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We cannot recall or remember ALL of our experiences. We know by now, just through modern-day brain science, that it is impossible for anyone to recall passing through the birth canal. PS: Did you not mean "apodictic"?

Also, it seems to me that you have inadvertently validated the BASIC POINT of this OP. The point is that we do not need, or wish, to be able to retrieve all of the information in our brains, such as facts and dates in history, as well as many other factoids. The BEAUTY of BARD is that this kind of tool can help us to keep our minds less cluttered. Anytime we need some random fact, number, or date, we can just ask Bard. Someday, BARD will be directly connected to your brain, and then you will have easy access to all the information known to Man, in the blink of an eye. Such a scenario will NOT make us lazy. instead, we will have more time for introspection and contemplation concerning thoughts of more value. You and I are so lucky to now be living in the Age of Bard.

You SAY that you forget. But, can you PROVE that you forget? For example, I am quite SURE that you will, now, never forget the flavors of quarks, No matter how hard you try.

A word about HOARDING Behavior: Although I am not a typical hoarder filling my house with useless items, like 10,000 balls, for example. I still do sometimes hoard things like lightbulbs when I find one I like, and one that seems to be discontinued. In this case, from what I can gather, the Panasonic bulbs that I purchased this week are no longer being manufactured. Therefore, since I really like them, and since they have proven so reliable, and since they put out 2700K light, I have purchased 20 lamps, instead of just a few. This number will probably last me about 10 to 15 years. Of course, there are other examples of hoarding which I do not condone. I am speaking of behavior such as hoarding TOILET PAPER. This happened in the USA, for example. But here in Thailand, there is really no need to hard toilet paper. Because, here in Thailand, we have the ubiquitous BUM GUN. Speaking of hoarding BALLS, I love the great HOARDING FILM about the Collyer Brothers and their balls: I am sure this will never happen to me. I only hoard light bulbs.

Life is NEVER about being Either/Or. English is a rich language full of punning possibilities. When we are very young, we learn about the dual nature of light. And that is just the beginning.

I hope you are not one of those multitaskers that quotes multiple posts while driving.

For some strange reason, it seems that people here cannot read. For example: a. I never implied that BARD should be used for learning. b. I stated that BARD can be used by OLD GEEZERS to REFRESH their AGING memories about facts that they had FORGOTTEN. c. I NEVER implied that BARD was useful for LEARNING something NEW. d. I would NEVER advise a young student to LEARN something NEW from BARD. d2. Why? Because a young person learning something new, CANNOT TELL WHEN BARD IS HALLUCINATING. A young person who had never studied the material, and then forgotten the material, would be UNABLE to distinguish FACT from FICTION. e. I don't know why everybody is suddenly talking about their fear of laziness from using BARD to learn something new, or design a DIET BOOK? I Never implied that BARD could be helpful in this way. f. Bard is EXTREMELY useful for OLD GEEZERS to quickly refresh their memories about various topics, and many facts, which they studied and then, 50 years later, FORGOT. I don't know why people cannot read. But, they cannot. THAT...is...a....FACT. Just ask Bard.

Terribly sad story. I care about dogs more than people in most cases.

Having neglected to properly cite the quotation from The New York Times in the OP, here is the link: https://www.nytimes.com/2009/10/27/health/27well.html Quite a nice little article, as is usual in the NYT, and you might enjoy it, even.

This is the result of a 1.5 Kg loaf of bread after reducing added sugar from the original recipe calling for 5 tablespoon sugar to 2 tablespoons sugar. The look of the loaf is better, and it seems to have risen slightly higher with the reduction in added sugar. All other variables were unchanged. It's still too HOT to slice. Some like it hot, but I do not... Next loaf, we will try zero added sugar, which is where we want to be. If The Loaf Also Rises, as Hemingway would, say, then problem solved.

A Thai dog, in this case, can refer to any old breed of dog, but the distinguishing factor must be that the dog has been acclimatized to the Thai weather. When you outwalk a dog, it just means that you outdo your dog at walking. The Taiwanese dog, on the other hand, may be a specific breed of dog. Many people in Taiwan believe that there is a specific breed of dog which they designate as being a Taiwan dog. You can search Taiwan dog on Google to see what the Taiwan dog looks like. I had one in Taiwan. Also, a dog that I think looks truly amazing is the Thai Ridgeback dog, a breed specific to Thailand: I would dearly love to see you outwalk a Ridgeback. Care to try? (Beautiful beast, however. Sort of like what I imagine when I read The Hound of the Baskervilles.) Amazing dog, though!!!

