I quite agree that this is an existential crisis in America, but what do you believe is the solution to this problem? My sister, who was in education for many years, including being my high school Principal, always said that if you bring a problem forward, you should also bring a proposed solution. I have seen several videos about this on Prager U, and I love the fact that their videos which are so amazing are now a part of the curriculum in some red states. I recently saw an interview with the former Superintendent of Oklahoma, Ryan Walters and Marissa Streit, CEO, of Prager U addressing this problem which you may want to check out.
Penny: Ideally the various curricula need to be changed back from their progressive propaganda. Since that will be difficult and time consuming, a better solution is to teach the children to be Critical Thinkers. Then they will have the ability to sort out the wheat from the chaff — in K-12 AND the rest of their life.
No State currently does this. Their excuse was that there were no K-12 Standards for teaching Critical Thinking — which was correct. To address this I have recently developed the Standards to teach Critical Thinking.
Iran, has been under the grip of theocrats that have an apocalyptic view of life. I hope your readers read the Hamas Charter (which I did right after Oct. 7), and it clearly states in the first paragraph that they exited to eradicate Israel and then America. They evidenced no other purpose for their alliance as a sanctioned arm of Iran.
Ask yourself and your friends "Are you enjoying this war?"
If they're not John Bolton or Lindsay Graham, their answer will be "Hell No!"
Then force them to think things through beyond the talking points by asking "How frequently and for how long do you want to repeat this?"
We are where we are because we don't ask ourselves that question. We've forgotten Clausewitz.
The world would be a different place if FDR had said "We can tolerate Tojo bombing Pearl Harbor every year or two. We'll just send Jimmy Doolittle to drop a few 500-pounders on Tokyo four months later."
Feeding the crocodile in hopes he will eat you last is not a survival strategy.
Does Pope Leo realize that the Vatican is on Iran's list?
There's a reason (probably many) the Iranian clerical lunatics have no allies in the world. They aren't interested in co-existing with anyone. How does the world allow a group of lunatics like that build nuclear bombs?
But even worse, in my opinion, is USA's embarrassingly ignorant, incompetent performance. Our military devolved into a farce years ago with Navy destroyers crashing into commercial cargo ships, General Officers (men) pretending to be women, and geniuses prodding Ukraine to attack ethnic Russians in eastern Ukraine using American weapons (which all famously burned or failed to work as promised).
And now Iran quite easily destroyed all the nearby USA bases and expelled all aircraft carriers from the vicinity, in response to USA/Israel attacks.
Our weakness is exposed to the world. What comes next is not good. Unless Trump somehow abandons this fiasco.
How do you negotiate with a terrorist regime who wants to control the Middle East energy supplies and destroy the US? Who slaughters their own people? Who attacks neighboring countries out of sheer malice and hate? Who wants to build more missiles and drones and nuclear weapons to terrorize the entire planet?
This terrorist regime needs to be eliminated. The people of Persia need to be set free, but expecting them to rush forth, unarmed, to overthrow the Republican Guard, who just a short while ago slaughtered up to thirty thousand of them in the streets, is unrealistic.
The "negotiations" that are being mentioned are, IMO, a stalling tactic to make sure everything necessary for stopping this terrorist regime from achieving its goals is in place before the final act. What that final act is, remains to be seen.
I did. I had a hunch the connection to the missile attacks on the UAE had to do with our military base, but no idea the missile attacks were so aggressive and ongoing.
You might want to do a bit more research before you put on your Critical Thinking cap.
"Iran is little more than a terrorist state — even to peaceful Muslim countries."
Facts and reality show otherwise.
UAE (including Dubai) has allowed massive American military and intelligence operations on their territory, which was used to launch attacks on Iran in 2025 and 2026. Al Dhafra air base is home to... "the United States Air Force's 380th Air Expeditionary Wing (380 AEW), established at the base in January 2002.[5] The 380 AEW's mission is to carry out combat operations to provide high-altitude all-weather intelligence, surveillance, reconnaissance, airborne command and control and aerial refueling for military operations against ISIL/ISIS (referred to by the US military as Operation Inherent Resolve) and previously, NATO-led operations in Afghanistan (Operation Resolute Support).
