Dunning–Kruger effect
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In the field of psychology, the Dunning–Kruger effect is a cognitive bias in which people with low ability at a task overestimate their ability. It is related to the cognitive bias of illusory superiority and comes from the inability of people to recognize their lack of ability. Without the self-awareness of metacognition, people cannot objectively evaluate their competence or incompetence.[1]
As described by social psychologists David Dunning and Justin Kruger, the bias results from an internal illusion in people of low ability and from an external misperception in people of high ability; that is, “the miscalibration of the incompetent stems from an error about the self, whereas the miscalibration of the highly competent stems from an error about others.”[1]
More at: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dunning%E2%80%93Kruger_effect
Pope Francis calls for global ceasefire amid Covid-19 pandemic in livestreamed Easter address
Issued on: 12/04/2020 (france24.com)
Text by:FRANCE 24|Video by:Seema GUPTA
Pope Francis called on Sunday for global solidarity in fighting the coronavirus pandemic and its economic fallout, urging the relaxation of international sanctions, debt relief for poor nations and ceasefires in all conflicts.
“May Christ our peace enlighten all who have responsibility in conflicts, that they may have the courage to support the appeal for an immediate global ceasefire in all corners of the world,” the pope said in a livestreamed Easter message.
He condemned arms manufacturing and said the pandemic should spur leaders to finally end long-running wars such as that in Syria. He also appealed for help for migrants and others suffering from existing humanitarian conflicts.
The pope also warned the European Union that it risked collapse if it did not agree on how to help the region recover.
The pope’s Easter “Urbi et Orbi” (to the city and the world) message, delivered from an empty St. Peter’s Basilica instead of to the usual crowd of tens of thousands in the square outside, was by far his most pressing and political since his election in 2013.
Saying the message of this year’s “Easter of solitude” should be a “contagion of hope,” he heaped praise on doctors, nurses and others risking their lives to save others and hailed those working to keep essential services running.
“This is not a time for indifference, because the whole world is suffering and needs to be united in facing the pandemic,” he said in the message, almost entirely dedicated to the pandemic’s effects on personal and international relations.
“Indifference, self-centredness, division and forgetfulness are not words we want to hear at this time. We want to ban these words forever!” he said.
Easter in the time of Covid-19
Francis expressed sympathy for those not able to bid farewell to their loved ones because of restrictions, for Catholics who have not been able to receive the sacraments and for all those worried about an uncertain future.
“In these weeks, the lives of millions of people have suddenly changed,” he said.
The pope said it was up to politicians and governments, too, to avoid “self-centredness” and take decisive, concerted action to help each others’ populations live through the crisis and eventually resume normal life.
“May international sanctions be relaxed, since these make it difficult for countries on which they have been imposed to provide adequate support to their citizens,” Francis said.
He also called for debt reductions or forgiveness for the poorest nations, without naming any countries.
Europe’s divisions
Francis expressed particular concern for the future of Europe, saying it was vital that rivalries that existed before World War Two “do not regain force” as a result of the pandemic.
European Union nations are divided over how to help the continent’s economy recover – with Italy and other eurozone members seeking the issuance of euro bonds backed by all, but Germany, the Netherlands and other countries opposed to this.
“The European Union is presently facing an epochal challenge, on which will depend not only its future but that of the whole world,” Francis said.
That echoed a position by Italian Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte, whose country has suffered one of the highest death tolls from Covid-19.
“This is not a time for division,” Francis said.
(FRANCE 24 with REUTERS and AFP)
Lila
HINDUISMWRITTEN BY: Britannica.com
Lila, (Sanskrit: “play,” “sport,” “spontaneity,” or “drama”) in Hinduism, a term that has several different meanings, most focusing in one way or another on the effortless or playful relation between the Absolute, or brahman, and the contingent world. For the monistic philosophical tradition of Vedanta, lila refers to the way that brahman is expressed in every aspect of the empirical world. Some philosophers argue that lila springs from the abundance of divine bliss, which provides a motive for creation.
