Davis Goss’ Mind Boggling Blog

Whenever I turn on the television to catch up on the news, I am reminded of what a lousy place the world is to live in. Given a choice, who in their right mind would choose to live in world comprised of violence, chaos, confusion, corruption and blatant ignorance??
Wolfgang von Goethe was right when [...]

It is not my intent to scare you, but let me ask you a question.  Have you ever taken a real close look at the world environment you awaken to each day? It is the environment into which we were born.  It is world which we have blindly accepted and adapted to ever since.
Anything and [...]

An uptight world grabs our attention and we respond to it.  There seems to be ample justification for our worries, frustrations, anxieties and fear of the future just by virtue of being born into a world seemingly on a path of self destruction..  We need a diversion; a new perspective.
I am reminded of the story [...]

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Some extraterrestrials came to explore the earth when they noticed an abundance of hard, brown objects under a tree. They hailed an Earthling to inquire about what they were. The Earthling told them they were pecan nuts that had come from the pecan tree. They totally rejected this explanation because [...]

In a recent blog, “Lessons from Spilled Oil,” I made the point that while there is a place for technology and engineering expertise, too often one can get so cluttered up with their limiting parameters that simple solutions are overlooked. There are times when a non-technical good idea is more productive than engineering overkill.
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We all aspire to achieving that seemingly elusive “peace that passeth understanding.” It represent that Utopian mental state where we are free from earthly pressures, anxieties and fear of the future.
Do you think for a minute that you will ever find this kind of peace and freedom originating in the finite world that is [...]

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The BP oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico is a classic example of what can happen when over confident people think they can make short cuts when dealing with natural laws and principles. Had engineers respected the irrevocable nature of these laws and principles the present catastrophe would not have happened.
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