Stand Up Hypnosis I saw this really obscure video of a standup comedian a few weeks ago. This guy was really funny, really interesting, and I’m certain that this guy was using some very advanced forms of covert hypnosis. But I tried to find out about this guy, but I couldn’t find anything. […]
Ancient Deities
Invention Categories There are many types of inventions, and many different reasons that drive the creativity that leads to inventions. But they can all be put into a few categories, based on the intentions behind them. There are the types of inventions that are to make money for the inventor, and therefore are […]
Storytelling Serial Killer
Tinder Murder There is a very elusive, very evil, very sociopathic serial killer than has been murdering about one woman every two months for several years. He meets desperate and lonely ladies on online dating, and he’s got the perfect story that sets them up for an easy kill. They believe his story, […]
Caviar Planet
Bell Curve Experiment I saw this cool experiment a couple days ago. Not really an experiment, more like a demonstration. A demonstration of a math teacher to his elementary school students. About probability and the Gaussian distribution. He had all the students stand in one line in the gym and face […]
Pareto Planet
Sales Strategy There is a very common sales strategy used among many different sellers of many different things. Cars, houses, network marketing systems, and pretty much every sales job that is based largely on commissions. The system is very simple. Hire anybody with a pulse, give them a basic overview of the […]
Alien Misdirection Technology
Throw Trash Cans Behind You A very common scene in action movies is the good guy is running away from the bad guy, or the bad guy is running away from the good guy. And they always run through crowded areas, and they always throw stuff behind them, as they are running away, to […]
Post Rational Crash
Bike Riding A long time ago I used to do a lot of cycling, about a hundred and fifty, two hundred miles a week. I’d go riding after work, and I’d go on long rides on the weekend. At one point, I changed my pedals to this clips that are attached to the […]
Nested Feedback Loops
Profit and Loss Model The profit and loss model is a very elegant, very powerful system that is responsible for nearly every invention ever created. Within an honest economic system, which is very rare, if non-existent, the only way a company, no matter the size, can stay in business is to make a profit. […]
Multiple Consciousness Singularity
Acting Poker Players One interesting paradox, that isn’t really a paradox when you dive a little bit beneath the surface, is celebrity poker tournaments. On one hand, these celebrities are usually actors, which means they get paid millions of dollars to purposely be congruent with fake emotions when they are playing parts of imaginary […]
Between Two Hallucinations
Role Model Theory A very common and useful strategy for improving your skills in any competitive game or sport is to play against somebody better. This is why having a good mentor is good, but it has to be carefully calibrated. If they are too much better than you, or they aren’t too […]
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