What You See Isn’t Real There are a lot of cool optical illusions. They are, of course, based on mismatch between what you see, and what you think you are seeing. Our eyes and our visual cortex need to make a lot of assumptions about what we think we see, and up to […]
Social Proof Frame Strength
Persuasion Experiments There have been a lot of cool experiments done to demonstrate the various triggers of influence that operate outside of our conscious awareness. In a social proof experiment, they had a guy stand on a corner, and stare up into an empty sky, but pretending that he was looking at something incredibly […]
Peak Brain
Tension and Release Tension and release can be found everywhere, from inorganic matter, to large celestial objects like the sun. Books, movies and music all have tension and release built into the structure. Even humor is based on tension and release, and is thought to bring many health benefits, such as lower blood […]
Hypnotic Stranger Parties
Door To Door Wizard I used to know this guy that was always looking for ways to make money. He only sometimes broke the law, but he was always skating the boundaries of moral and ethical norms. He loved to make money, but he absolutely hated to be part of any organization. […]
Reverse Engineered Cult
Free Seminar The other day I went to a free seminar at a local community center. Since it was free, I didn’t expect much. Usually at these things, they have some basic ideas in the first half, and then the second half is some kind of upsell. Only at this one, there […]
Bias Decoupling Strategy
Fringe Mind Theory I saw this really interesting lecture the other day at a local junior college near by where my friends sister used to live. This guy has a couple PhD’s, and he’s written a few books, but he’s kind of a fringe scientist in the field of evolutionary neuro-psychology. His basic […]
Hypnotizing Chickens
Super Genius Doctor There is this therapist that, when she first got her MD, she wanted to be the most successful therapist in the world. But she wanted to do so without ever having to prescribe any drugs to her patients. So she invented a very powerful form of deep hypnosis to solve […]
Holographic Disaster
Educational Documentary I saw this documentary about how messed up the school systems are, and as an example, they used this algebra teacher that was trying his hardest to get fired. If he got fired, he’d get his full salary and benefits but if he quit, he wouldn’t get squat. So he decided […]
Unintended Mind Control
Hobby Shop I found this used electronic shop downtown. They had a bunch of old kits, and what looked like some homemade gadgets that didn’t seem to have any indication what this was. I asked the guy behind the counter, and he didn’t know what this was either. His dad had opened […]
Secret Cupcake Party
Sweet Old Lady There’s this old lady who works in a bakery. Her husband died about a decade ago, and left her everything, so she is really well off. She doesn’t need to work, she likes very much to work, to interact with the happy customers of her bakery. She’s also been […]
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