In the devotional sects, lila has other and more particular meanings. In the Shakta traditions, lila is generally understood as a certain sweet and playful goodness that characterizes a universe whose essential nature is Shakti (the powerful, energetic principle). It is associated with the goddesses Lakshmi and Lalita. The concept takes on other shadings and plays a central role in Vaishnavism. In North India, the adventures of the god Rama, depicted in the epic Ramayana, are regarded as his “play,” implying he entered the action as an actor might engage a drama—deeply involved, but with an element of freedom that prevents his being constrained by the “play” of life as lesser beings must be.Advertisement
Among the worshipers of the god Krishna, lila refers to the playful and erotic activities in which he sports with the gopis, or young milkmaids, of Braj—especially his favourite, Radha. His interactions with others who surround him in this pastoral setting—whether heroic, playful, or deeply sad—also qualify as lila. One of the most powerful images associated with this tradition is that of the circle (ras) dance, in which Krishna multiplies his form so that each gopi thinks that she is his partner. It provides the touchstone for a series of staged dramas called ras lilas that replicate Krishna’s paradigmatic “sports” so as to draw the devotees into an appropriate “mood” or emotion of love and lila so that they experience the world itself in its true form as divine play. Similarly, the dramatic reenactment of the events of the Ramayana are known as Ram Lila, celebrating the deeds of the god Rama in such a way as to draw his devotees into his cosmic play.
This article was most recently revised and updated by Matt Stefon, Assistant Editor.
SUNDAY NIGHT TRANSLATION GROUP – 4/12/20
Translators: Mike Zonta, Melissa Goodnight, Richard Branam, Hanz Bolen
SENSE TESTIMONY: People’s lives can be impacted by hidden hostile forces that use our vulnerability for their own agenda.
5th Step Conclusions:
1) Truth, all life, a known and friendly force, has no enemies, foreign or domestic, can only impact Itself harmoniously as it fulfills Its agenda/pact of being Itself.
2) Truth is All, One Infinite Consciousness Being, knowing only its very own Self, in limitless variety of individuation — according in perfect harmonious agreement, with the Divine Design that is always whole, sound, assured, and safe.
3) Truth Being One Infinite Mind, Body of Consciousness Aware commonwealth, this exemplary geometrical pattern enjoying a full, and varied life, this construct is beyond the usual powers of events, or ideas, motivating the sensual agreements: this Real Estate reciprocates the interchanges, Impetus is the force of character; Androgyny.
4) The Truth I, We, Thou, is the architect of all there is, the only Cause, Knowledge, Power and Presence there is, the only watch, the only agenda, the only Guidance, Abundant, complete, healthy, sound, expressing all, keeping all well instantaneously, everywhere Universal Integrity.
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Jay Armstrong Johnson – “If We Only Have Love” @ Birdland
Karen Marshall Jay Armstrong Johnson sings “If We Only Have Love” at Birdland, 9.20.10
If We Only Have Love (Quand on n’a que l’amour)Jacques Brel
If we only have love
Then tomorrow will dawn
And the days of our years
Will rise on that morn
If we only have love
To embrace without fears
We will kiss with our eyes
We will sleep without tears
If we only have love
With our arms open wide
Then the young and the old
Will stand at our side
If we only have love
Love that’s falling like rain
Then the parched desert earth
Will grow green again
If we only have love
For the hymn that we shout
For the song that we sing
Then we’ll have a way out
If we only have love
We can reach those in pain
We can heal all our wounds
We can use our own names
If we only have love
We can melt all the guns
And then give the new world
To our daughters and sons
If we only have love
Then Jerusalem stands
And then death has no shadow…Source: Musixmatch
Jacques Brel – Ne me quitte pas – HQ Live
NE ME QUITTE PAS (Don’t Leave Me) lyrics:
Don’t leave me
We must forget
All can be forgotten
That has already passed away
Forget the time
Of misunderstandings
And the time lost
Trying to know “how”
Forget those hours
That sometimes kill
With slaps of “why”
The heart of happiness
Don’t leave me
Don’t leave me
Don’t leave me
Don’t leave me
I will give to you
Pearls made of rain
From countries
Where it never rains
I will work the land
All my life and beyond
To cover your body
With gold and with light
I will make a land
Where love will be king
Where love will be law
Where you will be queen
Don’t leave me
Don’t leave me
Don’t leave me
Don’t leave me
Don’t leave me
I will invent, for you
Fanciful words
That you’ll understand
I will tell you
About those lovers
Who have twice seen
Their hearts set ablaze
I will tell you
The story of the king
Who died of not having
Ever met you
Don’t leave me
Don’t leave me
Don’t leave me
Don’t leave me
We’ve often seen
Fire flowing again
From an ancient volcano
Considered too old
It’s said that there are
Fire-scorched lands
That yield more wheat
Than the best April
And when evening comes
With a burning sky
The red and the black–
Are they not joined together?
