Party People I was at this party the other night, and there were these two people, guy and a girl, that were flirting with each other from across the room. But it was just barely perceptible. Every time the girl would make eye contact with the guy, her eyes would quickly dart away […]
Dark Energy Mathematics
Babies Can Add They’ve done some pretty cool experiments on babies to determine what kind of pre-wiring we have that allows us to understand math. They can tell that babies can add up simple numbers before they can differentiate between objects. Meaning that before we humans are a year old, we have the […]
DNA Destruction
Transitions One of the most important transitions one can make in life is from being a child to being an adult. From a purely instinctive, ancient hunter gatherer standpoint, children are expected to consume more then they produce. They are expected to require others to help solve most of their problems. Adults […]
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 […]
Colonization Plans
What You See Isn’t Real There are a lot of cool optical illusions floating around. They are, of course, built by understanding the inefficiency of our visual perception. Most of what we see is an approximation, and by purposely creating false approximations, we will see things that aren’t really there. The field […]
Self Replicating Cults
Secret Psychology There is this psychologist who has been studying cults for a long time. His angle is to compare their origin stories and their underlying mythological identity structure. For example, Heaven’s Gate had the idea that dying meant going to a higher plane, and that involved aliens. Famous Cultists https://loopvids.s3.amazonaws.com/Nov22Loop.mp4 Jim […]
Slippery Slope Dream Archetypes
Cialdini Laws A very powerful Cialdini law of influence is one we create ourselves, and operates on ourselves, but outside of our conscious awareness. Researchers demonstrated this by going into a neighborhood they’d split into two halves. The first half they went through and asked everybody if they could but a huge, very […]
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 […]
Power Node Sexual Theory
VIP Doorman I have a friend who is a doorman at a very, very exclusive club. He’s worked there for a long time, more than a few years. And he’s figured out a way to leverage his job for lots of sex. But not from the girls waiting in line, hoping to […]
Return To Mars
Old School Ideas A very interesting idea from antiquity, made famous by Plato, is the idea of the lost city of Atlantis. These idea of an underwater ancient city that was far more advanced is very compelling, and surrounded in tons of mythology. We humans seem to have a very keen interest in […]
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