Monty Hall There is an interesting problem in statistics and probability known as the Monty Hall problem. You can choose one of three doors. Behind one door is a car, behind the other two are goats. You choose door number three, and then Monty Hall opens door number one, showing a goat, […]
Metaphysical Trigonometry
All In One Disaster A long time ago I bought an all in one printer. At the time, I thought it was pretty cool, even though I didn’t need a scanner or a fax machine. This was a long time ago, and it was one of the cheapest I could find. Heart […]
Bernays Piano Strategy
Human Filters Human have a huge collection of biases which are generally considered to be bad. But in ancient times, our biases were very useful sorting tools, that helped us to conserve valuable brainpower in a dangerous environment. If you had to use your conscious mind to both look out for tigers and […]
Cause Effect Keto
Keto Diet Fad Lately, the keto diet has become very popular. On a larger scale, many limited carbohydrate diets have been popular for several decades. And cashing in on the keto boom are plenty of people on YouTube with plenty of keto recipes. Athenian Imperialism https://loopvids.s3.amazonaws.com/Mar17Loop.mp4 When Athens was in its early […]
Death and Taxes
Emotional Logic According to psychologists, the human brain is wired for subconscious logic with emotional inputs. This means that we think we think logically, but in reality this is a hallucination. Even more interesting is we all think we are the logical ones, but everybody is driven by irrational emotions. Kite Flyer […]
Crashing Into Dirt
The Wedge There’s a beach in Newport Beach called The Wedge. It’s a perfect example of wave interference patterns, how when waves cross orthogonally, the peaks combine, as do the troughs. This means the waves rise quick and high, but they also suck up all the water to do so, so when they […]
Sliding Into Amnesia
Collective Memory One of the interesting things about any given society at any given time is the idea of collective memory. The bigger a society gets, the bigger its collective memory gets which will allow any technology to be subsequently added to over the generations. However, like any complex systems, there are many […]
Energy Extraction Strategies
Introvert – Extrovert A common description of introverts is they like to recharge when they are alone. That being around other people is very tiring. Extroverts, on the other hand, don’t like to be alone. They recharge by being around other people. Animals Need Energy https://loopvids.s3.amazonaws.com/Mar06Loop.mp4 All animals need to extract […]
Doppelganger Apocalypse
Artificial Scarcity A very common and old marketing strategy is to create and manage a level of artificial scarcity just enough to calibrate and maintain the desired purchasing level. For example, a company will be getting ready to release a new product, and advertise like crazy, building up massive demand. Then they purposely […]
Death Cycles
Dog Machine A friend of mine has this automatic dog machine. The dog drops the ball in the machine, the machine waits a random amount of time, and then spits the ball out with a random amount of force. The dog, after dropping the ball in, backs up, gets ready, and catches the […]
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