Thought For The Day by John Jaeger, MBA

[ChemEngineer]

Profound Fortuitous Interdependencies is the phrase I invented while writing my book, Brilliant Creations - The Wonder of Nature and Life.

The phrase defines a constellation of symbiotic relationships among natural, biological,and cosmic phenomena in which each component is individually improbable, yet together they form a stable, life‑enabling, or meaning‑bearing whole.

These interdependencies are “fortuitous” in their unlikely emergence, “interdependent” in their structural necessity, and “profound” in the depth of coherence and wonder they evoke.


Mutual enablement — Each element supports or amplifies the others; remove one and the system collapses or becomes radically diminished.

Improbable alignment — The components arise from contingent processes, yet converge with uncanny precision.

Emergent coherence — The whole exhibits properties, beauty, and functionality that none of the parts possess alone.

Philosophical resonance — The pattern invites reflection on purpose, design, the hidden harmonies of the Universe.

Cross‑domain applicability — It appears in physics, chemistry, biology, ecosystems, consciousness, morality, and human relationships.

 

[ChemEngineer]

Whenever you have a problem to solve or you need information for anything important, utilize the procedure I call "successive approximation."

It usually isn't necessary to get a quick solution, but rather to sneak up on one using every source you can think of. Get as close to the best answer as you can with a book, computer or a friend. That often takes you to the next step which will get you ever closer until you have solved the problem optimally. Every time you solve a complex problem, you get better at doing it the next time, and you also develop more independence and self-confidence. When our daughters would ask us how to spell a word, my answer was always to encourage their working it out, "How do you think you spell it?" Over 90% of the time, they got it right. In the sixth grade, our older daughter won her school's spelling bee. Five years later, her little sister won it! We were very proud of them and they carried their success forward.

 

[ChemEngineer]

Can you stump AI? It's like a college faculty talking to you.
Trying to stump AI, I asked it the answer to the old English Riddle:
"As I was going to St. Ives, I met a man with seven wives.
Each wife had seven sacks. Each sack had seven cats. Each cat had seven kits.
Kits, cats, sacks, wives, how many were going to St. Ives?"

AI goofed, replying "1."

The correct answer is 0. "Kits, cats, sacks, wives, how many (of these) were going to St. Ives?"

AI agreed with me.

 

[ChemEngineer]

I asked AI if car insurance companies excluded coverage for idiots who were speeding away from police. Here was its response:

"Most auto policies contain criminal‑acts exclusions or intentional‑acts exclusions, and fleeing/eluding police is a criminal offense in every U.S. state. Insurers can—and frequently do—deny coverage when the loss arises from that conduct."

Then I checked my own Car Insurance Policy with Geico, 44 pages long, and no exclusions for illegal pursuits. Geico representative confirmed this by telephone. None of us want to pay higher premiums for idiots, so I will work to get this corrected across the major car insurers. You are welcome to help me.

 

[ChemEngineer]

"Economy is among the first and most important of republican virtues, and public debt is the greatest of the dangers to be feared." - Thomas Jefferson

"The natural progress of things is for liberty to yield and government to gain ground." - Thomas Jefferson

"I yield to the conviction that our nation cannot last. It has survived thus far on miracles. They cannot last." - Thomas Jefferson

 

[ChemEngineer]

"Twenty-four percent of Muslim youth are leaving Islam. And if we don't take constructive steps to deal with this, it is going to become an avalanche."



You mean Muslim youth aren't going for bitter hatefulness and beheadings? What is this world coming to?

 

[ChemEngineer]

I just got off the radio with Jennifer Horn on 870 AM, Los Angeles. I said, "You guys are the best Ninety million Iranians are dancing in the street because we took out their terrorist leaders. Here in America, 10 million Trump deranged idiots are screaming in the streets in support of those terrorist leaders." Jennifer agreed. I closed out with "Love ya, babe." Then I hung up. Jennifer replied, "I like John in Irvine."