GammaGlobulin

The striated-heron photo in the OP is NOT mine. I did not want to get too close, or close enough to take a photo with an old phone-camera, anyway.

Thank you for the clarifying this point. It sort of surprised me that this striated heron would just walk right up to me, almost as if I were not even there.

Well, of course you are correct in what you say, but only half way. This song seems to have meant much to the uni students around the year 2013. If you read the comments on the UTUBE comments section, some are really heart wrenching. To be so young, and in love, is always painful, since love truly IS pain, as we all know. The REASON I posted it is because, at least it is sung in Thai, and many people consider Palmy to be Thai, and anyone hearing this song would say it is a Thai song. STILL, I definitely do agree with you that other selections posted here are FAR, FAR better. So far, I would go with: ดูเธอทำ : จ๊อบ บรรจบ (Doo-Doo-Doo: Job 2 Do)....Hands Down! I could easily listen to a LOT of that!

I am sure that I am not mistaken, now that I check. I call it the CLOCK song because she seems to be singing about clocks, นาฬิกา. Great singer, nevertheless!

Yes. That's IT! 2013, maybe...playing EVERYWHERE. Such great memories of my days a decade ago. Those were the days I was working just about 24/7 on my passa Thai, reading and writing, etc. Such great times! Nothing to do but learn Thai, and listen to Palmy, too! Wait! Sorry. That's NOT it! The Clock song is the song sung by Palmy which I posted in the OP. Sorry for the confusion! (I only call it the CLOCK song because...I thought that Palmy was singing about CLOCKS. My Thai was terrible back then.)

I can relate to the story. I just cannot tolerATE the music. Still, all music is good. It's a matter of personal taste, and nothing more, that I do not prefer this particular kind of music. Too many years in Taiwan, maybe.

As I ALWAYS say, and I hope you will take it to heart, the passage I read in a Zelda Fitzgerald book when I was 14: Zelda and Scott were NEVER boring. Why don't you read, or re-read, ALL of Francis Scott Key Fitzgerald's novels and essays and short stories. That will keep you busy. But, PLEASE, do NOT read The Great Gatsby! Because you might become like the characters in the novel, which is...BORED or BORING. I do not mean that the reading of the book is boring. Just that the characters in the book had too much money, and searched in vain for meaning in life. Or, why not try to become more like Elon? Elon never seems bored. He has a decent sense of humor. I loved his touch with the kitchen sink, for example.

Sounds Like Taiwanese Karaoke. That's the very last thing I need here!

Sorry, I thought the Palmy Clock song had been referred to by the previous commenter, and I was responding accordingly.

Yes, I know! The Clock song was playing EVERYWHERE in 2013, I think, or was it early 2014...

WHY do I NOT hear great music like this more often? The garbage they play at the Musick Festivals is, by comparison...FOR THE BIRDS! Comparatively....THIS....is....Pure Bliss!!!

Amazing! Beautiful!

That's GREAT! Such an improvement to what we have here! I should really talk to the village headwoman about using this.

That would be...DYNAMITE...for our village. I could so easily accept this for my neighborhood. (A bit, Twilight-zonish, for some here, I imagine. But, I could really DIG this every day!!! No doubt!)

My Dearest Thai-Musick Lovers, Everyday in my village, it’s the same old, same old, Thai Song. Why cannot they mix things up a bit? After years of the same tune, I’m feeling a bit in a rut. Personally, I love to hear BOTH Chinese and Thai classical music performed on classical instruments such as the ERHU, or SANHU, particularly… WHY O WHY, cannot they just play this? I LOVE the erhu!!!... But, if it cannot be beautiful, what they play everyday, blasting around the village, then what might be the best change of pace for those here who lack the cultural class to understand beautiful Thai and Chinese music? Well then, my Best SINGLE Suggestion might be this song, just so that I don’t forget how important time truly is, and especially the PASSING OF TIME….THE NALIKA SONG... Still, as I say, IF I could listen to a daily dose of the erhu, as played in the first UTUBE video selection above, then I could stay here, happily, until kingdom come…. I have heard a lot of great Thai music, and I’m very curious to know what your suggestions might be… (one per customer, please). Musically yours, And, forever…. Glob Note: Please note that the Chinese erhu is my favorite Chinese instrument, and I will not tolerate even one word said against it. (I have been listening to Chinese classical music since about….well…around 1973, when I first started to learn Mandarin, and also began drinking Chinese tea, for that matter.) Note2: Just out of further curiosity, how LOUD does your village play its LOUDSPEAKER Music?

