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 […]
Waking Lucid Dreams
Meditation Masters There are a few people who have complete control over their body. For example, some can slow down their heartbeat and breathing to very low levels. This is possible for everybody, but it takes a lot patient practice. Reclusive Super Genius https://loopvids.s3.amazonaws.com/Apr29Loop.mp4 There is this scientist that the authorities have […]
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 […]
Negative Junk Response
Hoarding Trails One of the more interesting reality shows is about hoarders. People that have so much stuff in their house, they only have space to get from their bed to the toilet, and from their bed to the front door. And if they aren’t too bad off, they’ll be a path to […]
Brain Detailing
Easy Money Due to the massive interconnected global economy, there are endless niche markets opening up. This means finding enough buyers to support a small business is easier than ever. For example, if your profit was $10 per product, you’d only need a couple dozen thousand new customers per year to make a […]
Energy Gradients
No New Energy The first law of thermodynamics says energy cannot be created nor destroyed. The second law of thermodynamics says that entropy must increase. At the same time, there is simple reason for systems, such as planet Earth, that have a consistently decreasing entropy. Money Flows https://loopvids.s3.amazonaws.com/Mar27Loop.mp4 Hedge fund managers, so […]
Energy Storage Strategies
Getting Ready For Winter The idea of squirrels collecting nuts for the winter is a structure than you can find everywhere. Inmates tend to hoard food in their cell, as it feels good to have a secret stash of energy if you ever need this. Preppers also store months of food in case […]
Invisible Overlords
Accidental Science Rubber was accidentally invented at least twice. First by the Aztecs, who perhaps accidentally mixed two chemicals from two plants. According to the Aztecs, they mixed the blood of one plant with the semen of another plant. Animals Training Animals https://loopvids.s3.amazonaws.com/Mar13Loop.mp4 Humans aren’t the only animals to domesticate other animals. […]
Collective Energy Use
Drafting Birds If you ever see a flock of birds flying, they’ll tend to draft off one another. This is an instinctive way to move much more efficiently as a group. It’s a technique that cyclists and truck drivers do. Predators and Parasites https://loopvids.s3.amazonaws.com/Mar10Loop.mp4 One way to think of a predator is […]
Imaginary Paradoxes
Gabriel’s Horn There is a paradox in calculus called the Horn of Gabriel. It’s a mathematical function, a three dimensional representation of the two dimensional equation y=1/x, but rotated around the x axis. The reason it is considered a paradox is this is a three dimensional shape with infinite surface area but finite […]