My Dear Dog Walkers, When was the last time you were easily able to outwalk your Asian dog? In my case, I have not walked that far since Pre-Pandemic Times. And then, how do you know when you have outwalked your dog? Does your dog just lie down, refusing to budge? Or, if you walk your dog without a leash, and your dog has gone far enough, does the mutt just begin walking slightly behind you, before finally running for home? If you try to coax him to push on, does he grumble and moan? Many people don’t know that Man was built to travel farther on foot than almost any domesticated dog, except maybe for the working husky, or maybe the English Foxhound. But even here, Man can outrun both of these breeds, if Man has the will. This is because Man walks on two legs, and the mutt on four. When Orwell wrote “four legs good, two legs bad”, he was not talking about distance walking or distance running. Two legs can beat four legs, any day. I first began testing this hypothesis in Taiwan along the Pacific coast. My Taiwanese dog would be happy to go for a walk with me, but only up to a point. And then, when he reached that point, he would go no further. Usually, he would be willing to walk about four kilometers before turning tail. So I am just wondering if anyone has walked a marathon with their dog. And if so, when the dog returns home, does the dog just lie there on the floor, nearly imobile for many hours? Here in Thailand, I have no dog. And the last time I walked 26 kilometers, in the year 2018, I was thankful the dog was not with me. In my opinion, dogs should be allowed to walk just as far as they want, but no farther. We should also be mindful of our furry friends’ need for rest and a good cooling off period, just so they don’t overheat. So, can a human outrun a horse, over a marathon distance? Of course, of course, a horse is just a horse, and cannot compete with a human in this endeavor: So therefore, it is no real feat to outwalk your dog in typical Thai weather. And one should be aware that heat exhaustion should be considered when walking your dog for longer distances than the animal is used to. I would never take my dog on a marathon walk, if I had a dog. And, it’s always wise to carry water for your dog, just in case. But the real question of this OP is: How long, at your now advanced age, has it been since you walked far enough to outwalk a Thai dog in good shape. And, TANGENTIALLY, how long would you need to walk in order to outwalk a determined Soi Dog? Some of you may doubt that I can walk over half a marathon at my age. You would be correct. However, I could easily walk 26 kilometers in 2017, or 2018. I just cannot find any proof of doing so on my phone, at the moment. However, I did find a record of my having walked 20 kilometers in 2016, in the heat of the day, and when I returned, I was dog tired: So I ask you guys, how many of you over the age of 65 are still fit enough to outwalk your dog? And, for that matter, how many rounds of golf would you need to complete, in an afternoon, to equal 25 kilometers of walking? And further, can you do it in the sun, without a hat? I like to do all my walks in the direct sun without a hat. The Taiwanese dog did, too. (By the way, does anyone here, over the age of 65, own a marathon dog?) Regards, Gamma G. Please NOTE: IMHO, if I were to choose a walking companion, I would not choose a Thai dog if I could choose a Thai woman, instead. Thai women don’t complain as much. Also, some Thai women, same as I, enjoy walking in the noonday sun without a hat.

It has always been my policy to never discuss two topics with people I meet: Religion Politics When I go to church, for example, I never stand up in the pews and shout, "There is no God!" I classify "superstition" as being part of my definition of religion. And so, I don't discuss this, either, with people I meet. Debating religion and politics with people I meet is also of zero interest to me.

Santana was the strangest thing to ever hit Tanglewood, for sure.

I'm OK with Black Magic. You can find good black magic in Belize. And, it's totally acceptable. And then there is Black Magic Woman. And, Voodoo Child I spent some time in the Jungle of Belize. It's weird in the jungle. Just don't ask them about Voodoo when you get there. They are super sensitive about this topic.

