Art of Sword https://loopvids.s3.amazonaws.com/2022/22May28_Post.mp3 Once there was this Japanese dude. An old school swordsman. Samurai. Fought and killed a bunch of people. Decided to write a book about the philosophy of being a Samurai. Today, that book is still read. It’s kind of like the Art of War by […]
Develop Rare Genuine Charisma
What Is This? https://loopvids.s3.amazonaws.com/Jun10_Post.mp4 One of the more interesting concepts in copywriting is curiosity. There are, of course, the common drivers of creating buying interest. Authority, social proof etc. Building up massive value, etc. Building in the idea of sex appeal. That if you buy this product, you’ll become famous […]
The Ambiguity Attraction Pattern
Own Your Answer https://loopvids.s3.amazonaws.com/Mar18_Post.mp4 We humans love ambiguity. We love the feeling that we can decide what things mean. We also love the feeling of figuring things out. Not necessarily to get an objectively “correct” answer. But to come up with answer we feel is the right answer, for us. […]
Psychic Alien Invaders
How Will They Come Experts are still not in agreement about how, specifically, the impending alien invasion will take place. One of the biggest issue of contention is their assumed technological advancement. This, of course, is based on when they achieved self awareness, on a timeline compared to humans. Emergence https://loopvids.s3.amazonaws.com/Apr04Loop.mp4 A […]
Cooking Cult
Cooking Class I took a cooking class a few months ago. I met a woman there that started telling me about the class and the instructor. Then she told me this was the ninth time she’d taken this same class with the same teacher. Meta Study https://loopvids.s3.amazonaws.com/Mar19Loop.mp4 A recent psychological meta study […]
Mental Brain Illusions
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 […]
Embedded Layers Of Discovery
Pot Lucks are Fun I went to this work party a couple of weeks ago. It was a potlock and a lot of people brought some pretty delicious things. One lady brought this utterly fantastic bean dip, so I asked her for the recipe. Cake Baking Skills https://loopvids.s3.amazonaws.com/Sept03Loop.mp4 I have a friend […]
Atomic Russian Thought Control
Invention of Chemistry Once they figured out how atoms worked, chemistry was invented. The first guy who figured out the period table was a Russian guy named Mendeleev. Atoms all have the same basic structure, neutrons and protons on the inside, with electrons on the outside. Three basic atoms, Carbon, Oxygen and […]
Time Flies Like An Arrow
Instinct People Humans have a ton of instincts. Things that compel us to behaviors, sometimes against our will. Most of us are familiar with social instincts, and food instincts and sex instincts. But there is also a humor instinct. It makes sense from a physiological-immune system kind of way. Whenever we laugh, aside […]
Hypnosis Party Tricks
Brain Party Hacks There are plenty of reasons to learn hypnosis. Self hypnosis to sleep better, play better golf, overcome social anxiety so you can more easily get out there and get some. Then there is straight up, watch-swinging hypnosis. Direct hypnosis or overt hypnosis. It comes in many names. Direct hypnosis is very […]