Random Luck https://loopvids.s3.amazonaws.com/2022/22Aug27_Post.mp3 One measure of pure randomness is something called “runs.” Whenever people try fake randomly generated numbers, there are ways to tell. Like if most people tried to fake a sequence of randomly tossed coins, there’s be a few clues it was fake. Namely, the previously mentioned “runs.” Inevitably, […]
Ancient Life Energy
Money And Time https://loopvids.s3.amazonaws.com/2022/22Aug26_Post.mp3 Imagine having a dollar. And you have two choices with that dollar. Choice one is to spend it on something. You buy that something, enjoy that something, and then you have a memory of enjoying that something. One kind of weird way to describe this is turning […]
Ambition Energy
Food Chasers https://loopvids.s3.amazonaws.com/2022/22Aug25_Post.mp3 A long, long time ago, we were persistence hunters. Or so some anthropologists believe. This is why we have arched feet and relatively hairless, sweaty bodies. The arched feet help us run for a long time without damaging our joints. Kind of like shock absorbers. Our sweaty […]
Think Beyond Normal
Game Everything https://loopvids.s3.amazonaws.com/2022/22Aug22_Post.mp3 I’ve always been a fan of game theory. It’s an interesting way to “game out” pretty much anything. And unless you make it a point to study game theory, you don’t really understand that it is everywhere. And it can be applied in a kajillion places. One popular […]
Ditch Useless Shortcuts
Brain Power https://loopvids.s3.amazonaws.com/2022/22Aug21_Post.mp3 Chess players burn a lot of calories. It doesn’t look that way. They’re just sitting there, right? But gram for gram, our brain burns more calories than any other organ. Our brain is a very resource intensive organ. Chess players, if they don’t eat enough, lose a […]
Stand Out In A Crowd
Who Are You? https://loopvids.s3.amazonaws.com/2022/22Aug16_Post.mp3 There have been a few social experiments regarding perception. Like the famous one where a world class violinist played in the subway all day. Nobody recognized him. He only got a few dollars in his tip hat. On the other hand, a college student and his buddies […]
Party Hero Practice
Slow And Steady https://loopvids.s3.amazonaws.com/2022/22Aug14_Post.mp3 Everything takes practice. The old joke about Carnegie Hall spells this out. Guy asks how to get to Carnegie hall. Other guys says, “practice.” First guy wanted only directions. Second guy assumed he meant, “How can I play at Carnegie Hall?” There’s a pretty common […]
Forget The Words
Long Time https://loopvids.s3.amazonaws.com/22Aug13_Post.mp3 Most science is rejected at first. It’s rejected because science is generally created by intellectuals and academics. And they have their own form of “territoriality.” They’ve spent their entire careers carving out their academic and intellectual territory. If some unknown goof comes along with a brand hew idea? […]
Ancient Human Power
Magic Words https://loopvids.s3.amazonaws.com/2022/22Aug11_Post.mp3 Language and thought are two sides of the same coin. Your thoughts generate your language. Your language puts thoughts in other people’s brains. But language is much more than words. Imagine a group of proto-human monkey people. Sitting around in a group, doing whatever they do. […]
Automatic Attraction
Fire and Water https://loopvids.s3.amazonaws.com/2022/22Aug10_Post.mp3 Once upon a time there was an ancient poet. Dude’s name was Rumi. Lived back into the 1200’s. He was one of many who understood the paradoxes of life. When you step into the fire, you’re really stepping into the cool water. Or when you step […]
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