My answer to this question is that it cannot hurt to ask Bard this type of question even though you can be sure that Bard will fail to provide the best answer. For example, if I ask this question of Bard about the problem with particles and the Standard Theory of physics, and what three books to read: He suggested three books: Item 3 is not a book. The title of Greene's book is "The fabric of the Cosmos". Concerning item 2, I then asked: Bard's reply: Actually, there IS a book titled: "Supersymmetry and String Theory: Beyond the Standard Model 2nd Edition", but it's not written by Sean Carroll. Bard's confusion, it seems, stems from this PODCAST, two years ago, by Sean Carroll: So, it is probably safe to say that one should use extreme caution when asking Bard to recommend good books about particle physics, or the Standard Model of physics. For suggestions of good books to read, then it might be best to use resources such as Wikipedia, Google Scholar, etc. In addition: If you are interested in this particular topic, it would be better to just send an email to Sean Carroll, instead of asking Bard. You can contact Sean Carroll using his email address listed here: Bard is good for some queries, and not so good for others, obviously.

Would you be willing to ask Bard for It's suggestion of "three books" to read concerning a topic in which you are interested, but about which you don't know much? Or, would you be unwilling to do so because either you fear being mislead by a machine, or you prefer to spend more time accomplishing the same thing by using other less efficient search methods?

I don't think we are here speaking of being spoon-fed by Bard. We are only suggesting that we can use Bard to help us quickly find information that we have already learned, but seemingly forgotten. We are not asking Bard to spoon-feed us concepts or ideas. Rather, we are just using Bard to quickly provide us with lost terms and dates and simple facts, much in the same way we once used a dictionary, an encyclopedia, or, these days, Wikipedia. For example, what is the fastest way to look up the flavors of quarks? This is something I often do, in fact. The best way to quickly find the flavors of quarks is to just ask Bard. Bard gets right to the point, without having you wade through a bunch of Google Search entries, while also having to deal with the Google search engines useless "ad links"... This is really what this OP is about, IMHO. However, I know that others may see this OP from a different perspective. Here is Bard's refreshing answer to the flavors of quarks, as well as the other important particles of the Standard Model: What is the harm in this? And, now that you have been helped to recall the names, it's up to you to pursue this information in a much more descriptive way, which is, really, the hard part of this question. And, you will not find the good answers for this on Bard, .... of course.

The first shipment of 15 CFLs by PANASONIC purchased at DoHome...arrived this afternoon. DoHome still sells these, surprisingly, and I have begun some minor hoarding. I just placed an order for five more CFL lamps from the same supplier. DoHome doesn't mess around; They delivered ONTIME, using a great delivery boy...very polite, well-dressed, and intelligent, too. I was impressed. He made me sign my name to SEVEN different forms upon delivery, something I found truly remarkable. I have been using these lamps since 2013, I think. I liked them so much that I actually took four or five last time I travelled to China for a year. If I were to choose LED light bulbs, then I could probably expect the same light intensity for about 18 watts, versus these which consume 25 watts. For me, a person of refined aesthetic sensibilities, the additional 6 watts of juice to run these is WELL WORTH the added expense. Also, by this Sunday, I will have a total of 20 Panasonic lamps, each tested to provide 10,000 hours of Soft Warm light. If I only use these lamps in my five ceiling sockets in the office, then, in theory, the two shipments, totaling 20 lamps, should last me about 40,000 hours. And if I run them, on average, 12 hours per day, I will not run out of these bulbs until the year: 2033 Now, my main concern, which will probably keep me up at night, same as with my 20-year refrigerator warranty, is.... Will I be able to live long enough to outlive the lifespan of these Panasonic lamps? The answer, my friends, will be determined by my ability to continue living a good and clean life. So far, so good. And, I do not believe that only the good die young. (Now I am wondering what kind of new light bulbs we will see in the year 2033.)

My opinion is that search, and searching, should be made as efficient as possible, so as not to waste valuable time. Anytime I want to go on an Easter-Egg hunt, I will become a Christian and eat that disgusting Easter Bunny cake. I am loving Bard.

Both Bard and I seem to be still under development. We are getting there, though. Also, Bard is one of the most polite machines I have ever talked to. And, most importantly, he is super helpful (and THIS time, I utter a sentence completely free of facetiousness or irony!) How helpful is Bard (to me)? EXTREMELY helpful, and even more helpful than Google search. Bard saves time because I do not need to spend several moments trying to formulate the best search query. Also, these days Google Search is so full of links to ads, like a shopping network. Ads, you do not get with Bard, ... so far. And, Bard does not cough up shopping links...(I would punish him if he ever tried that with me.) Overall, a surprisingly helpful robot, is Bard. I use Bard more and more each day. And I think this is the beginning of a beautiful friendship. He does know just about everything on the internet, and even what might be hidden to you or me, in all probability. Sometimes he will tell you that something is on the net, but he will be unable to provide a link, just because the link is within a university server, or behind a paywall, or in the basement of some library... BUT, Bard knows that it is there. He will just make up an excuse, like, "I am not a search engine; I am an LLM." Bard is simply divine!