"The wing has operated the F-15C Eagle, F-15E Strike Eagle, F-22A Raptor, KC-10A Extender, E-3 Sentry (AWACS) U-2S Dragon Lady and EQ-4 and RQ-4 Global Hawk.[6][7][5] The first USAF F-35 Lightning II deployed to the Middle East was deployed to Al Dhafra Air Base in April 2019.[8]
"While the US military presence at the base dates back to the early 1990s, it was only officially acknowledged by the US Air Force in August 2017."
A huge proportion of the initial US attack sorties against Iran, both in 2025's 12 days war, and 2026's current Israeli/American war, came out of the UAE. Radars and other technical equipment for guiding and supporting American attacks on Iran WERE also located in UAE. Past tense--they've all been obliterated now.
Thus, just as with all the other Gulf Arab states which hosted American forces, and supported the 2025 and 2026 attacks on Iran, the UAE facilities and equipment were among the first targets of Iran's retaliatory strikes.
American intelligence worked out of the US embassy in Abu Dhabi and the consulate in Dubai. Both of those have been struck.
All the American bases in the region, including the bases in UAE, have been wiped out. American forces have evacuated the bases, and American personnel who remain in the region are hiding in civilian facilities--hotels and office buildings. Which is why those types of buildings are targets for the Iranian missiles.
The Hegseth/Netanyahu plan for this war clearly did not include Iran shooting back. Here in reality, ALL American and Israeli targets in the region are valid and have been hit multiple times, and continue to be hit. Any country that supported, provided bases, or hosted facilities used in the attacks on Iran is a perfectly valid target in this war.
The Gulf Arabs are now extremely pissed at Americans. After we sold them billion dollar radar and anti-missile systems, and used their countries to start Israel's war on Iran, those systems are huge failures, and we scamper off and hide in Cyprus or the UK, leaving them to take the continuing barrage of Iranian missiles and drones. We've ruined our reputation in the Gulf for several generations. It's also quite likely that a few of the Gulf Arab emirs may be toppled, as there are several that are majority Shi'ite who identify with Iran.
Kent: I see nothing unreasonable with your list of possible UAE actions. They are a small peaceful country next door to a much larger and unpeaceful neighbor. It makes perfect sense that they align themelves with a larger force to help protect their homeland. Would you think it makes more sense that they depend on Iran's good graces? That said, as stated in the interview and elsewhere, they have made multiple attempts to work with Iran, which I see didnt make your list.
The UAE (and all the Gulf Arab states) are members of an alliance with hostile foreign invaders--Israel and the USA. The hostile alliance used the UAE for offensive operations against Iran. The Emeratis made their choice, now they're living with the consequences.
Past "attempts to work with Iran" are meaningless, once American sorties take-off from your territory to bomb Iran.
UAE and all the Gulf States vis a vis Iran are in a position similar to Cuba vis a vis the USA during the Cold War. A hostile foreign invader (UAE case--USA; Cuba case--USSR) has imposed itself on their territory. The local larger power--Iran for UAE; and USA for Cuba) decides that having a foreign invader so close to their shores is unacceptable. In the UAE's case, not only did they host a foreign invader, they allowed the foreign invader to launch its invasion from their territory.
Imagine what our response would have been if attacks on the USA had been launched from Cuba. If Russian planes and missiles from Cuba were impacting American targets, Cuba would have been reduced to cinders. And interviews with Cubans saying they tried to work with the USA would fall on deaf ears.
Listening to a UAE rep is not critical thinking--it's emotion-driven reliance on one biased source.
And Fox News interviewing a member of the Emirati royal family IS an "objective assessment"?
Might want to re-examine your dedication to "critical thinking."
