Wednesday, March 2, 2011

In the Kingdom of the BLIND...

Someone left this comment earlier:

"In the Kingdom of the Blind, one eye Jack is the King". A point for musing here.




















Few years ago while I participated on forums and watch activities there, there was an incident someone pleaded for help to nurse chicks he harvested along with the nests. No kidding, it was a distress call. Not long after he metamorphosed as a consultant in blog space. How interesting.

There was another individual who called everyone "Sifus" as their brains being picked. Soon he "self-graduated" as consultant too, stood on roof top proclaiming, "Which consultant did like I do?" a display of "one-up-manship" and getting more confident later - claimed "I don't like it, so do the birds". Huh, did he "check-in" for the birds? How interesting again.

It is not to envy as "sour grapes". These are pretty smart people who are capable of progress through self learning. Point is depth and breath in knowledge really need time to accumulate. It takes 3-4 years to do a basic degree in science/engineering, another 3-4 years for a postgraduate specialty. Even then fresh graduates come into real world as "green horns".

In cyberspace, anyone can put up their 2 cents worth. This is a good thing to propagate and share ideas. On the other hand truths, half-truths, myths and misleading ideas are all confounded. One needs to pick with eyes and mind wide open.

Otherwise, it can be

"In the Kingdom of the Blind, the "One-eyed" man is the King"

IMHO, there are no Kings on "Knowledge Land". Learning is open ended and knowledge frontiers are being pushed forward all the times. To stay still is to be left behind.

5 comments:

Ayah Embong said...

CyberWorld no difference than actual Life , macam macam ada BRO, I have always enjoy reading your writings and had always wishes you all the best without you knowing... So Bro maybe Master speak to me of Aroma ,, bunyi macam Khalil Gibran ... for the benefict of your blog readers. Nice rest Bro.

Walet.twins said...

One difference in cyberspace is people can hide behind anonymity of nicknames. So people do behaves differently than otherwise in their social circles.

That's also when "true nature" of persons being revealed.

I always take what people says at face value, through judgment of their actions to understand their inner characters.

It will unravel itself over time.

Walet.twins said...

Ayah, I was wrapped in my own thoughts & forgot to thank you for your inputs + kind compliments.

My topics so far are free flowing & hopped about haphazardly.

Would like to get subjects better organized under a structure in future..

I thought about experiments to evaluate effectiveness of aromas too.

Eugene said...

Guess those who follows forums and blogs yrs ago will know what are you trying to say.

When you guys started, 2006/2007? Yup, I read the comments of some of the so-called experts. Unbelievable, but believe it.

Ayah Embong said...

sure, maybe you could have reorganise the layout as been always mentioned in the order of importance viz,
1. Location selections
2. Design and proper plan and space arrangements
3. Temp and Humidity
4. Sounds
5. Aroma
My personal feeling if you are able to cover those areas effectively , you could guide most people including myself to a better GAHP, success rate and a more peaceful mind.
Best Wishes as always.

p.s I was a Dover road campus and stayed at Clementi estate for a number of years.