Approaching Infinity There are certain mathematical functions that are only interesting around infinity. Of course, since infinity is not really anything that we can think about, we have to think about this in abstract terms. So these mathematical functions can’t really be solved, like normal algebraic equations, where X is some specific number […]
Subconscious Time Control
Trampoline Train I saw a pretty cool video the other day. A bunch of guys doing tricks on a trampoline, but the trampoline was on an open train car that was moving pretty quickly along the train tracks. From the trampoline perspective, they were only moving up and down. But from the […]
Bacon Defense Patterns
Vegan Dinner Invitation A friend of mine invited me to dinner a couple of weeks ago. He warned me that it was going to be a vegetarian dinner. Which meant that there would be a lot of vegetarian dinner. Since I love to eat meat, I was a little worried I might […]
The Missing Gorilla Paradox
Perception Limits There’s a famous video that allegedly points out the discrepancies and inadequacies in human perception. The point is to show that even if you pay attention to something, you will miss most of what is going on here. You’ve no doubt seen this video, as this one is really popular. […]
Science, Magic and Brainwashing
Doctor Lecture I was watching an interesting lecture by this doctor a few weeks ago. He was talking about how, when he first was a doctor working in the ER, he remembered having more compassion for some patients and less compassion for other patients. This was because he assumed that some patients were […]
Gaslighting Hallucination Instinct
TV Show A friend of mine and I had just returned from a local bar and we’d decided to watch TV. The Simpsons came on, and I thought I recognized the episode. I told my friend all the funny things that were about to happen. He looked at me and said, this […]
Donut Gun Hypnosis Pattern
College Job When I was in college I got this cool job at a donut shop. I’d never really thought about donuts before them, from an engineering standpoint. I worked late afternoons, early evenings, when you got to make all the donuts. You took processed flour, sugar and some coloring, mixed it […]
The History Erasure Paradox
Hindsight Bias One problem in modern society is hindsight bias. When you rewrite your past to better predict the future. A common metaphor is driving by looking in the rear-view mirror. A much deeper bias is our instinctive, cause-effect generator. This pops in many unexpected and troublesome places. Perplexing Randomness […]
Invisible Demons and Killers
Germs Are Deadly Before they discovered what germs were and how they operate, before they understood that we live in a world with invisible entities that can kill us, a lot of extra people died in surgery. Particularly horrible was when 1 in 4 women died during childbirth. It wasn’t uncommon back in […]
The Benefits Of Female Hypergamy
Getting A Bad Rap A lot of people, mostly men, have been talking about something called hypergamy lately. It’s a relatively modern term and generally refers to how women will rather have a more wealthy and powerful mate, all else equal. It’s often pointed out that a woman will always date up, […]
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