What Really Happened? https://loopvids.s3.amazonaws.com/2022/22Sept25_Post.mp3 I’m a huge fan of history. There are plenty of ways to study history. Or to simply enjoy expanding your knowledge about history. But one thing about history is that it’s not really “history” like we think. It’s far from a collection of dates and events and […]
Scientific Attraction
Monkey People https://loopvids.s3.amazonaws.com/2022/22Sept07_Post.mp3 Robin Dunbar is an anthropologist. He had a couple of interesting ideas. One is something called a Dunbar Number. The number of people we can keep track of in our brains. For humans, this is about 150. Meaning you have space in your brain to instantly recall […]
Build A Genius Brain
Infinite Potential https://loopvids.s3.amazonaws.com/2022/22Jun07_Post.mp3 I was watching a video the other day about a math professor. Talking about math in general. The videographer asked the guy: “Why should young people think about becoming mathematicians?” He said that math is the one field where you can explore and keep finding new stuff. […]
Daily Daydreaming Shifts
Peanut Butter https://loopvids.s3.amazonaws.com/2022/22Jun05_Post.mp3 Once I had to give a demonstration. Way back in third grade. How to do something, or to explain something. Since I was, and still am, a big fan of peanut butter, I decided to show how to make peanut butter. Put a bunch of peanuts in a […]
Dream Yourself Wealthy
Simulation Origin Story https://loopvids.s3.amazonaws.com/2022/22Jun04_Post.mp3 One big-brained dude from a while ago is Descartes. He was a scientist and a mathematician and a philosopher. He’s the original guy who came up with the “are we living in a simulation or not” question. This is called “Descartes’ Demon.” Suppose there was a demon […]
Your Greatest Gift
Brain Evolution https://loopvids.s3.amazonaws.com/2022/22Jun03_Post.mp3 Once upon a time, humans, or rather proto humans, had to chase animals. They call it persistence hunting. They think maybe this is why we evolved arched feet and sweaty hairless bodies. We are one of the few animals that can bleed off body heat by sweating. Most […]
Brain Magic
Silent Genius https://loopvids.s3.amazonaws.com/2022/22Jun02_Post.mp3 Once upon a time there was a young dude named Einstein. When he was born, he didn’t talk. At least not when other kids did. He took his sweet time. Preferring, maybe, to spend the time inside his brain. Figuring things out. Later, he turned out […]
One Thought Shift
Russians https://loopvids.s3.amazonaws.com/2022/22May31_Post.mp3 A long while ago, I took an acting class. One of the guys I partnered with was Russian. But I didn’t believe him. He spoke perfect English. I asked how he learned English so well. I was an expecting a complex answer. Advanced language learning. CIA […]
Don’t Blame God
Not My Fault https://loopvids.s3.amazonaws.com/2022/22May20_Post.mp3 Once I worked with a guy. He was a very zealous born again Christian. Always trying to convert me. Once, he came into work and mentioned that he’d burned his toast. Not once, not twice, but three times. His response was that God didn’t want him […]
Don’t Eat Dirt
Effect Cause https://loopvids.s3.amazonaws.com/2022/22May18_Post.mp3 Relationships used to be easy. Not fantasy dream come true, but pretty easy. You cruise through school. Learn some basic social skills. Learn some basic life skills. Parents and teachers were there to help. Society was pretty stable. You came out, got a job and […]
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