Types of Intelligence

Types of Intelligence
Its beginning to dawn upon me that Intelligence is multifaceted. I was brought up believing that maths/science was the only intelligence.
As kids, my education centric family thot that maths / science students were the only intelligent types.

Now as I see the world around me- it strikes me how intelligent politicians are. Politics is a type of intelligence. It strikes me how intelligent graphics designers are. Graphics design is a dense intelligence. One that i can never hope to master. Its just too much ‘out there’. I am sure they fee the same way about computer science- something that comes easily to me.
I am thunder struck by how intelligent musicians are. My flute teacher for example – he can weave this delicate charm of tunes, that the best quick sort implementation cannot even come close to.

I have also learnt a lot from my kiddo – Electron – a hi-energy charged particle. He has taught me much about the naural intelligence of kids bodies. for example – the way he gets up from bed after a nights sleep. Its a lovely mauver- where there is no jerk in the body at all. Kind of like rolling up from bed. Its fantastic to watch. I try and copy it in my daily routine.

Needless to say – contrary to what my parents believed- intelligence has many many dimensions. I am only dimly aware of a few of them. God help me to be more aware..

bye for now

On recording ideas, half asleep at nite

Mental activity needed for diff things is diff.

Thoughts- least. Even while sleep
Writing – medium. Can do in half sleep – ideas at nite.
Speaking- almost full wakefullness needed. As soon as a thot is verbalized, sleep disappears.
Curious.

Politics, Leadership and the Theory of Leanring

Politics, Leadership and the Theory of Learning

All thru my childhood, i was told ‘politics is a dirty game’
So i stayed away from learning how to play. It was dirty you see..
Science was a clean game. So I excelled in engineering.

Only to find out that all engineering environments are full of politics. “Politics is everywhere”

I felt as if fate had dealt an ugly hand. I don’t know abc of politics, and shied away from it all like, only to find out that it is everywhere. Damm. Should have learnt the darn thing in school college. At least the basic principles. Like Machiavelli ‘The Prince’ type stuff.

So I ventured to find the principles. Only to find that my science educated [hypnotized] family firmly believed that ‘Politics’ and the ability to be smart in politics is ‘in-born’ cannot be learnt via intentional effort. Absolutely cannot.

In Amway Australia, I had seen first hand, that leadership can be learnt. I saw completely mediocre people, reading, and learning, and growing into pretty damm fantastic leaders over the course of a few years. Leaders can be grown. Leadership can be learnt.

I am sure its the same for politics.

And then someone asked- you can learn the theory, but you cant learn the practical. Doh ! That’s so stupid.

All theory has a associated practical. All theory.
Unfortunately, ‘hard science’ have cornered ‘the practical’.
Most people i know are completely oblivious to the fact that History and Geography and ‘arts’ also have a ‘practical’.

Battle of Meerut was 1847. How ? Go and find the primary sources. Practical. Harrappan’s were in Rajasthan. How ? Go and see/check the primary sources/evidence. Practical. Ditto for all ‘learning’.

Al learning has a theory and a practical.
Alas- most people only think its a part of science education. Including my dad- who was in education all his working career !
How can society be so warped ?

Energy Harvesting-4

More energy harvesting stuff coming out of my sub-conscious.
Soil batteries – good idea for energy harvesting on a farm.

I want to build hundreds of ‘pods’ that are scattered thru a farm, measuring air//soil temperature, air/soil moisture.
How do you change all these batteries ?
If the pods are tethered, then how do u drive a tractor over them ?

Get rid of the batteries and tethers.
Use energy harvesting from soil batteries.

Attach a BEAM circuit to a micro-power PIC or a MSP430. The beam pops the uP every 10 mins or so, and the uP sends a small packet [Id, Temp, Moisture] to a central receiver.
Or a highly directional central dish/helical combo that interrogates the pods, with pan/tilt controls.

Best Antenna types ?
Helicals on the pods, Dish-helical on the central rex.
Problem: what if the pod’s helix is disturbed and pointing away ?

What is the way out- how to get a hi gain antenna that doesnt loose its direction ? whoa ?

more later