How useful GRE really is?

As I am setting up for another round of practice tests for GRE, I am really doubtful about how useful all this time investment is going to be after I have been admitted into a graduate school. I could have been using all this time to read up on various books on cognitive science but something like GRE is deemed more important than how much knowledge one has of a particular subject that is going to be part of his/her thesis in graduate school. If GRE is all about analyzing how flexible and adaptable graduate students can be in different challenges, then one might as well give IQ tests rather than studying up for GRE. At least IQ tests will be more fun and useful to prepare for.

Something out of nothing

It drives me crazy this idea about how everything came to be. I don't think it is possible for human mind to comprehend how everything came to be, but conceptually there is something highly illogical about the state of affairs of the universe. I mean, how can something come out of nothing. I am agnostic when it comes to religion, but even if one were to believe in some sort of creator, how exactly did the creator came to be? The creator has always been there, that doesn't make any kind of sense. Science is not of much help when it comes to this idea either? Even if there are ten or eleven dimensions and this universe came out dimension of another universe, how did that universe, or the universe at the highest level came to be? And this are not pointless musings like human suffering, morality, role of government, global warming and all that stuff, because these are all things that are of a concern for beings that are going to live for such a short period. The possibility of end and of death is such a big source of these concepts and conflicts in the first place. Plus, most people don't think about the big picture. Something is not right. Something doesn't make sense.

Using a laptop

It feels strange to be using a laptop keyboard for typing. The spaces on the keyboard are not consistent with the traditional desktop keyboard, thus feeling a little strange and alien. But I am highly impressed with how much pragmatic validity there seems to be in support of Mohr's law. In just a span of 2 years, my laptop can match in cpu and gpu power what my desktop can do. What's more, all this technology is present in such a compact space,as opposed to my massive hulk of a machine whose fan sounds drive me crazy if I engage in GPU intensive task for a long time. My new laptop has provided me with the opportunity to express my thoughts and ideas through the comfort of my bed, so I am planning to make my blogs much more common. Plus, its fun to read one's own thoughts expressed out in a coherent way as opposed to keeping everything in the head, jumbling up all types of ideas.