'll join us, And the world will live as one. Imagine no possesions, I wonder if you can, No need for greed or hunger, A brotherhood of man, Imagine all the people Sharing all the world... You may say Im a dreamer, but Im not the only one, I hope some day you'll join us, And the world will live as one Posted:Sunday, April 16, 2006 |
University of Western Ontario in London!
For a long time, I have not written anything in this blog. Many changes happened. I moved to London Ontario. I am willing to write regualrly about my new experience! I am going to stay in London for 5 years! Posted:Sunday, April 16, 2006 | Sunday, January 09, 2005
Friday, December 17, 2004
Intelligence These are some possible answers for defining intelligence :
Although agreeing on one defenition may seem hard, it seems that there has been a consensus that this quality is possessed by man and not machines.By rapid developments in artificial intelligence field, it's hard to be very sure about this anymore. The following piece is interesting as a test of telling if a machine is intelligent or not: In his landmark 1950 paper Alan Turing suggested that the question "Can machines think?" was too vague and philosophical to be of any value. To make it more concrete, he proposed an "imitation game." The Turning test; as it came to be known, involves two people and a computer. One person, the interrogator, It is interesting that Turning actually believed that machines would be able to pass his test by the turn of the century. So far no computer has come close, in spite of 40 years of research on artificial intelligence. (posted by Farid) Posted:Friday, December 17, 2004 | Thursday, December 16, 2004
Learning to fly!
It is a dramatic title for a medical article, Is not it?! How to become master in your field of work. I have seen many worthless books in the market which are published to fool people and feed some businesses by some publishers. In the academic world, the story is different! To train people for high level of performance, practical theories are needed. Let’s start with this article. I will post some other links with regard to this issue! We tell our residents that they need to be determined to do more than just survive. They must be ready to prevail over the circumstances that they find in their sometimes chaotic lives. One of these challenges is dealing with anxiety. We teach the residents that there is little physiological difference between anxiety and arousal. The paradox is that people spend a great portion of their lives trying to avoid anxiety and a great deal of therest of their lives trying to seek out arousal. If one realizes that the physiologic reaction of the body to both anxiety and arousal is similar, then one can approach situations that might seem anxiety provoking with a positive outlook instead of apprehension. One should channel thesefeelings of arousal into an energetic state of being that will allow one to do one is best.Learning to fly: Teaching mental strategies to future surgeons addressed by Dr Curtis G. Tribble (Posted by Iman) Posted:Thursday, December 16, 2004 | Friday, December 10, 2004
On Self-Actualization Maslow believed that the highest human need was to reach self-actualization . Based on Jones &.Crandall, Self-actualization is the possession of the following characteristics :
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The theory of multiple intelligences
One of subjects you might be interested is "intelligence". People usually talk about IQ and categorize people into intelligent and non-intelligent!. I recently came across the theory of multiple intelligences developed in 1983 by Dr. Howard Gardner, professor of education at Harvard University. ( because of my ignorance, I did not know that this theory has existed for 21 years!!) It suggests that the traditional notion of intelligence, based on I.Q. testing, is far too limited. Instead, He proposes eight different intelligences to account for a broader range of human potential in children and adults. He pointed out that I.Q. tests measure primarily verbal, logical-mathematical, and some spatial intelligence. Believing that there are many other kinds of intelligence that are important aspects of human capabilities, he proposed that they also include visual/spatial, bodily/kinesthetic, musical, interpersonal, and intrapersonal intelligences. More recently he added naturalist intelligence to this list and suggested that there may be other possibilities including spiritual and existential. Read about this theory and more. (posted by Iman) Posted:Friday, December 10, 2004 | Thursday, December 09, 2004
To Restate The Obvious
Can you hear it? If you can, it's yours Do you like it? If you do, it's your pleasure Does it make you happy? If it does, it's your happiness that you made Can you conceive it? If so, then you can create it Is it beautiful? If it is, then it's your beauty you see Who's the final authority of music? Who can say it's great? Who can say it's beautiful? Who can give music it's validity? It's so simple, it's so obvious, It gets hidden: It's you for you It's me for me And it's them for them So here's to a revitalization In the freedom of choice In music ~Chick Corea~ 17 May, 1986 Sent by a "friend" (posted by Iman) Posted:Thursday, December 09, 2004 |
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