"Critical thinking is the process of analyzing available facts, evidence, observations, and arguments to reach sound conclusions or informed choices. It involves recognizing underlying assumptions, providing justifications for ideas and actions, evaluating these justifications through comparisons with varying perspectives, and assessing their rationality and potential consequences. The goal of critical thinking is to form a judgment through the application of rational, skeptical, and unbiased analyses and evaluations."
Kent: Fox has interviewed Iranian leaders. Evidently one of your "underlying assumptions" is that the US has been at fault for 47 years, starting with the lengthy taking of hostages. Subsequently it is the US fault that Iran developed intercontinental missiles. It is the US fault that Iran was working on a nuclear bomb. It is the US fault that Iran has killed tens of thousands of their citizens, etc., etc.
Again, might want to brush up on your history and facts.
Iran has a grievance against the USA because in 1953 we (the CIA, in league with the UK's MI6 and militaries) overthrew Iran's first democratically elected government--led by Mossadegh. The Brits were pissed that Mossadegh was going to nationalize the oil industry. Like fools, we helped the collapsing British empire in its final death throes.
So the Iranian view of America as the great satan goes back more than 47 years, more like 70+.
In Mossadegh's place we installed the illegitimate fake king, the Shah. The Shah was a brutal dictator. We supported his secret police as he ruled with an iron fist--massacring, oppressing, and treating his own people like dirt.
That's what led to the Iranian revolution in 1979. They stormed the US embassy because the CIA station was located inside, and they were set on seizing the CIA's records to reveal the traitors who'd been helping to oppress their own people. We foolishly did not evacuate the embassy, and the revolutionaries took hostages from those who remained.
Is it the US's business what goes on in sovereign nations? Nothing that Iran did--nukes, missiles, or anything else, was a threat to us, IF we focused on the USA. The only threat was to the Israelis, who were busy fomenting chaos throughout West Asia.
But we built 18 bases around Iran, overthrew nearby governments which were friendly with Iran--Syria, Iraq, Lebanon--and meddled in their affairs. And Israel kept attacking and attacking and attacking. And now we're Israel's proxy in a war on Iran.
And Tel Aviv is being reduced to a smoldering ruin.
All our bases are destroyed. We've run away from them. The Straits of Hormuz are closed to American or allied traffic. An aircraft carrier has been neutralized (fire in the laundry room??), and are in port for year-long repairs.
And the UAE, Kuwait, Saudi, Qatar, Iraq are being pounded.
Contrary to the vibe (unrealistic thought suggestions really) that we get from listening to or watching most news from most mainstream media outlets, we get an optimistic view of the Iran conflict outcome, after listening to the Minister of State from neighboring UAE. We're offered some realistic hope, and we're left optimistic that that the efforts of the coalition between Trump's USA and Israel will significantly diminish the threat of this horrible radical, religious regime. Might even rid us of it!
Let's stop kidding ourselves. This threat has been growing to be existential for anyone and everyone who refuses to submit to this inhumane religious fanaticism. This is especially true since 1979, but it's been a curse on the world for the last 1400 years. .......... very obviously not to just Jews, or just Israel.
This interview might be the wake-up call to the leaders of the western world. Hats off to Bret Bier for his very enlightening interview.
Which other "sacred religious text" demands that its followers murder and enslave all infidels? The Quran isn't a sacred religious text. It's a military manual, more likely written by a committee than an individual.
Thank you for sharing your thoughts as well as the first hand information from the UAE who has been directly involved with Iran in the past and is currently and shockingly bearing the brunt of their terrifying and senseless attacks.
Information is a war against our minds and controls us.
We can't know for sure what is happening in this war.
Thank you for that and the Ai you like best.
Many events are fabricated or twisted to sway our judgement, especially history that is taught or by documentaries. Over time, the people who lived it are gone and one account of cherry picked events are taught to the next generation.
I imagine the UAE must be in the crossfire. It was reported a large number of people are leaving and taking their money to Japan. Whether true or not, it isn't safe there and it could destabilize the economy there and worse.
If you read my recent comment you know I am questioning everything I have been taught. If they lie about little things, then they lie about big things.
