Fibonacci Chaos Golden Ratio One of the coolest ideas in science is something called the Golden Ratio, or Phi. This is calculated from the Fibonacci sequence, and can be found in many places in nature. Like if you take ten people, and divide their height by the fingertip to fingertip length of their […]
Middle Misdirection
GPS Trope There’s a very common movie trick if you happen to be a bad guy getting chased by the good guys or a good guy getting chased by the bad guys. This requires taking the GPS tracking device they think they’ve hidden on your and putting in a truck or animal or other […]
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 […]
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 […]
Consciousness Transplanting
New Health Food Store There’s a new, very large, health food store that just opened up in my neighborhood. It’s got a lot of stuff, pretty much everything you could think off, and everything there is much cheaper than you can find online. Even stranger is that the staff is very knowledgeable about […]
Invisible Attraction
Candid Camera There was this episode of a hidden camera prank TV show from way back before the Internet, like in the sixties or seventies. A woman had a suitcase, and inside the suitcase was a magnet. And she would ask guys to help her carry the suitcase, but none of the guys […]
DNA Destruction
Transitions One of the most important transitions one can make in life is from being a child to being an adult. From a purely instinctive, ancient hunter gatherer standpoint, children are expected to consume more then they produce. They are expected to require others to help solve most of their problems. Adults […]
The Psychic In The Woods
Old Friend I ran into an old friend the other day that I hadn’t seen in a long time. She said she was halfway through her training at a psychic institute. She demonstrated some pretty powerful skill. She was able to read my thoughts in ways that I would never have believed […]
Acoustic Resonance Brainwashing
Greek Plays I would have been cool to be alive back in ancient Greece when they had local plays put on at local amphitheaters. From today’s perspective, this doesn’t seem very special. This doesn’t seem very extraordinary. But today, we have access to tons of material to satisfy our story instinct. […]
Emergent Sentient Consciousness
Beat The Races If you look at the times of various horse races, like the Kentucky Derby, over the past hundred years, you’ll see a slow decrease. This is due to scientific advances in nutrition, sports medicine and strength and endurance training. But similar times of human races, like marathons, the 100 and […]