Foreshadowing https://loopvids.s3.amazonaws.com/Aug25_Post.mp4 There’s an interesting idea that was essentially invented by Shakespeare. The very first scene would, if you were paying attention, explain everything. Two dudes up on stage talking about something. Since it was the very first scene, the tendency would be to just soak it in and see what happens. […]
The Most Powerful Force On Earth
You Can Run But… https://loopvids.s3.amazonaws.com/Apr26_Post.mp4 Market bubbles are an interesting thing. They represent the extreme of human emotions. Even non-bubble markets are fascinating, from a psychological standpoint. It’s easy to fall into the “logical” trap when looking at stock charts. Stock charts themselves, separate from what they represent, are a statistician’s […]
Waking Lucid Dreams
Meditation Masters There are a few people who have complete control over their body. For example, some can slow down their heartbeat and breathing to very low levels. This is possible for everybody, but it takes a lot patient practice. Reclusive Super Genius https://loopvids.s3.amazonaws.com/Apr29Loop.mp4 There is this scientist that the authorities have […]
Future Toast Pattern
Why Am I Here? A common experience is temporary amnesia. You’ll be sitting there, thinking about something important. Then you’ll get an idea of something else important that you need to get from another room. Sorry, Who Are You? https://loopvids.s3.amazonaws.com/Apr28Loop.mp4 Most people openly admit that they suck at remembering names. Somebody […]
Negative Junk Response
Hoarding Trails One of the more interesting reality shows is about hoarders. People that have so much stuff in their house, they only have space to get from their bed to the toilet, and from their bed to the front door. And if they aren’t too bad off, they’ll be a path to […]
Hallucinated Statistics
Monty Hall There is an interesting problem in statistics and probability known as the Monty Hall problem. You can choose one of three doors. Behind one door is a car, behind the other two are goats. You choose door number three, and then Monty Hall opens door number one, showing a goat, […]
Mirror Universe
Original Super Genius Emmy Noether is undoubtedly one of the most under appreciated mathematicians of all time. She developed this abstract theory back in the 1800’s relating symmetry and conservation laws. That every time there is a conversation law, there will be an associated symmetry law, and vice versa. Cause Effect Paradox […]
Invisible Overlords
Accidental Science Rubber was accidentally invented at least twice. First by the Aztecs, who perhaps accidentally mixed two chemicals from two plants. According to the Aztecs, they mixed the blood of one plant with the semen of another plant. Animals Training Animals https://loopvids.s3.amazonaws.com/Mar13Loop.mp4 Humans aren’t the only animals to domesticate other animals. […]
Sliding Into Amnesia
Collective Memory One of the interesting things about any given society at any given time is the idea of collective memory. The bigger a society gets, the bigger its collective memory gets which will allow any technology to be subsequently added to over the generations. However, like any complex systems, there are many […]
Imaginary Paradoxes
Gabriel’s Horn There is a paradox in calculus called the Horn of Gabriel. It’s a mathematical function, a three dimensional representation of the two dimensional equation y=1/x, but rotated around the x axis. The reason it is considered a paradox is this is a three dimensional shape with infinite surface area but finite […]
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