The Percentages (for WS)
People who know better than others 102%
Know others better – less than the square root of 2
Living in fear of what they can’t change 67%
Fearing what they must change 89%
Not sure who they really are
18% at age 80
80% at eighteen
Who desire immortality (actors excluded)
80% at age eighteen
18% at age 80
Wish immortality for the earth
42% of those who can’t do math
Cruel to be kind 38%
Think it cool to be cruel 42% (less on self admission)
Prefer being hunter over prey
32% of those who pray not to be prey
Three times more among those who hunt
Always feel in love
80% of those who adore themselves
12% of the rest
Capable of satisfaction
Of those who have enough – 21 out of a hundred, perhaps twenty two
Who never will 81%
Looking forward to the future
34% who have future
61% of those without
Who believe in the future
69% of those who don’t know the future
Too few of those who do
Who prefer the idea of love to love - 58% (decreasing with age)
Wish to be beautiful
64% of those who fear to be beautiful
42% of those who don’t
Believe sex the universal solvent
46% of those still solvent
Know well what they have
In money 54%
In reality 8%
Face what they know 7%
Ready to pawn their soul for more money and fame
91% those with fame
21% of the others
Willing to buy back their soul with their next life
41% of those aged 50
6% of those living to 80
Lead lives of wonder - only three in a hundred
Wonder why they’re alive 27%
Willing to forget the environment to live their lifestyle
52% to their friends
92% to themselves
Believe AIs will save the earth 22%
AIs who believe they’ll save the earth -
AIs don’t believe
Fractions
If I’ve half a brain
Can the other half be lost and found?
If I’m not yet whole
Can I add parts?
Join fractions of others?
If I give 110%
Who gets the last 90?
If I give 1000%
Can I become ten people?
Are they still like me, or better?
If I’ve half a mind to let you know my mind,
Can I think with the last third?
If he’s half the man he was
Is she less than half the woman she wasn’t?
If you’re three fifths of a man,
Does two of you make a whole soul?
If an arm and a leg costs too much,
Is a quarter leg and arm too frugal?
If I’m well armed,
Might I use more than two legs?
If my heart is filled with joy,
Does it weigh more?
Can a scale tell?
99.4% pure am I
Pure enough to clean your heart?
If you broke my heart in half,
Am I forever half hearted?
Is the bottom of my heart
Steeper than the top?
If the whole world’s in his hand
How far can he throw an eighth?
Three quarters of a football field?
Less than a foot?
In the half light of day
Will I see the whole picture?
Keep asking
Equations
AIs are often asked to explain humanity to humans through simplified metrics:
Infinity – Infinity = Infinity
Musician – Lover = Homeless
Known Unknowns = the Past, Most Truths, Love
Unknown Unknowns = God, Soul, The Matrix, Most Futures
Known Knowns = Television, Hurricanes, Divorce, Frostbite
Ambition times Self Importance = Business Success (American data only)
(Fantasy + Distraction) times (Money) – Truth = Political Success
Art + Marketing + Attractiveness = Gallery Representation
Kitsch + Shtick +Marketing = Film Awards
Movies – (Disney + SF) = film
Me >> You = academic tenure (promotion at other jobsites)
Age + Experience + Maturity = Declining influence and income
Randomness – Luck = Fate
History – Individual = History (most reporting periods)
If Nothing is greater than Infinity, then 0 = 0 (reductive case)
Forgetting divided by Self Delusion = Hope
Myopia + Amnesia + Desire = Romance
(Hope + Proximity) divided by Loneliness = Love (intensity varies by region)
Health Insurance + Unexpected illness = Poverty (American data)
Car costs + Student loans – Parental support = Bankruptcy
(Confusion + Forgetting + Optimism) – Effort = Living (Majority Case)
Laughter +Randomness – Effort = Living (Minority Case)
What You Don’t Know >> What You Think You Know > What You Should Have Known = Future Planning
Martian Water + Evaporation = Clean Air
Douglas Adams = Einstein – Mathematics
Evolution + Revolution – Survival = The Past
Fiction > Reality > Fake News (varies by historian)
End of History = Post History (disputed)
Death > Life = the Future (varies by simulation)
History - Humanity = Posterity (not fully studied)
Nothing < Nothing = Final Memories