IMHO, Ai is not all true because of its source material and it tells you what you want, but if you do not question it properly, you won't get the big picture or whole truth of the info Ai has to offer. It is useful but dangerous as well on so many levels.
Dawn: I am all for questioning things — which is the hallmark of a Critical Thinker.
As far as AIs go, test them on more complex questions where you know the answers. I have done that (and written about it in earlier commentaries here), and AlterAI is the clear winner — not perfect but much better than ChatGPT, Grok, etc.
Anything can be dangerous for those whose mind is unstable and judging by the amount of people on psychotic drugs for sanity, there are too many. It is by design to mess up our minds.
Thank you John! I appreciate you and your work, although I do not have time to read everything I'd like, and admit I haven't read many of your essays. What I have read, is solid.
I haven't much use for Ai anymore.
Do you think we can navigate Ai safely? I'm not so sure the gen pop can. Consider the evil ways it can be used as well.
I hate to admit it, but we have it, so we should educate others to use it with caution and develop ways to use it in a systematic manner. Maybe develop rules or how to query it to get opposing or not just the world view answers.
Have you considered developing a course for this?
IMO, people would pay for it, but I don't mean capitalize on it either. Make it accessible. IDK... just a passing thought
It supports the U.S. bases so Iran considers it complicit. Iran also want's a complete embargo of U.S. interests in the M.E.
J…good stuff….though I believe
“most”(?) Americans are paying attention. If so, what they will want/need is ongoing analysis/prescriptions re what to do about it….imo. f
Fritz: TY for your support. The answer to your question is posted after the next comment.
I quite agree that this is an existential crisis in America, but what do you believe is the solution to this problem? My sister, who was in education for many years, including being my high school Principal, always said that if you bring a problem forward, you should also bring a proposed solution. I have seen several videos about this on Prager U, and I love the fact that their videos which are so amazing are now a part of the curriculum in some red states. I recently saw an interview with the former Superintendent of Oklahoma, Ryan Walters and Marissa Streit, CEO, of Prager U addressing this problem which you may want to check out.
Penny: Ideally the various curricula need to be changed back from their progressive propaganda. Since that will be difficult and time consuming, a better solution is to teach the children to be Critical Thinkers. Then they will have the ability to sort out the wheat from the chaff — in K-12 AND the rest of their life.
No State currently does this. Their excuse was that there were no K-12 Standards for teaching Critical Thinking — which was correct. To address this I have recently developed the Standards to teach Critical Thinking.
John, your link to comments on your latest education post comes here.
Nadia: TY It should be fixed now...
John, as usual, spot on!
Recovering from serious illness!
God Bless,
Dan Smith
Dan: Prayers to you for quick recovery.
Iran, has been under the grip of theocrats that have an apocalyptic view of life. I hope your readers read the Hamas Charter (which I did right after Oct. 7), and it clearly states in the first paragraph that they exited to eradicate Israel and then America. They evidenced no other purpose for their alliance as a sanctioned arm of Iran.
Ask yourself and your friends "Are you enjoying this war?"
If they're not John Bolton or Lindsay Graham, their answer will be "Hell No!"
Then force them to think things through beyond the talking points by asking "How frequently and for how long do you want to repeat this?"
We are where we are because we don't ask ourselves that question. We've forgotten Clausewitz.
The world would be a different place if FDR had said "We can tolerate Tojo bombing Pearl Harbor every year or two. We'll just send Jimmy Doolittle to drop a few 500-pounders on Tokyo four months later."
Feeding the crocodile in hopes he will eat you last is not a survival strategy.
Does Pope Leo realize that the Vatican is on Iran's list?
Wow, she was on point!!! Thanks for sharing!!!
Penny: I thought so.
There's a reason (probably many) the Iranian clerical lunatics have no allies in the world. They aren't interested in co-existing with anyone. How does the world allow a group of lunatics like that build nuclear bombs?
