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 […]
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 […]
Rearview Brain Strategy
System At The Track A long time ago, long before the internet became popular, I bought this system that would allegedly teach you how to make easy money at the track. The sales letter, an old school, actual letter you’d get in the mail, made this sound like a fantastic system that would allow […]
Self Sabotaging Magic
Circus Theory In the circus, they have trapeze artists whose job it is to flip around up in the air, so people can watch this and be entertained. But to maximize the enjoyment of these tricks, they must provide a safety net for the trapeze artists. Without a safety net, the trapeze artists […]
Weaponized Love Spells
Sucker Every Minute PT Barnum famously said there is a sucker born every minute. But the corollary to that idea is that we are suckers because we are willing to believe things that are too good to be true. And when it comes to modern snake oil scams that we keep falling for […]
Insanity Resonance Chamber
Mass Hysteria A weird phenomenon that pop ups now and again is the idea of mass hysteria. It’s one thing if an individual has some kind of hallucination. And this hallucination is significantly different than reality. Eventually you’ll find out that this hallucination is false. Hallucination Resonance https://loopvids.s3.amazonaws.com/Nov09Loop.mp4 But when you […]
Sexy Witch Librarian
Human Memory Human memory is a very squirrely concept. Everybody has memories of studying hard for a test, and getting a C. This is case of knowing exactly what to remember, but not being able to remember this effectively. Other times things happen unexpectedly, and don’t know how to remember this. […]
Circles Bread and Pi
Bread Making The other day I was making some bread but I forgot to put in the baking powder. You can use baking powder in bread that doesn’t require yeast. Since I didn’t have any yeast, but I had some baking powder, I figured it would work well enough. But I forgot […]
Acoustic Resonance Brainwashing
Greek Plays I would have been cool to be alive back in ancient Greece when they had local plays put on at local amphitheaters. From today’s perspective, this doesn’t seem very special. This doesn’t seem very extraordinary. But today, we have access to tons of material to satisfy our story instinct. […]
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