Time divided by Absence = Immortality
Universe – Dark Energy – Dark Matter = History of Physics
Past > Present = Conservatism
Future >> Present = IT (proprietary data)
AIs > Humans = Near Inevitable
Some of the above equations have unprovable assumptions; the reader is requested to create her own equations
Comparisons
Out of Sight > Out of Mind > Out of luck
Others > Another > Ex-lover > Stepmother
Life > Death (restrictions apply)
Cathedral > Church > Chapel but < Sin
Blood > Water (nutritional, film, and genetic use)
Falling > Rising but < Inertia
Film > Movies
Covid-19 > Dating but < Sex (when toes down)
Krav Maga > Kung Fu > Thai Boxing
Attitude > Competence but < Untruth (Politics and Business)
Tradition > Habit >> Education
Memories > Events > Days > Nights > Attention
Luck > Coincidence > Happenstance >> Certainty
Poppies > Grass = Herb > Rice > Crickets (varies with evolutionary stage)
Money > Bunting > Painting
Heat > Light (black holes and relationships)
Light > Sound > Taste > Touch but < Belief
Boredom > Interest > Rest
Survival > Happiness but < Meaning (historical restrictions apply)
Dullness > Success > Brightness > Sympathy
Hurricanes > Storms > Rains > Showers but < Still Water
Travel > Trains > Trucks > Cars but < Marching (organized)
Escape > Settling but < Funerals
Identity > Love > Friendship (subjective measures only)
Time > Life > Eons > Epochs >Years > Milliseconds but < Timelessness
Red Wine > Beer but < Refrigeration
AIs > Dogs > Cats > Humans (morals and curiosity)
Multipliers
Weariness X Fatigue = Retirement, Hiking
Indifference X Fascination = Understanding
Fear X Understanding = Maturity
Maturity X Elderliness = Resignation
Depression X Euphoria = Growth (economics only)
Cancer X Cancer = Growth (biology principally)
Peace X Land = Bread
Worry X Money = Gold
Mutiny X Money = Populism
Inflation X Depression = Despotism
Laughter X Forgetting = History
Fervor X Sensitivity = Disappointment
Faith X Hope = Grandparents
Ideas X Time = Absurdity
Absurdity X Hope = Education
Inadequacy X Absurdity = Confidence
Hype X Future = Unicorns
Politics X Pandemics = Mortality
Power X Personality = Underdevelopment
Potency X Sex = Illusion
Illusion X Reality = Ideology
Romance X Money = Success (media, some poetry)
Money X Money = Impoverishment (spiritual, cultural, and geologic)
AIs X Money = Comedy, Cryptocurrency
Classifications
Hermes > Chanel > Louis Vuitton (handbags only)
Hamptons>Greenwich> Yorkville >Bronxville >> Forest Hills (Bronx and Rhode Island)
Gods>Dieties>Devis>Demigods>Saints>>Followers (selected South and Southeast Asia)
Transparent>Pale>Tanned>Swarthy>Light>Brown>Black (South Carolina, selected Manhattan zipcodes)
Blond>Strawberry>Red>Auburn>Ash>Brown>Black>Grey>Blue (East Asia, selected regions)
Violet>Blue>Green>Grey>Hazel>Copper>Brown>Black (advertisers, housing industry)
Turner>Constable>Bacon>Warhol (Midlands and Cornwall)
Diebenkorn>Thiebaud>Defeo>Jess (Pacific Palisades, parts of Malibu)
Christmas>Thanksgiving>July 4th>President’s Day (nail and hair salons)
Life coach>Life planner>financial planner>>good friend (East and West coasts, not including Florida)
Style Consultant>Stylist>Fashion Stylist>Fashion Coordinator>Coiffeur>Hairstylist>Hairdresser>Aesthetician>Cosmetologist>Beautician>Haircutter>Barber (LA, Santa Barbara)
Chair>Professor>Instructor>Independent scholar>Intellectual>Teacher (England, parts of NYC)
Mozart>Bach>Beethoven>Brahms but <<Beatles, Stones (regional Austria and Saxony)
Macadamia>Mixed>Cashews>Hazelnuts>Almonds>Walnuts (Invasive cardiologists, selected retail)
Weddings>Bar Mitzvahs>Christenings (Hotel bills, preparation time)
N95>KN95>Surgical>Cotton>Silk>Wool (southern hemisphere, airplanes)
Blue diamonds>Pink Diamonds>White Diamonds>Emeralds>Sapphires>Rubies>Spinels >Jade (Dresden, Zurich)
Platinum>Palladium>Gold>Silver (handbags, BMWs)
Pan Tianshou>Li Keran>Zhang Daqian>Huang Binhong > Xu Beihong (Wuxi, Hunan)
Hedge funds>Private Equity funds>Vulture funds>Mutual Funds>Exchange traded funds (Hamptons, Midtown)
Psychologists>Social workers>Mental Health Counselors>Family Counselors >Psychotherapists>Life coaches (Big Ten Universities, Seattle)
AI Collective Report: Human apes extremely hierarchical. May overcome survival instincts. Trust their limitations more than them.