But even worse, in my opinion, is USA's embarrassingly ignorant, incompetent performance. Our military devolved into a farce years ago with Navy destroyers crashing into commercial cargo ships, General Officers (men) pretending to be women, and geniuses prodding Ukraine to attack ethnic Russians in eastern Ukraine using American weapons (which all famously burned or failed to work as promised).
And now Iran quite easily destroyed all the nearby USA bases and expelled all aircraft carriers from the vicinity, in response to USA/Israel attacks.
Our weakness is exposed to the world. What comes next is not good. Unless Trump somehow abandons this fiasco.
How do you negotiate with a terrorist regime who wants to control the Middle East energy supplies and destroy the US? Who slaughters their own people? Who attacks neighboring countries out of sheer malice and hate? Who wants to build more missiles and drones and nuclear weapons to terrorize the entire planet?
This terrorist regime needs to be eliminated. The people of Persia need to be set free, but expecting them to rush forth, unarmed, to overthrow the Republican Guard, who just a short while ago slaughtered up to thirty thousand of them in the streets, is unrealistic.
The "negotiations" that are being mentioned are, IMO, a stalling tactic to make sure everything necessary for stopping this terrorist regime from achieving its goals is in place before the final act. What that final act is, remains to be seen.
Nadia: You have phrased it well. Hope you found the interview to be of value.
I did. I had a hunch the connection to the missile attacks on the UAE had to do with our military base, but no idea the missile attacks were so aggressive and ongoing.
You might want to do a bit more research before you put on your Critical Thinking cap.
"Iran is little more than a terrorist state — even to peaceful Muslim countries."
Facts and reality show otherwise.
UAE (including Dubai) has allowed massive American military and intelligence operations on their territory, which was used to launch attacks on Iran in 2025 and 2026. Al Dhafra air base is home to... "the United States Air Force's 380th Air Expeditionary Wing (380 AEW), established at the base in January 2002.[5] The 380 AEW's mission is to carry out combat operations to provide high-altitude all-weather intelligence, surveillance, reconnaissance, airborne command and control and aerial refueling for military operations against ISIL/ISIS (referred to by the US military as Operation Inherent Resolve) and previously, NATO-led operations in Afghanistan (Operation Resolute Support).
"The wing has operated the F-15C Eagle, F-15E Strike Eagle, F-22A Raptor, KC-10A Extender, E-3 Sentry (AWACS) U-2S Dragon Lady and EQ-4 and RQ-4 Global Hawk.[6][7][5] The first USAF F-35 Lightning II deployed to the Middle East was deployed to Al Dhafra Air Base in April 2019.[8]
"While the US military presence at the base dates back to the early 1990s, it was only officially acknowledged by the US Air Force in August 2017."
A huge proportion of the initial US attack sorties against Iran, both in 2025's 12 days war, and 2026's current Israeli/American war, came out of the UAE. Radars and other technical equipment for guiding and supporting American attacks on Iran WERE also located in UAE. Past tense--they've all been obliterated now.
Thus, just as with all the other Gulf Arab states which hosted American forces, and supported the 2025 and 2026 attacks on Iran, the UAE facilities and equipment were among the first targets of Iran's retaliatory strikes.
https://defencesecurityasia.com/en/us-bases-uninhabitable-iran-missile-strikes-centcom-force-posture-2026-war/
American intelligence worked out of the US embassy in Abu Dhabi and the consulate in Dubai. Both of those have been struck.
All the American bases in the region, including the bases in UAE, have been wiped out. American forces have evacuated the bases, and American personnel who remain in the region are hiding in civilian facilities--hotels and office buildings. Which is why those types of buildings are targets for the Iranian missiles.
The Hegseth/Netanyahu plan for this war clearly did not include Iran shooting back. Here in reality, ALL American and Israeli targets in the region are valid and have been hit multiple times, and continue to be hit. Any country that supported, provided bases, or hosted facilities used in the attacks on Iran is a perfectly valid target in this war.
