I know when someone is passionately stoic because they are a lot like me. But since you don’t know me, that answer won’t do you much good. So maybe some what follows will help. Using Myers-Briggs Type Indicator terminology, I believe most of us are xNTx. We take in information using Intuition in preference to Senses and make decisions using […]
The ends need not justify the means as the means are a end in themselves. Even without tangible results the pursuit of excellence is always and excellent pursuit. You are likely to find yourself while seeking to advance a lost cause. Impossible goals promote extraordinary efforts and improbable results. Hope for the best. Plan for the worst. Expect to be […]
In 1865 Rudolph Clausius gave a name to a process that had long been at work in the universe. He called it entropy using the Greeks words “ἐν” (meaning “in”) and “τροπή” (meaning “turning” or “change”). The paper he wrote on the subject essentially defined what are now considered the First and Second Laws of Thermodynamics. First Law: The energy […]