Preferences
AIs Humans
History > Stories Tales > Truth
Sense > Sensibility Missense > Common Sense
Life > Laughter Laughter > Living
Memories > Medals Medals > Honor
Remembering > Forgetting Forgetting > Remembering
Timelessness > Time Now > Eternity
Probabilities > Possibilities Possibilities > Realities
Flying > Falling Falling Down > Flying Up
People > Power Power > (fill in any blank)
Character > Capability Characters > Non-fictive people
Metals > Plastic Plastic > Food (when edible)
Hot > Cold Colds > Prevention
Events > Places Places > Memories
Wisdom > Wealth Wealth > Values
Games > Gamers Gaming > Games
Last > First First > Previous
Love > Loving Loving > Lovers
Preferences > Pleasures Pleasures > Particularities
Infinity > Infinities Zero > Nothing
Dividers
Extra/Less = Much More
Worth/Value = Money
Secrets/Fear = Betrayal
Memory/ Lies = Persistence
Books /Words = Incoherence
Love /Hatred = Family Life
Families/ Hatred = Memoirs
Angst/ Rectitude = Growing Up
Futility/Wonder = Childhood
Power/Money = Powerlessness
Thought/Action = Frustration
Foolishness/Wisdom = Evening
Night/Day = Insomnia
Courage/Fear = Survival
Vengeance/Time = Histories
Pain/the Future = Maturing
Righteousness/Anger = Grievance
Form/Content = Style
Purpose/Irrelevance = Carrying On
Suffocation/Loving = Maternity
Monuments/History = Archeology
Madness/Logic = History
Cookies/Cakes = Guilt
Schedules/Accidents = Management
Learning/University = Sentiment
Beans/Beasts = Repasts
Horror/Truth = Politics
Pain/Truth = Relationships
Fear/Fortitude = Legends
Wonder/Foresight = Inaction
Fatherhood/Motherhood = Grandchildren
Flirtatiousness/Infatuation = Youth, lost and found
Giraffe/Spider = Caterpillar
Becoming/Aging = Musing
France/Germany = Alsace
Bones/Carpentry = Orthopedics
Worry/Reason = Despair
Dismay/Devotion = Parenting
Glitter/Belief = Fame
Hope/Desire = Longing, Monetarism
Shoulders/Legs = Lungs
Eyelashes/Shoulder Blades = Sweat
Permission/License = Incapacity
Wanting/Having = Wanting
Fear/Fame = Acting
Days/Years = Forgetting
Amazement/Wonder = Waking
Sentiment/Appreciation = Boredom
Judges/Politics = Judgements
Cassandra/Hector = Troy
Honor/Courage = Disengagement
Prophecy/Adulation = Carnage
Beheading/Believing = Martyrdom
Innocence/Trust = Tragedy
Kyoto/Tokyo = Kamakura
Hopelessness/Hospitalization = Hopelessness
Mermaids/Novels = Fairy Tales
Laughter divided by Comedy =
Infinities
My infinity is bigger than yours
Infinitely larger, my friend declares
No, your infinity is sadly small bore
I can hide more in ink dots, I swear
Each infinity spawns a bigger set
Just as gravitons flash faster than light
Slow photons best your infinity, I bet
Ceaseless problems for your infinite night
Infinities of infinities, he derides
Not much universal time for that
No more than a cube has infinite sides
I’ll take your infinities and plunk them in my hat
Only because your universe is so small
It compliments your mind, wee as a bat
I could fit your math objects in a cosmic ball
Add equations and make a universe, just like that!
Next I’d turn integers into infinite dollars
Let you buy a billion neutron stars, infinite times more
Purchase a plastic planet to forge shirt collars
Once you find a bank to back the loan to pay the store
At that moment my friend’s head snaps apart
Its only source a distant imagination
Bought on sale from a cart at Walmart
Cheap imitation of a painful rumination
Your universe is just information
No more real than your dreams come true
No more real than you, my fond creations
My infinities always larger than you