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Left-brained vs right-brained theory refers to personality and thinking styles dictated by the dominance of one brain hemisphere. The left brain handles language and logic, and the right handles creativity and emotion. This theory has been largely debunked by modern neuroscience. The hemispheres function in collaboration. The Trump phenomenon has thrown up a fascinating undeniable and observable split in human behavior. There is no middle ground, one either hates him or loves him. Leaving aside people who has to treat him as their interest dictates, it seems to me there is some personality trait that can explain the way disinterested people behave towards Trump. I discern that people whose brains are blue-collar wired have a different take on Trump from those who are elite-wired. Blue collar-wired and elite-wired are simply terms I coined which has nothing to do with pay scales or positions in life or how credentialed, how many certificates a person has on the wall. It's a...

You have heard world leaders, professors, even our ministers, media etc use such labels, or characterisation, on Trump, as populist, transactional, performative, even fascist. These labels, or more precisely, slogans, are compressed moral judgements pretending to be analysis . Many are those who think they know what these words mean, and join the bandwagon of apes in appeal to authority. Hold onto your ego and walk with me, and be surprised at what I am very certain you never realised. "Category" - the hidden Engine of Reality "In the beginning was the Word.." (John 1:1). The Septuagint uses "Logos" which does not mean the neutral "word' in the modern sense. It leans towards ordering principle, rational structure, articulating reason -- an intelligent pattern that makes reality coherent. God spoke the Universe into existence in a coherent manner out of chaos. In the dual states of quantum physics, actualisation comes from measurement (obse...

In the recent WEF summit Trump walked into the globalist lion's den and gave a no-holds barred speech. Typically, Trump's speeches are scoffed at by the "Guardian-reading, tofu-eating wokerati" crowd, if I may quote Suella Braverman, UK Home Secretary, who was referring to the out-of-touch Metropolitan elites. Not surprisingly, the well-educated class amongst Singaporeans follow suit -- it's a terrible speech, boring, bully, boorish etc. To me, that is disconcerting. Singapore's rose-tinted crowd is unable to see substance over style. The core of Trump's WEF speech: - US is the global engine of growth. It lifts all economies in a rising tide.  - His use of tariffs as a tool for better deals for US industries and trade deficit reduction is a direct critique of decades of trade liberalism favoured by most Western governments that have benefitted at the expense of US. - He criticised Western climate policy as economically inefficient and sacrificing compe...

Hollywood is a town that is predominantly liberal and Democrat. The folks think they hold the moral high ground that champions the rights of everybody .... except those that do not share their values and ideology. They hold the biggest megaphone that influences national culture, which are exported overseas through cinemas, TV, and youtube. Art reflects life and so the cultural ethos of the land is portrayed in the story lines. In the last couple of decades, liberal progressivism has led to Hollywood complex to become activists, no longer reflecting life, but promoting their culture of transgenderism, LGBTQ, socialism, anti-law and order, anti-Christianity, and the full wokeism combo including Trump-bashing.. So we see a non-white Snow White, gay Star Wars and so on. The attempt at normalising their nihilism is no longer subtle but in your face. If a theme is repeated all too often, the things you see on the screen becomes all too familiar. They become normalised. Over...

In the AI Race based on Authority (Intelligence) and Scale (Deployment), China wins, having reached Quadrant III defined as having achieved civilisational deployment (See AI Race - Part I) . China is challenged in frontier breakthrough models, but it beats the rest in coverage with "always on" systems and running everywhere. It has arrived at the stage for possible high payoffs that the rest are struggling to reach. Many point to China's trump card in the race - their massive power capacity. Even folks like hedge fund manager Michael Burry, CEO of Scion Asset Management point to the "one chart that beats them all" (chart showing China's energy capacity is twice that of EU and US combined). China did not plan power supremacy for AI dominance.  AI is an opportunistic beneficiary, not the cause. All countries build electricity to meet demand. China builds electricity to eliminate vulnerability. AI emerged inside a power system built for regime...

It's amazing to see herd thinking when almost all online commenters say "Trump wants Venezuelan oil". I responded to someone the fallacy of Trump wanting Venezuelan oil with an economy of words by simply saying "Brent crude is US$60 a barrel and Venezuelan crude is about US$15". The retort was "What's wrong with buying cheap oil?" - a brush-off without reference to any context.  I have been told contrarian thinking signals intelligence if there is independent analysis, pattern recognition and predictive insight. Before jumping into the bandwagon, one ought to ask around about the economics of oil production. KEY CONCEPTS IN OIL PRODUCTION Liftimg cost (production or operating cost) This is the cash cost to extract 1 bbl of crude oil - these are direct cost such as wages, power, maintenance, chemicals etc. Full-cycle breakeven (All-in cost) Includes lifting cost + capex + taxes + royalties + debt service Fiscal breakeven This i...