Albert Einstein, like all of us, was deeply flawed, and a work-in-progress.
Still, we have chosen to remember him as a thinker with profound insights – the world's most famous scientist.
When asked to summarise Einstein in one word most people would say "genius" (what Einstein was).
More informed people might say "relativity" (why Einstein was a 'genius').
Perhaps only one-in-a-billion people would answer "abc" (how Einstein was a 'genius').
The how part is both crucially missing, and curiously simple.
Consequences
This is why most scientists and leaders are unknowingly unable to use Full-Stack or whole-brain thinking like Albert Einstein and friends.
They unknowingly think and work in Zero-Stack mode like Philipp Lenard and friends.
They are likewise confounded by the elusive, yet astonishingly simple and powerful ways of Einstein.
That is also why most scientists and leaders are unable to give a short, simple, correct, and unified definition of science:
'Science is the systematic pursuit of truth.' (cf. John Lenhart)
Two types of science
Conventional Zero-Stack Science uses our limited left-brain (intellect) alone. Most scientists and leaders inhabit this very cramped space.
Unconventional Full-Stack Science uses the power of our limitless right-brain (intelligence) to guide our limited left-brain (intellect) in this pursuit of truth (cf. Jane Goodall, 2018-2025).
Einstein demonstrated this thoroughly and repeatedly in 1905 – his 'miracle year'.
At age 26, he completed his PhD and published four revolutionary papers that continue to shake and shape the world, all in one year, and while also working as a patent clerk!
Brain vs mind
(tangible vs intangible)
Our so-called left-brain is actually our thinking-mind. It is surprisingly fragile. On its own, it is easily and quickly misguided, overwhelmed, thrown into chaos, and broken.
Our so-called right-brain is actually our knowing-mind. It is surprisingly powerful. It cannot be overwhelmed, fooled, or broken. It is easily silenced, ignored, and opposed though.
To work properly, our fearful left-brain must first be stilled and tamed
Our egoic left-brain is at first offended by the astonishing power of our iridescently benevolent right-brain.
While our left-brain remains in this needlessly fearful, fickle, infantile, and brittle state, it does all it can to prevent reactivation of our right-brain (our own personal quantum supercomputer).
Without our limitless right-brain in play, our left-brain is reduced to an abacus with attitude. And it shows.
Purveyors of dysfunction
Dictators, autocrats, and cult 'leaders' are perhaps the foremost purveyors and defenders of this deeply insecure and limiting state of mind which we are all too easily corralled and socialised into.
Whilst our left-brain believes it is king, it dishonestly uses anything and everything it can to cowardly and surreptitiously make the case that our right-brain does not exist and therefore cannot lead.
Tell that to Einstein!
The orchestra from hell
Imagine the chaos and noise that comes from an arrogant orchestra that stubbornly turns its back on a gifted conductor while each member does their own thing...
Now see failure: personal, family, workplace, business, government...
The enemy within
Clearly, when ego dominates, our left-brain (intellect) becomes a nasty little traitor causing us to act against our own best interests.
This is when we become very adept at blindly 'shooting ourselves in the foot.'
Obliviously rushing headlong into oblivion!
(Did you know there is a man-made sinkhole in the USA that is currently 4 to 5 times the size of earth? The problem was created by Zero-Stack thinking. Only Full-Stack thinking can see, grasp, and fix it. Obviously time is running out.)
The Bad News
(the problem)
Our insistence on remaining in feeble Zero-Stack mode is an enigma.
Plato graphically described this astonishing and puzzling phenomenon, around 2,400 years ago, in his allegory of the cave, and his analogy of the sun, in 375BCE:
today we vigorously avoid simply powering up the 8 billion highly networked quantum supercomputers we already have, whilst spending mountains of time, money, and effort trying to simulate them on a relatively sub-nanoscopic scale.
Blindly 'shooting ourselves in the foot.'
Unsmart by far; to say the least.
Can we overcome our wasteful, costly, and unhelpful propensity to put the cart before the horse, and to fuss over trees whilst ignoring forests?
The Good News
(the solution)
Thankfully a full suite of tools are now finally available to gradually overcome this vexing, debilitating, and costly perennial conundrum.
Collectively these tools deliver Deep Learning which could be in the order of 1,000x more powerful than Active Learning, which in turn could be in the order of 10x more powerful than Passive Learning.
The total uplift could be in the order of 10,000x thereby shifting our highest aspirations from impossible to possible.
Scientists
The definition of science above makes scientists truth seekers, and it follows that humble and deeply curious truth seekers, with heart, like Einstein and friends, naturally make good scientists.
They are given to awe and wonder, and their ego and intellect do not get in the way of profound learning and growth, but rather actively collaborate.
Einstein and friends for example said:
"Curiosity has its own reason for existing. One cannot help but be in awe when one contemplates the mysteries of eternity, of life, of the marvelous structure of reality."
"Curiosity is intelligence having fun."
Machines
When dealing with machines, science is relatively simple.
Humans
When dealing with humans, science is more challenging since the most impactful parts of humans are intangible (for example the mind).
Philipp Lenard and friends tend to rely on reductionist methods and definitions of science which ignore, exclude, dismiss, or fudge the intangible (reality beyond the 5 basic senses).
Experience
Working with humans requires solid experience and skills in the intangible domain which cannot be accessed using only our basic 5 senses (with a nod to Plato). We cannot see, smell, hear, taste or touch our mind, and yet we know for sure it exists and is active.
Resources
The intangible domain is where Strategic Security Alliances is very well resourced.
Emergent
When we personally try to define science, intelligence, consciousness, spirituality, enlightenment, endarkenment, intuition, epistemology, and epistemics we are confronted with how emergent our learning and knowing in these vital areas are.
Some experts even describe themselves as students who know less than 1% of what there is to know in their field.
Einstein for example said: "We still do not know one thousandth of one percent of what nature has revealed to us."
Fun for Thinkers
Question for your favourite AI Chat Tool:
◊ Can we locate our mind (not brain)?
Our Purpose "Re-imagining Security"
Rationale
"There are more dimensions to security than military hardware"