Don’t leave me
Don’t leave me
Don’t leave me
Don’t leave me
Don’t leave me
I won’t cry anymore
I won’t talk anymore
I will hide over there
To watch you
Dance and smile
And to hear you
Sing and then laugh
Let me become
The shadow of your shadow
The shadow of your hand
The shadow of your dog
Don’t leave me
Don’t leave me
Don’t leave me
Don’t leave me
Grand Corps Malade Les voyages en train
Michaël Tavarès Grand Corps Malade: Les voyages en train à Taratata
Train Rides
I think love stories are a lot like train rides,
And when I see all those travelers, sometimes I want to be one,
Why do you think so many people wait on the platform,
Why do you think people get so steamed when they’re running late
Trains often get rolling at times when we least expect it
And a love story can grab you while others look on, powerless,
The onlookers are your friends who say goodbye to you on the platform,
They watch the train pull away with a worried smile,
You wave back, thinking about what they’re saying,
Some think that you’re making a mistake, that your feet are no longer solidly on the ground,
Everyone has an opinion on how long the trip will last,
Most say that the train will go off the tracks in the first storm.
True love changes the way you behave,
From day one you have to choose your compartment,
Will you sit on the aisle or by the window, you need to find a good seat,
You choose either a 1st or 2nd class love story.
For the first few miles, you can’t take your eyes off her (or him),
Behind the window, you’re not thinking about the changing countryside,
You feel alive, you feel light, you’ve lost track of time,
You’re feeling so good that you almost want to kiss the conductor.
But the magic only lasts a short while and then your story starts losing steam,
You tell yourself you’re not to blame, that it’s her fault, (here it is clearly her)
The rumble of the train makes you drunk and each turn makes you sick,
You gotta get up and walk, you need to stretch your heart.
And the train slows down, it’s already the end of the story,
And then like a moron your friends are back at the other station,
You say goodbye to the one that from now on you’ll call your “ex”,
But in her book she’s going to white out your name.
It’s true that love stories are a lot like train rides,
And when I see all those travelers, sometimes I want to be one,
Why do you think so many people wait on the platform,
Why do you think people get so steamed when they’re running late
For a lot of people life is all about trying to get on the train,
To find out what love is about and to find that you’ve got a lot going for you,
For a lot of people the goal is to get there on time,
To have a good trip and to be happy.
It’s easy to take a train, but not always easy to be sure you’re on the right on,
I myself have gotten on two or three trains but it wasn’t the right car,
‘Cause trains are capricious and some inaccessible,
And I don’t think that all the time with the French National Railways it’s possible *
For some, there’s always a train strike,
And their love stories only exist in their dreams,
And there are those who jump on the first train without paying attention,
There are those women who get a kick just getting involved because they’re overly emotional,
For them, it’s too risky to hang on to the engine,
And there are adventurous men who make one trip after the other,
As soon as a story is over, they turn to the next page.
After my first real trip, I suffered for months,
We agreed to break up but she was more in agreement than I,
Since then, I hang out around the platforms and watch the trains pulling out of the station,
There are doors that open but in a train station I feel I’m in another world.
It seems that train rides generally have bad endings,
If that’s your case, hang in and be positive,
For one thing is certain, there will always be a last stop,
Now you’ve been warned, next time you’ll take the bus.
Rumi on cleverness
Book: “Unbroken: A World War II Story of Survival, Resilience and Redemption”
Unbroken: A World War II Story of Survival, Resilience and Redemption
In her long-awaited new book, Laura Hillenbrand writes with the same rich and vivid narrative voice she displayed in Seabiscuit. Telling an unforgettable story of a man’s journey into extremity, Unbroken is a testament to the resilience of the human mind, body, and spirit.
On a May afternoon in 1943, an Army Air Forces bomber crashed into the Pacific Ocean and disappeared, leaving only a spray of debris and a slick of oil, gasoline, and blood. Then, on the ocean surface, a face appeared. It was that of a young lieutenant, the plane’s bombardier, who was struggling to a life raft and pulling himself aboard. So began one of the most extraordinary odysseys of the Second World War.
The lieutenant’s name was Louis Zamperini. In boyhood, he’d been a cunning and incorrigible delinquent, breaking into houses, brawling, and fleeing his home to ride the rails. As a teenager, he had channeled his defiance into running, discovering a prodigious talent that had carried him to the Berlin Olympics and within sight of the four-minute mile. But when war had come, the athlete had become an airman, embarking on a journey that led to his doomed flight, a tiny raft, and a drift into the unknown.
Ahead of Zamperini lay thousands of miles of open ocean, leaping sharks, a foundering raft, thirst and starvation, enemy aircraft, and, beyond, a trial even greater. Driven to the limits of endurance, Zamperini would answer desperation with ingenuity; suffering with hope, resolve, and humor; brutality with rebellion. His fate, whether triumph or tragedy, would be suspended on the fraying wire of his will.
(Goodreads.com)