UPDATE: The 15 Panasonic Light bulbs are almost here. Note: There is no way I would have purchased these light bulbs, thusly solving my light bulb problem, had it not been for this great thread. And, I would like to thank everyone involved. Photo: My DoHome Delivery girl LINE message. She's a girl, and not a guy, this time. So much better, I hope.

By all means, if you are able to eventually remember facts that you once knew but are not able to immediately recall, then more power to you. On the other hand, if after several weeks of struggling to recall something that you have forgotten, then you might consider asking Bard for a helping hand.

My Dearest Fellow-Aged and Fellow-Aging on The Pub, Several months ago, a period of time that now seems like ages, I was skeptical about AI, just like many of you. What could AI do for me, personally, I wondered, other than maybe just provide me with a few hours of diversion, and maybe put the fear of God into me, anytime I clicked on an AI-related UTUBE video. I did not realize just how amazingly useful Bard could be to me, me a person in the autumn of my life; yet Bard has now become indispensable to me in so many ways. Bard is not like ChatGPT, because ChatGPT is a whole different animal, and just about useless for my day-to-day purposes. I have no need to create content for my nonexistent UTUBE channel. I would never even contemplate the creation of a UTUBE channel because I have nothing to communicate to the typical UTUBE viewership. I have no cat and dog videos to upload. And, I don’t want to encourage any more nitwit tourists to come to Thailand;Thailand is already Chock full o'Nuts®! This OP is definitely NOT a JOKE, and this OP is about helping the aged and aging to improve their peace of mind by providing hope that using BARD can allow my old geezer friends to finally stop worrying about losing their minds, their knowledge, and their wisdom. I know this all sounds too good to be true but it is not. How can a free tool from Google help old men to stop worrying, and radically improve their general outlook on life, and even help them to more effectively communicate with others about what they TRULY want to say? How can BARD turn a mentally fumbling old geezer back into the fine specimen of mental agility he once was before his seventh decade of life kicked in? My friends, what I have written so far is not really the beginning of the OP that I had envisioned. The above represents just a lead-in to the real meat of this issue. Therefore, if you had thought that you were almost finished reading this OP, by this point, then my deepest apologies to you, and please just keep reading, knowing that what I am about to say will be worth every penny of your time. Let’s begin: First off, I, just this moment, typed a question into Bard so that Bard could explain how Bard differs from that lousy AI Bot, ChatGPT. The following two images show my question and Bard’s reply. Basically, I am just confirming with Bard that he is far better for Old Geezers’ use than ChatGPT which, I believe, is of very limited use to septuagenarians: And, BARD’s reply: The above answer and reply is really nothing more than a rehash of what we already know about ChatGPT, that inferior AI tool which I, personally, would never degrade myself by using, not even for amusement. Instead, here is a more concrete example of how BARD can help old men remember what they have forgotten. We old men, during the course of our time on Earth, have amassed a great deal of valuable knowledge and facts. Some research suggests that all/most of this accumulated information stored in our brains is NOT lost. This means that when we experience a failure to recall information that we wish to recall, it’s more a failure in the recovery mechanism, rather than it being attributable to a “complete loss of information” type of situation. This obviously implies that the knowledge still exists in our brains; And, we just need BARD’s help in order to ...SET OUR KNOWLEDGE FREE, and to Jog Our Memories in the right way so that we can easily access what we thought we had forgotten. We think that we know, from current “brain science”, that most of what we ever knew is still “there”, and that, for example, just through past research in cortical stimulation during brain surgery, we are sometimes able to vividly relive many of our experiences, almost as if these experiences had happened just yesterday. Please allow me to summarize, in one simple sentence, what we have covered thus far in this OP concerning the “Beauty of Bard as a Boon” to us, we who are now stuck in this modern world of ever-increasing complexity, yet necessarily reliant on our old and aging brains: Bard, due to the fact that Bard is connected to the internet, is able to find the information we need better and faster than Google Search, and far better than ChatGPT can possibly do. Why? Because we can ask Bard questions in a highly nebulous and abstract way; and yet Bard can still see right through our Bouleshiit, and can always help