Why intelligent people are withdrawing from the world Posted on April 16, 2026April 17, 2026 by robotics Only education focusing on distilling learners’ intelligence and compassion will make our world to be a better place every day. – Xie Ming When myopic followers are elected or chosen as disguised leaders who replace visionary leaders, it marks the start of the modern civilization’s decline which is witnessed by stupid acts such as glorifying obscure competition instead of noble collaboration and rewarding fake ranking instead of true excellence. – Xie Ming Research is to create values by finding better ways of solving problems. Research is not to create trivial results by applying known solutions. Engineering works should never be counted as research works. – Xie Ming Consciousness is the mental state in which knowledge-flows occur inside a mind. – Xie Ming If you want to understand the secrets of the universe, think in terms of energy, frequency and vibration. – Nikola Tesla The universe consists of two worlds which are the world of matters (i.e., the physical world) and the world of souls (i.e., the spiritual world). Science is about the study of the physical world while religion is about the study of the spiritual world. – Xie Ming