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Sunday, February 09, 2020

EYECATCHERS : HYUNDAI RECALLING 430,000 SMALL CARS!

Hyundai is recalling 430,000 small cars after finding out water can creep into the vehicles’ antilock brake computers and possibly cause engine fires.

MORNING BREW FEB.8, 2020

Grateful thanks to MORNING BREW.

USEFUL TIPS

National Cybercrime Reporting Portal (https://cybercrime.gov.in) of MHA for reporting of all types of cybercrime.

Saturday, February 08, 2020

A THOUGHT FOR TODAY

Today's Quote

The eight pillars of joy.

Four were qualities of the mind:

perspective, humility,humor, and acceptance.

Four were qualities of the heart:

forgiveness,gratitude, compassion, and generosity. "

Good day

🌺🌷🌹🌸🙏

Grateful thanks to Mr.KRISHNAMURTHY, CPWA WhatsApp group

EYECATCHERS : IMPORTANCE OF PERSPECTIVE & INTELLIGENT ANALYSIS

The importance of perspective and intelligent analysis...

During World War II, numerous fighter planes were getting hit by anti-aircraft guns.

Air Force officers wanted to add some protective armor/shield to the planes. The question was "where"?

The planes could only support few more kilos of weight. A group of mathematicians and engineers were called for a short consulting project.

Fighter planes returning from missions were analysed for bullet holes per square foot. They found 1.93 bullet holes/sq. foot near the tail of the planes whereas only 1.11 bullet holes/sq. foot close to the engine.

The Air Force officers thought that since the tail portion had the greatest density of bullets, that would be the logical location for putting an anti-bullet shield.

A mathematician named Abraham Wald said exactly the opposite; more protection is needed where the bullet holes aren't - that is -around the engines.

His judgement surprised everyone. He said "We are counting the planes that returned from a mission. Planes with lots of bullet holes in the engine did not return at all."

*Debrief*

If you go to the recovery room at the hospital, you’ll see a lot more people with bullet holes in their legs than people with bullet holes in their chests. That’s not because people don’t get shot in the chest; it’s because the people who get shot in the chest don’t recover.

Remember the words of Einstein - " *Not everything that counts can be counted, and not everything that can be counted, counts."*

*Story source*

From the book - "How Not To Be Wrong" by Jordan Ellenberg.

Grateful thanks to Jordan Ellenberg and Me. Prabhakaran of Wisdom WhatsApp group who brought it to my notice.