Neuron Loops https://loopvids.s3.amazonaws.com/Jun01_Post.mp4 I was watching a really interesting lecture the other day. One in a long series about all the reasons different people exhibit different behaviors. A lot of our neurological makeup is based on feedback loops. Like some neurons fire and light up another neuron. But some neurons fire, […]
Magic Hula Hoops
Infinite Flow Theory I had this friend in college that was always trying to do this ridiculous experiment. He thought that if he calibrated everything correctly, he’d be able to create a non stop flow from beer into his mouth, and urine out of his penis. But he never quite matched the beer […]
Self Flipping Pans
Crazy Inventors The Japanese are famous for their crazy inventions. Glasses with windshield wipers. AI suitcases that walk behind you. Symbolic Love https://loopvids.s3.amazonaws.com/Jun06Loop.mp4 The wedding ring is symbolic for man reasons One is that it’s round. Two is the finger it’s on. Dry Cleaning Disaster I had an old […]
Self Sustaining Hallucinations
Thinking Is Hard There are plenty of logical fallacies that humans tend to use without even realizing it. There are also plenty of biases built into our brain. Just like it’s hard to run around with a bag of rocks for very long, it’s hard to think in purely logical terms for very […]
Peak Brain
Tension and Release Tension and release can be found everywhere, from inorganic matter, to large celestial objects like the sun. Books, movies and music all have tension and release built into the structure. Even humor is based on tension and release, and is thought to bring many health benefits, such as lower blood […]
Nested Feedback Loops
Profit and Loss Model The profit and loss model is a very elegant, very powerful system that is responsible for nearly every invention ever created. Within an honest economic system, which is very rare, if non-existent, the only way a company, no matter the size, can stay in business is to make a profit. […]
Multiple Consciousness Singularity
Acting Poker Players One interesting paradox, that isn’t really a paradox when you dive a little bit beneath the surface, is celebrity poker tournaments. On one hand, these celebrities are usually actors, which means they get paid millions of dollars to purposely be congruent with fake emotions when they are playing parts of imaginary […]
Rat Dragon Apocalypse
Gaming Tournament There’s this pretty cool hobby shop in my neighborhood. Most of the time this is a normal place, selling normal hobby type things to normal people. But every couple of months they have these really intense underground tournaments. Where they try and make this as absolutely as possible. Trip […]
Feasts And Famines
Alternative Health There’s been a lot of interesting articles recently in the area of alternative health. Alternative health is kind of a misnomer because once upon a time doctors were these people that knew a lot of information that was useful to become healthy. That was useful to change your behaviors to become healthy. To […]
Jungle Rats
Cherry Blossom Season In Japan every spring they have a cherry blossom viewing event. They can’t usually predict when it’s going to happen. The feeling in Japan is very comparable to what it’s like on July 4 in the states. People go to the park to have a barbecue, they watch the cherry blossoms […]