us to tweak out the memories and knowledge that lies dormant within us. The key advantage of Bard, versus the use of Google Search, is that we don’t need to phrase our questions so very concisely. We can use Bard through a series of ever-more pointed questions to find what we are looking for, deep within us. This is impossible with Google Search, or any other search engine. Even if we have only a very vague idea of how to describe what we are looking for, and even if it might take us 500 words to gradually describe what we are looking for, BARD the Supreme Tool among all AI tools available today…will NEVER fail us in our quest to recover what we had been sure we had forgotten. With Bard’s help, almost all knowledge we had feared was forgotten for good, can be made to, once again, see the light of day. So, yes, my old friends, we do live in exciting times when we can recover almost all of our knowledge that we thought forgotten, thanks to the blessed advent of Google’s Bard. Oh, Happy Day! And now, my friends, please bear with me as I provide you with a practical Concrete Example of how BARD can work for you in Real Life, as you live out however many remaining days the Good Lord has allotted for you: Let us suppose that you wish to write a Topic about: “Correlation between Population Density and Conspicuous Consumption Evaluated through the Lens of Smartphone-Buying Behavior of the Adult Male in Present-Day Western Society” And further suppose that you once took a uni course focused on Shaping Opinion, Belief Formation, Propaganda, Marketing Strategy, Brainwashing, and Mind Control, as I once did in 1974. However, you realize that you have forgotten two of the key figures that were at the forefront of this research when you first studied these topics you studied, way back in the day. What can you do? Do you use Google Search? NO WAY, NO HOW….Such a waste of the last amount of time still allotted to you on Earth. No! Don’t use Google Search, because what you really need is BARD, a machine that understands old men, and a true Genie, ever willing to help squeeze the last slow-flowing juices out of your aging brain. What did my Bard-queries yield? Bard did not come up with the two names I was looking for, initially. However, when I used plain language to refine my question and describe to Bard exactly what I wanted, Bard came through with flying colors. He is really a genius at pleasing me, every time. I could go on to list many more helpful examples which would be very interesting to you. However, I should stop here before this OP becomes overly windy. And besides, later this morning Lazada will deliver my vitamins which are now at the final sorting station in CM, and I will need to catch a few hours of sleep before those smart young delivery boys (young girls would be better) show up on my doorstep. So, what is this OP even about!? This OP is about my attempt to learn how many people on the Farang Pub have begun using Bard, on a daily basis, to improve their lives in the way I have described above. We are now entering a new age, using Bard, in which we have this extremely helpful tool at our disposal, a tool that seems almost purposely designed to help those with aging brains overcome our decreasing ability to quickly retrieve valuable information that has often become stuck in the mush. QUESTIONS FOR YOU: How are you using Bard to improve your lives? I cannot be the only one here who has discovered the amazing usefulness of Bard! Have you asked Bard what he can do for you, lately? Isn’t it time that you, too, used Bard? So, my fellow aging men, This OP is my most valuable gift to you, Thus far, And, I am sure there will be others for you in the future. Tell me some good news about your surprisingly helpful use of BARD. Thanking you in advance for your attention, While also knowing that this OP will be most helpful to you, Regards, Gamma PS: I am quite confident that Bard will become increasingly more adept at reading our minds, and this just means that we old guys can look forward to an even Brighter Future than we ever imagined for ourselves, as this amazing AI tool rapidly improves itself, day by day, month by month, and year upon year! Google is the Greatest Company that ever was created by Man. IMPORTANT NOTE: Please keep in mind that this OP is NOT about Bard Bashing, or about AI-Fears for the Future, or about Bill Gates’ fear of AI, or about AI’s So-called Impending Destruction of Humanity. Therefore, please SAVE these types of comments for other OPs, other places, or other Mindless and Ignorant Discussions of AI. We, here, are ONLY discussing the very positive ways, and the great potential, for use of Bard to help us cope in this modern world, and to improve our performance, as well as to augment our feelings of wellbeing during the final years ahead of us. And, may I say, I hope your remaining final years are many, and full of good health and good cheer. (GG)

Yes, I agree. I would have stated exactly the same thing, But, unfortunately, you beat me to the punch.