The Gulf Arabs are now extremely pissed at Americans. After we sold them billion dollar radar and anti-missile systems, and used their countries to start Israel's war on Iran, those systems are huge failures, and we scamper off and hide in Cyprus or the UK, leaving them to take the continuing barrage of Iranian missiles and drones. We've ruined our reputation in the Gulf for several generations. It's also quite likely that a few of the Gulf Arab emirs may be toppled, as there are several that are majority Shi'ite who identify with Iran.
"Terrorism"? You've got to be kidding!
"You stepped on my toe so I'm going to break your neck."
Kent: I see nothing unreasonable with your list of possible UAE actions. They are a small peaceful country next door to a much larger and unpeaceful neighbor. It makes perfect sense that they align themelves with a larger force to help protect their homeland. Would you think it makes more sense that they depend on Iran's good graces? That said, as stated in the interview and elsewhere, they have made multiple attempts to work with Iran, which I see didnt make your list.
"Possible UAE actions...." "peaceful country" Huh?
The UAE (and all the Gulf Arab states) are members of an alliance with hostile foreign invaders--Israel and the USA. The hostile alliance used the UAE for offensive operations against Iran. The Emeratis made their choice, now they're living with the consequences.
Past "attempts to work with Iran" are meaningless, once American sorties take-off from your territory to bomb Iran.
UAE and all the Gulf States vis a vis Iran are in a position similar to Cuba vis a vis the USA during the Cold War. A hostile foreign invader (UAE case--USA; Cuba case--USSR) has imposed itself on their territory. The local larger power--Iran for UAE; and USA for Cuba) decides that having a foreign invader so close to their shores is unacceptable. In the UAE's case, not only did they host a foreign invader, they allowed the foreign invader to launch its invasion from their territory.
Imagine what our response would have been if attacks on the USA had been launched from Cuba. If Russian planes and missiles from Cuba were impacting American targets, Cuba would have been reduced to cinders. And interviews with Cubans saying they tried to work with the USA would fall on deaf ears.
Listening to a UAE rep is not critical thinking--it's emotion-driven reliance on one biased source.
Kent: I appreciate seeing your opinion, but it is not an objective assessment.
And Fox News interviewing a member of the Emirati royal family IS an "objective assessment"?
Might want to re-examine your dedication to "critical thinking."
"Critical thinking is the process of analyzing available facts, evidence, observations, and arguments to reach sound conclusions or informed choices. It involves recognizing underlying assumptions, providing justifications for ideas and actions, evaluating these justifications through comparisons with varying perspectives, and assessing their rationality and potential consequences. The goal of critical thinking is to form a judgment through the application of rational, skeptical, and unbiased analyses and evaluations."
Kent: Fox has interviewed Iranian leaders. Evidently one of your "underlying assumptions" is that the US has been at fault for 47 years, starting with the lengthy taking of hostages. Subsequently it is the US fault that Iran developed intercontinental missiles. It is the US fault that Iran was working on a nuclear bomb. It is the US fault that Iran has killed tens of thousands of their citizens, etc., etc.
Again, might want to brush up on your history and facts.
Iran has a grievance against the USA because in 1953 we (the CIA, in league with the UK's MI6 and militaries) overthrew Iran's first democratically elected government--led by Mossadegh. The Brits were pissed that Mossadegh was going to nationalize the oil industry. Like fools, we helped the collapsing British empire in its final death throes.
So the Iranian view of America as the great satan goes back more than 47 years, more like 70+.
In Mossadegh's place we installed the illegitimate fake king, the Shah. The Shah was a brutal dictator. We supported his secret police as he ruled with an iron fist--massacring, oppressing, and treating his own people like dirt.
That's what led to the Iranian revolution in 1979. They stormed the US embassy because the CIA station was located inside, and they were set on seizing the CIA's records to reveal the traitors who'd been helping to oppress their own people. We foolishly did not evacuate the embassy, and the revolutionaries took hostages from those who remained.
Is it the US's business what goes on in sovereign nations? Nothing that Iran did--nukes, missiles, or anything else, was a threat to us, IF we focused on the USA. The only threat was to the Israelis, who were busy fomenting chaos throughout West Asia.
