Just Want To Be Better

Hmmm ... my last post seems to have more traffic. Sometimes people think I should not raise certain issues. Maybe. I'm not siding with anyone. I simply want to raise some awareness that might escape people's attention (e.g. Black Athena). It is rather unfortunate, many times things are being framed here along racial lines. Coupled to this is islamophobia. The irony is islamic outlook (addressed to mankind universally) is against racial outlook. In any case, one should be aware the unconscious ugly psyche that creeps into discussions.

The post was probably the first time I cite Qur'anic verses in a blogpost (I can't really remember if there is any before this and I will not bother to check it). I don't want to pretend to be a religious person but I do want to be a better Muslim and also a better intellectual. Must say, there are struggles to do both. I wish that I know Arabic well to understand the Qur'an directly, but I don't. Being a theoretical physicist, we are still a minority in the physics community. Before retirement, I did try to push theoretical physics agenda because I don't think anyone else would do that for us (at the time). Anyway, my days are nearly over. Soon I'll be 63, which is around (or more than) the age when our Prophet Muhammad pbuh passed away. My other half has already warned about the books and papers I have, may become a burden in the hereafter. I'm trying to use them (and perhaps teach) as much as I can now and once I finish (very unlikely) or decide to stop, I will probably give them away (or sell them).

This morning, I started to watch YouTube on my TV. Some weeks ago, we were given the IPTV box for free. Watching it on TV, it allows freeing up the memory on my old laptop. I have just watched a Moonshot episode where they had Peter Diamandis hosting a forum in Riyadh with Eric Schmidt and Li Fei Fei. Some pics.

Currently watching The Tea hosted by Myriam Francois with Subhadra Das discussing eugenics and how they have currently transformed.

After a while, watching talks like these, there is a feeling of 'sembang warung kopi'. What do I get and how do these made me better? My frequent prayers that I'll be given beneficial knowledge.