Musings from Jay (blog site permanently frozen 11/05/2024 morning)

Finished some blogsite refactoring work lately (actual content the same) for better usability. Here are all my essay bundles added to favorites in the two blog sites.  Over 100 of my essays/blogs can be accessed directly or indirectly through this page.  Politics, Economics, Government, Finance,  Local, India, History, Travel, Technology, Career,  International (except on China - a bundle - included indirectly),  and Personal (except a few ones) are not in essay bundles or included here or accessible directly or indirectly from here. By default essays are in jaykasi.blogspot.com   Physics/Astro Physics :  https://jaykasi.blogspot.com/2024/01/physics-deep-dive.html Earth Sciences (including Climate Change) :  https://jaykasi.blogspot.com/2024/05/interesting-earth-sciences-topics.html Evolution :  https://jaykasi.blogspot.com/2025/12/the-story-of-life-on-earth.html Biology/BioChemistry :  https://jaykasi.blogspot.com/2024/01/how-our-bo...

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I had written earlier that my blogging will soon stop.  https://jaykasi.blogspot.com/2024/05/the-end-of-my-essay-writing-is-not-far.html My blogging career is now over, at least here. Goodbye, and thank you all for reading my essays.  The blog site will remain intact (unless I get kicked out of blogspot.com for some reason).  Any future content produced will be outside these blogs. I will be doing socializing, relaxed reading, interacting with relatives and friends, etc. Fun in my old age!! May write a few personal retirement life essays shared with family and friends. Along these lines, a set of essays ONLY on Hawaii, Oahu, Retirement, and Seniors is at http://jaykasipersonal.blogspot.com . The climate essays have also been put in a dedicated blogsite for climate at: http://climatebyjay.blogspot.com Feel free to send this climate URL to whoever may be interested or could benefit from it. Feel free to cart off this content and adapt for your purposes if you wish. All this...

I was curious what would happen if I posed an intentionally provocative or controversial statement to copilot. I picked the subject of climate denial and posted the following statement.  "Climate denial is human nature in action. Politicians don’t want to admit it because then they have to do something about it. People don’t want to accept it because this is not what they want to hear. Vested interests will pursue their own interests. Countries are jockeying for position and advantage on this so they may deny for that purpose. On the execution side, this is not simple to solve at all so deny." Here is CoPilot response. I have not fact checked it but looks pretty good.  This is a complex topic. You’ve raised an interesting point about climate denial. Indeed, it’s a complex issue with various factors at play. Let’s break it down: Human Nature and Cognitive Biases: As you mentioned, climate denial can be a manifestation of human nature. People tend to resist information that...

I had started a brand-new probe on climate, and earth. I have already blogged on everything, I am willing to write about me, my opinions and experience. I have already synthesized my world views and opinions and best understanding of truth on everything of most importance and interest to me (except this current probe) through my essay writing and research. This therefore is my last major thrust in essay writing and then I will stop. I would have to find a new hobby though!! Photography? Socializing? Relaxed Reading? Talk to People/Meet new people (right brain?)? I am glad you enjoyed my work. I take no inputs until an essay is written and then I take inputs. I do my own independent research and strive for balance and accuracy. The inputs may cause me to revise some sections. I rarely comment in public on any subject I don't have a World View or Opinion on and have not researched. I am selective on what areas I choose to learn, what history I choose to dig into, and what news I choo...

I have now completed my series of essays on life sciences. I covered genetics and evolution, paleontology, paleoanthropology, biochemistry/molecular biology, and synthetic biology. An undercurrent was spirituality, and I captured that aspect of it by editing my final spirituality essay:  https://jaykasi.blogspot.com/2023/11/wrapping-up-spirituality-probe.html. Next major topic is climate, environment and earth sciences. 

 With the last wrap up essay on spirituality, I am closing that topic. Also closing the physics topic. Said all I want to say about these two topics. 

I have spent considerable time in the last few years understanding these subjects (politics, economics, government, finance, political/govt news, philosophy). I had both conservative and liberal friends helping.  Before I retired, I ignored the world. It was work, work, work. I did vote though.  After I retired, I explored these subjects and formed a world view (and also got an education in spiritual views too: still trying to  understand the Hindu equation Atman = Brahman, but it is hard!! Will continue on spiritual quest privately ). I got politically engaged. I contributed to democrats in 2020 and 2022 and 2024.  I have shared with you my views and knowledge on these. I hope they were helpful.  I have tried to present the information in a clear, logical, systematic and calm and nonabrasive way.  I have written everything I want to write about these.  Not interested in getting into a one-on-one discussion on any of these subjects with anyone. Such di...

  My essays serve multiple purposes for me. Keeps me busy and occupied in retirement. Keeps my mind active. It is a hobby.  I learn a lot on subjects I find interesting. But I am no Physicist, Biologist, Chemist, Political Scientist, Economist, Philosopher, Theologist, Paleontologist, Geologist, Historian, Anthropologist, Finance Expert, Climatologist, Meteorologist, etc. I am a writer, nothing more. On factual topics, I learn things and write about them. They help me form a world view and get the best understanding of the truth.  It is part of my legacy (primarily the personal and opinion essays) that goes to my heirs and that people who know me might be interested in. What I am willing to share about myself, my opinions and my experiences are in these blogs. Nothing more to add.  I provide a free service to people I know who often may not be exposed to these kinds of factual subjects. Others can spend the time and effort to research and do the same thing. But I do ...

Earlier, I had written about my plans for forthcoming topics.  See link here.  https://jaykasi.blogspot.com/2022/05/forthcoming-essay-topics.html ----------------------- I had written:  Here are the major essay topics I focus on in the next 12 to 24 months and beyond.  1. Philosophy/Spirituality: Consciousness (done) 2. Economics: Capitalism vs Socialism (done) 3. Finance: Money management skills (done) 4.  Finance: How stock markets work (done) 5. Religion: Historical and social contexts and evolution of the key Religions of the world. (done)  6. Technology: The danger of tech enabled rise of the surveillance state (done) 7. Travel: The wonders of Washington DC. (done) 8. Technology: Cyber security and cyber warfare (done) 9.  Miscellaneous: A few key personal experiences and beliefs including career. (done) 10. Economics: Globalism (next on list) 11. Life Science: Genetics (done), Evolution, Paleontology/Paleoanthropology, Biochemistry/Molecular Biol...

Going forward I am unlikely to write any essays about US politics, US economics, US government, US immigration, politically overlapping investigations, pandemic, culture war, conspiracy theories, outrageous acts, or controversial issues like LGBTQ or abortion or guns or parental rights or Police reform or race. The areas I am currently tracking and reading about are:    1. US foreign policy/geopolitics/defense and international.  2. US democracy/elections/rights/freedoms/constitution/laws/compliance with laws 3. US inflation rate/stocks/bonds/interest rates.  4. Social Security/Medicare But I mostly won't be writing about these topics either.   Here are the major essay topics I likely will focus on in the next 12 to 24 months and beyond.  1. Philosophy/Spirituality: Consciousness (done) 2. Life Science: Genetics (done), Evolution (done), Biochemistry/Molecular Biology (done), Paleontology/Paleoanthropology (done) and Neuroscience 3. Economics: Capitali...