"projects"

Project is a self-contained phrase and may or not be capable of elaboration. I come across the word in newspapers and among academicians, engineers and adventurers. One might hear the word and keep quiet, no probing further. Sometimes a project might involve nothing more than swatting flies and sending reports to the headquarters.

-- the talkative man.

irony

everyone strives/claims to be different, in that respect they are all alike

definining pride

surpassing your own expectations of yourself

known knowns, known unknowns, unknown unknowns, and unknown knowns!

the line between what you know and what you are guessing is often blurred!

based on my own experiences from quiz/trivia contests and minesweeper -- i have vague guesses that i cant possibly have pulled out at random -- must have been the case that i subconsciously know some connection but do not consciously realize it.

problem is that explicitly keeping track of what you know is hard! some stuff gets internalized to the point where its not clear if its some guesswork/luck or if its some subconscious
knowing

does dhoni read gladwell?

http://www.cricinfo.com/wivind2009/content/current/story/410717.html
"He's good. He will improve, the more international cricket he plays the better
for him," Dhoni said, suggesting that youngsters ought to be given more
exposure at the international stage. "Most of the players who play at the
international level have the talent - it's just that some players get more
backing than others. Some are considered match-winners and often match-winners
are given more time compared to others."

strangely reminiscent of the basic hypothesis/claim in "outliers" by malcolm gladwell

qotd

History is an unforgiving laboratory. Its experiments can be run only once, and never again under precisely the same conditions.

-- Blunder, Zachary Shore