I Finally Got It

There have been, in the last few weeks and months, some a-ha moments I've experienced. One happened yesterday. The others had to do with Calculus and Physics. But yesterday's was particularly satisfying. You see, there was a problem posted somewhere a long time ago and it was eventually answered by Marilyn vos Savant. Now, Marilyn is a genius with and IQ, apparently, higher than that of Einstein. (I don't know how they measure such things but lets just say she is special).

The puzzle she solved was the Monte Hall Door Problem where there are three doors and behind one is a big prize. The other two have bogus prizes. You're asked to pick a door but aren't shown what's behind it. Then, Monte reveals a remaining door that has one of the bogus prizes. He offers you a chance to stick with your first choice or switch.

Marilyn says you should always switch. Most people balk at that saying that it's a 50-50 choice at that point and switching doesn't increase your odds...so why switch.

She was right, though. It's been proven through computer simulations and Myth Busters did a piece on it.

I never understood her logic until yesterday. I don't know why it clicked for me. I'm certainly not as Hi-Q as her, but maybe in my older brain, some synapse dislodged enough to make room for understanding.

 The other A-HA's had to do with understanding differential calculus, and whether photons really are both waves and particles. There's that and I like to look at funny YouTube videos.

Thing-A-Day 2025 And Other Thoughts For The New Year

Thing-A-Day Lives, a website that my son-in-law, Patrick, started. He based this on the original Thing-A-Day, which ceased years ago. It was a great idea that continues - for February and for each day, you post something artistic and/or original and/or clever. Patrick sets a theme for the month. I don't; not as clever, am I, so I resort to serendipity.

It's time to start moving my A$$ as I've been lethargic for the last-half of 2024. It's getting warm enough to start walking. Yesterday, I saw my nephew, who was visiting us, walking up and down the long driveway. I should start with that. It's also time to start moving my A$$ photographically. I've been lazy about this, leaving most of my photography to my smartphone's camera. I need to organize my cameras and lenses and start using them in a more serious way. I've been watching some excellent YouTube videos about a couple British photographers who do single or multiple day trips to the highlands and lakes regions of the UK and beyond. They are very entertaining and inspiring and I need to feed off of their stories and make my own...just not a YouTube channel as I'm not sure I have the smarts for that.

Bags, bags, and more bags. I recently acquired some more camera bags - all preowned - with which to sort and store my gear. I have a spot in the garage for many of them, hopefully filled with not-too-expensive gear. The cameras and lenses would need to be inside where they're better protected. Right now, everything is on the floor of my media room and it's messy. So, I have to address that. So, maybe as I do, I'll grab a bag and go out for a walk or drive and photograph something.

I'm thinking of starting a monthly or bi-weekly Photo Chat online session where interested photographers can participate. The idea would be to just chat about things, show off images and gear, and tell stories about photo treks. I've had an idea to do this before but never got it going. Now maybe it's a good thing to try.