Be Yourself A very common piece of advice when wanting to make friends or to create romantic relationships is to be yourself. From a superficial level, this seems to make logical sense. If you can be yourself, you’ll eventually meet people who like the real you. At the same time, this advice […]
Inter Mental Magic
Best Twenty Five Cents Ever I went to a local coffee shop a couple of weeks ago. I’d been downtown wandering around and I found this used book store. I like bookstores, especially used bookstores. In the movies these are always places you can find ancient books on magic. Like somehow the most powerful […]
Science and Metaphorical Resonance
Tale of Two Teachers When I was in junior high school had two science teachers. Both of them were completely different. The first guy is what you might expect a science teacher to be. A junior high school science teacher to be. He was kind of a typical doofus geek type of guy. He […]
Mind Illusions
Young Magician I have a neighbor and her son is in fifth grade. Lately he’s been practicing these card tricks, these magic tricks, and he’s getting pretty good. He’s got a very good little magician’s pattern going on. So far most of the tricks he’s been doing are called self-working card tricks. These are […]
Broken Brain
College Foolishness When I was in college I had a lot of part-time jobs. Because my university was on the semester system and because I lived in the dorms and because there were several weeks in between semesters I always had quit the job at the end of the semester. I had a lot […]
Paradox Of Achievement
Four Minute Mile This is a common story that is told in many forms. It’s commonly uses as a self-help metaphor. An “if you believe it, then you can achieve it,” metaphor. These types of metaphors are used to combat the normal human, “I won’t believe it until I see it” response. Roger Bannister […]
Guru Trap
(To read about the book, The Guru Trap, please click here.) How To Avoid Being Led Astray People love following gurus. The word itself is a religious term meaning “teacher” or “priest.” But it also means the guy people follow in self-development or financial circles. It’s one thing to learn some useful information from […]
Frame Theory
Frame and Frame Strength Analysis What is frame? It’s that thing that everybody wants. You know when you have it, you know when you lose it. You can sense it when somebody else has it. We note the difference between “the” frame and “frame strength.” Frame Strength vs. The Frame Everybody has frame strength. […]
Custom Universe
How To Create Your Own World With reason, the world around you is very much under your control. In this post, you will learn some very simple techniques that will allow you to create your own ideal universe. Now, it’s important to understand that this has nothing to do with metaphysical law of attraction mumbo […]
Belief Change
What Beliefs Are And How To Change Them This will be an ambitious post. We will endeavor to find out what beliefs are. Once we understand what they are, we will start to understand some ways to change them. We will be doing this from a purely biological, scientific standpoint. We will not rely on […]