But we built 18 bases around Iran, overthrew nearby governments which were friendly with Iran--Syria, Iraq, Lebanon--and meddled in their affairs. And Israel kept attacking and attacking and attacking. And now we're Israel's proxy in a war on Iran.
And Tel Aviv is being reduced to a smoldering ruin.
All our bases are destroyed. We've run away from them. The Straits of Hormuz are closed to American or allied traffic. An aircraft carrier has been neutralized (fire in the laundry room??), and are in port for year-long repairs.
And the UAE, Kuwait, Saudi, Qatar, Iraq are being pounded.
Contrary to the vibe (unrealistic thought suggestions really) that we get from listening to or watching most news from most mainstream media outlets, we get an optimistic view of the Iran conflict outcome, after listening to the Minister of State from neighboring UAE. We're offered some realistic hope, and we're left optimistic that that the efforts of the coalition between Trump's USA and Israel will significantly diminish the threat of this horrible radical, religious regime. Might even rid us of it!
Let's stop kidding ourselves. This threat has been growing to be existential for anyone and everyone who refuses to submit to this inhumane religious fanaticism. This is especially true since 1979, but it's been a curse on the world for the last 1400 years. .......... very obviously not to just Jews, or just Israel.
This interview might be the wake-up call to the leaders of the western world. Hats off to Bret Bier for his very enlightening interview.
Which other "sacred religious text" demands that its followers murder and enslave all infidels? The Quran isn't a sacred religious text. It's a military manual, more likely written by a committee than an individual.
Russ: I hope that you are right — which is why I thought it worthy of publication.
Many American Servicemen with missing feet, etc can justify this. Most IED’s made in Iran!
Daniel: Good point.
Thank you for sharing your thoughts as well as the first hand information from the UAE who has been directly involved with Iran in the past and is currently and shockingly bearing the brunt of their terrifying and senseless attacks.
Bonnie: You're welcome. I'd give more weight to what the next door neighbor says — a peaceful Muslim country.
Information is a war against our minds and controls us.
We can't know for sure what is happening in this war.
Thank you for that and the Ai you like best.
Many events are fabricated or twisted to sway our judgement, especially history that is taught or by documentaries. Over time, the people who lived it are gone and one account of cherry picked events are taught to the next generation.
I imagine the UAE must be in the crossfire. It was reported a large number of people are leaving and taking their money to Japan. Whether true or not, it isn't safe there and it could destabilize the economy there and worse.
If you read my recent comment you know I am questioning everything I have been taught. If they lie about little things, then they lie about big things.
IMHO, Ai is not all true because of its source material and it tells you what you want, but if you do not question it properly, you won't get the big picture or whole truth of the info Ai has to offer. It is useful but dangerous as well on so many levels.
Dawn: I am all for questioning things — which is the hallmark of a Critical Thinker.
As far as AIs go, test them on more complex questions where you know the answers. I have done that (and written about it in earlier commentaries here), and AlterAI is the clear winner — not perfect but much better than ChatGPT, Grok, etc.
BTW I read https://criticallythinking.substack.com/p/chatgpts-health-ai-has-dangerous.
Anything can be dangerous for those whose mind is unstable and judging by the amount of people on psychotic drugs for sanity, there are too many. It is by design to mess up our minds.
Thank you John! I appreciate you and your work, although I do not have time to read everything I'd like, and admit I haven't read many of your essays. What I have read, is solid.
I haven't much use for Ai anymore.
Do you think we can navigate Ai safely? I'm not so sure the gen pop can. Consider the evil ways it can be used as well.
I hate to admit it, but we have it, so we should educate others to use it with caution and develop ways to use it in a systematic manner. Maybe develop rules or how to query it to get opposing or not just the world view answers.
Have you considered developing a course for this?
IMO, people would pay for it, but I don't mean capitalize on it either. Make it accessible. IDK... just a passing thought
Dawn: The first part of my course is to use AlterAI <https://alter.systems>.
bookmarked!