Clever Chap Once there was a scientist. Studying solid state physics. The mathematics was difficult. Infinitely complex. So, one day. He came up with a new theory. A theory he borrowed from quantum physics. The hole theory. Simplified Perfection https://loopvids.s3.amazonaws.com/Dec29Loop.mp4 Instead of seeing a small object. […]
Instinctive Sex Programming
Meandering Lecture I went to see this lecture recently by a psychologist. She was applying theories of evolutionary psychology to sales, to leverage our ancient social instincts to more easily make money. Her theory was that everything is, at its core, a kind of frame battle. And that by understanding the deep […]
Stranger Danger
Get Paid – Brainwashed An interesting social experiment was done. People showed up after seeing an add for a paid psychological study. They told them that over the next few weeks, strangers would purposely cause slight problems in their lives. Double Down https://loopvids.s3.amazonaws.com/Apr18Loop.mp4 There is a technique in gambling that seems legit, […]
Energy Transfer Loss
Hot And Cold The Sterling engine is an interesting example of many clever ways to transform energy into different forms. It takes the differential in two chambers of two different temperatures and transforms that into kinetic energy. There’s an interesting inventor that used a similar technique with a bicycle. Not So Nice […]
Immortal Monkey Apocalypse
Shakespeare Experiment There’s a theory that if you put enough monkeys on an island, each banging away on a typewriter, they’ll eventually produce all the works of Shakespeare. This is true in theory, so long as they bang on a typewriter long enough, a certain percentage of the random stuff they type will make […]
Nerf Brain Physics
Friendly Dive Bar I was out of town with a couple of friends. We were sitting in this dive bar, kind of small, but a pretty friendly atmosphere. All of a sudden this train went by, the entire bar started shaking, and the bartender started toss out these Nerf basketballs to everybody and […]
Hidden Insanity Revealed
Differential Equations I had this really cool differential equations teacher once. He would always be halfway through an equation and then he’d stop and tell a story. They weren’t the kind of stories that helped to illustrate the underlying idea of the equation. It was just that he would be talking about […]
The Gambler’s Ruin
Pinch Hit Sock Machine So a couple of weeks ago I was in the local laundromat because the machines in my apartment complex were being repaired because they weren’t working properly. When things are not working properly you need to look inside, fix what’s broken so they can get back to being in fine working […]
How To Leverage Confirmation Bias For Mind Boggling Power
I’m sure you know plenty of people who only watch certain news shows that match their preconceived political beliefs. This is pretty common, and in psychology is referred to as “confirmation bias,” meaning we humans only like to see things that will “confirm” our previously chosen beliefs. The funny thing is, it doesn’t matter if […]
How To Hijack Your Own Confirmation Bias
Our brains are programmed to see only what we want to see. This manifests itself a lot of different ways. If you think you’re having a bad day, for example, you’ll only see things that verify it. If you think you’re on a roll, even stepping on a banana peel will be proof that you’re […]