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Robert Hamill

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    Survival of the Fittest
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    Survival of the Fittest

    Robert Hamill 14 Aug 202428 Nov 2024Leave a comment

    Substitute "propagation of the most fertile" in place of "survival of the fittest" to see if its casual conversational phrase maintains metaphorical sense.

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    Alien Sofa
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    Alien Sofa

    Robert Hamill 1 Apr 20247 Dec 2024Leave a comment

    "I crave electromagnetic waves of 450 nanometers."

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    Second-String Dreams
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    Second-String Dreams

    Robert Hamill 29 Feb 20246 Dec 2024Leave a comment

    Dear Lord, don't let me wish for what I can't have.

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    Whispers of Innocence
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    Whispers of Innocence

    Robert Hamill 27 Feb 20246 Dec 20242 Comments

    She glides past Cylburn’s greenhouses, Where fragrant blooms whisper secrets.

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    Sometimes Something Happens
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    Sometimes Something Happens

    Robert Hamill 24 Oct 202315 Jun 2024Leave a comment

    Sometimes something happens and you just think, isn't that interesting.

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    Mr. Owl’s Charity
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    Mr. Owl’s Charity

    Robert Hamill 24 Oct 202326 Aug 20242 Comments

    A distant promise is an empty gift today.

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    Bicycles and Probability Theory Share a Secret
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    Bicycles and Probability Theory Share a Secret

    Robert Hamill 20 Oct 202318 Apr 2025Leave a comment

    Secret logic does not reveal all consequences embedded in its premises.

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    Goodtime Charlie
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    Goodtime Charlie

    Robert Hamill 3 Aug 20236 Dec 2024Leave a comment

    She looked familiar, like a movie star as an angel.

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    Software Development Rules of Thumb
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    Software Development Rules of Thumb

    Robert Hamill 20 Mar 202322 May 2023Leave a comment

    Design for requirements, not exceptions

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    Illogical
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    Illogical

    Robert Hamill 30 Dec 202228 Nov 2024Leave a comment

    Looking for a pattern is a completely legitimate style of thinking. It doesn't use logic. It counts features until an Almost Match.

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    Neural Almost Gate

    The brain works with almost matches, not exact matches.

    • Dare We Change?
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      Dare We Change?

    • Boomer…Sees the Light
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      Boomer…Sees the Light

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    Measure of Daily Life
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    Measure of Daily Life

    Recently deceased hoisted by adults and societyTo cumulus heaven, adding Family myths and hard-earned lessonsTo guide our daily lives. Good and evil tally Yet change…

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      Sneaking a Cig

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      Vacancy

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    How Do We Think

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    We explore how biological needs give rise to emotion, emotion forms associative patterns, and language both reflects and reshapes our outlook. Discover how the mind weighs emotion against logic in shaping behavior.
    Each step rests on the brain’s All-or-Nothing firing, where near matches are treated as exact— and abstraction gives rise to emergent insight.

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    War Powers Act
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    War Powers Act

    Updated Jun 25, 2025 President Trump’s recent decision to bomb Iran’s nuclear facilities—without congressional authorization or approval—has once again stirred the unresolved tension at the…

    • Failure of Old Economic Solutions
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      Failure of Old Economic Solutions

    • The Lane Between Wall Street and Main Street
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      The Lane Between Wall Street and Main Street

    • Morality. Absolute or Relative
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      Morality. Absolute or Relative

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      Electricity’s Dark Side: Lessons from the Past

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    Tabulators separate ballots into piles for each presidential candidate during a recount in Dane County (Wis.) on December 1, 2016 in Madison, Wisconsin. (Getty)