Another similarity might be that both can exhibit wave properties, and have wavelengths when in motion.

That's an easy question to answer: a. Give USD1.00 to GF b. Move back to The Main Line (Gladwyne) c. Or, better yet, move back to Old Black Point, Ct. d. Hire French maid e. Relax in oceanfront property in Old Black Point, Ct. Nothing could be finer. Oh lala!

If YOU consider Gelernter a "prominent scientists", then all meaningful discussion is OVER...Here is why...... Above image can be found at: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Gelernter

In THESE Days of modern science, it is often necessary for scientists and researchers to submit their articles for publication to well-known journals using, EXCLUSIVELY, LaTeX, and no other software. Are you aware of this? And then, what say you now? Here are the guidelines for using LaTeX in order to submit a science article to the journal Science: https://www.science.org/content/page/preparing-manuscripts-using-latex This is just one of a plethora of cases where LaTeX is required for science-article publication. Science article publishing has changed since the Dark Ages, I think. And, for the better. No need to rely on others to do what one can easily do oneself. And, it can save money for the researchers and grad students, too.

And, just a helpful update for those, like me, who may live in a house which is not attached to the city water supply, one which is reliant upon ground water from a well, or for those who are having problems due to hard water coming out of their taps: I have been using the Glacier company. This is NOT an ad for Glacier. I am just reporting that I have been using Glacier for several months, and that I am still getting great service, responsive service, and friendly delivery people. I changed my drinking water supplier several months ago, and I am now very satisfied with the new company. I did not know which company to choose. But then I looked on TV and found some helpful comments which pointed me to the Glacier company. You do not need to speak a lot of passa Thai to contact this company and arrange for drinking water delivery. I buy the 20 liter water jugs in plastic (they have glass containers too maybe?). So, Glacier solved my drinking water problem. According to the company: The drinking water they supply has been treated a process of ozonation (I am still not an expert, obviously.). However, the hard water problem at my house is STILL seriously bad. Lot's of corrosion on plumbing fittings. White stains all over the drinking glasses. Gritty deposits on dishes, bowls, cutlery, you name it. I have yet to go buy vinegar (acetic acid), but I definitely will. I do not own this house, and I am unable to control the water treatment of the ground water being supplied. And so, my living situation is not ideal, just due to the hard water problem. Next time I move, i will first ask if the house is connected to the city water supply, for sure.

In THIS OP, we are concerning ourselves with FLUID Intelligence as measured on an IQ test, and Not CYSTALLIZED Intelligence. Increasing Fluid intelligence is what the FLYNN EFFECT actually refers to. Above image taken from: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fluid_and_crystallized_intelligence

I am definitely UNAWARE of ANY OTHER desktop-publishing software which can duplicate, or even come close to duplicating, LaTeX's versatility for.... Typesetting Scientific Notation Beauty of the Text Etc... Maybe you are? Can you please name one, other than maybe this one? https://www.slant.co/versus/13783/24296/~latex_vs_microsoft-publisher BUT....this other one does not even apply because this other one by MS is NOT opensource software. And, in academia, scientists ALL prefer using opensource software so that they can tweak the software to create new iterations which better suit their needs. https://subscription.packtpub.com/book/business-and-other/9781847199867/1/ch01lvl1sec10/what-is-latex#:~:text=LaTeX is a free%2C open,typesetting engine by Donald Knuth. What SAY you, Sir? (I mean: We would not wish to mislead readers into mistakenly thinking that LaTeX is not just the BEST for making one's science articles printer-ready. And, also, we LIKE to support opensource software whenever possible, too!)

Please note that we are really talking about intelligence and "smartness" as measured by the Wechsler IQ test, and other IQ tests, because this is the data that FLYNN used to postulate that there is an observable FLYNN Effect.

Haha...Yes....I, too, believe that his hypothesis is suspect. Flynn was the first one to notice and publish about this increasing trend in IQ (the intergenerational trend). However, I agree with you that the primary reasons for increasing IQ are other than experience with abstract thinking. This is NONSENSE, because we know the intelligence of the guys on PNG, documented by that Harvard researcher and professor Diamond who wrote that the guys on PNG are far smarter than Diamond's Harvard undergrad students, also show increasing IQ scores. We need to look at the data and evidence to find a cause for the annual increasing IQ scores. There are many places where we can look. However, I mentioned this link in my previous comment, and I think this link is a good place to find several plausible hypotheses to explain increasing IQ scores: https://www.sciencedirect.com/topics/psychology/flynn-effect