Watch Closely Researchers did an interesting memory study. They had a guy pretending to be a thief come into a large classroom while a professor was lecturing and steal a bag off the desk in front. A common understanding is that winners of wars write the history books. We might assume that […]
Benefits of Delayed Gratification
Hit The Floor In the past decade or so, HIIT, or high intensity interval training has become much more mainstream. There are a lot of academic studies showing the benefits of high intensity exercises, not only for cardiovascular health, but to potentially be a defense against Alzheimer’s. A great way to do HIIT […]
Social Proof Hallucination
End Of Stone Age The stone age ended when ancient humans figured out how to smelt ore, get the metal out and make tools and weapons. They’ve found very intricately decorated bowls in some of the oldest mines. They suspect it’s the humans giving gifts to the gods of the Earth in exchange […]
Hierarchical Brain Structures
Big History If you study big history, you’ll see plenty of similarities between all major civilizations. Doesn’t matter where or when they are, they all share many similarities. For example, you’ll find pyramids in plenty of cultures. Egyptian, Meso-American and ancient Greece. Another common trait is how they modified the environment to […]
Evolution Of Indestructible Roaches
Hand Cleanser If you use alcohol based hand cleansers, it’s possible you are purposely altering the natural evolution of potentially dangerous microbes. It works like this. When you put the hand sanitizer on, it kills almost all of the germs. 99.9%. Which ones doesn’t it kill? It kills all but the very strongest. […]
Sex Transmutation Discovery
Enhanced Creativity I have a friend who has made a recent discovery. This discovery has brought him extraordinary powers, but also with that has come some unexpected complications. He’s been practicing sex transmutation, which has significantly increased his creativity, his charisma and his persuasiveness. But paradoxically, it is leaving the women that […]
Valentines Day Cons And Jesus
Gorgeous Japanese Woman I used to know this Japanese woman in her mid sixties. You could tell that when she was younger, she must have been absolutely, drop dead gorgeous. She told me once about her husband. When I met her, her husband had already died. But he would love hanging out in these […]
The Importance of Savings
Old College Friend I have a friend from college that lives just north of San Diego. He lives in a small town. I forget the name. I went to visit him recently. The downtown area has fallen on hard economic times. Most of the shops are closed up, out of business. But there is […]
Self Aware AI That Will Destroy The World
Jesse Livermore There was an old school stock trader named Jesse Livermore. He was a pure natural. When he was a kid, he had the nickname, “The Boy Plunger,” because he could make money naturally in the old time bucket shops. These were kind of like off tracking betting places that weren’t connected to, […]
Mind Portal Music Flow
Downtown Trip I had to go downtown recently. I had to file some paperwork. I probably could have done it online, but I wanted to make sure. I talked to a couple of people on the phone and I kept getting different answers. Besides they have a pretty good area next to the city […]
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