Monty Hall There is an interesting problem in statistics and probability known as the Monty Hall problem. You can choose one of three doors. Behind one door is a car, behind the other two are goats. You choose door number three, and then Monty Hall opens door number one, showing a goat, […]
Hidden Disruptive Technologies
Excess Brain Power All modern problems can be resolved to what evolutionary psychologists call an instinct mismatch. That our mind body system was calibrated for a world much different than the one in which we live. A corollary to this idea is that we have a significant amount of excess brain capacity. […]
Social Proof Frame Strength
Persuasion Experiments There have been a lot of cool experiments done to demonstrate the various triggers of influence that operate outside of our conscious awareness. In a social proof experiment, they had a guy stand on a corner, and stare up into an empty sky, but pretending that he was looking at something incredibly […]
Hive Mind Control
Mythology vs. Politics I read a psychological paper recently that intended to determine the directional cause effect relationship between mythology and organized political structures. The idea is to understand whether mythological stories came first, and from them arose a political structure, or whether the political structure came first and from them arose the mythological […]
Jigsaw Story Puzzle
Relaxing Weekend I went to my local library a couple weeks ago, something I do to relax and kill time on the weekend. I picked up an interesting looking book, and sat in my favorite chair next to the window with a nice view of the park. But I started reading through book, […]
Ancient Deities
Invention Categories There are many types of inventions, and many different reasons that drive the creativity that leads to inventions. But they can all be put into a few categories, based on the intentions behind them. There are the types of inventions that are to make money for the inventor, and therefore are […]
Inter Generational Resonance
Math and Music One of the coolest overlapping areas of science is humans and music. On the one hand, humans are very subjective, logic or mathematics isn’t our strong suit. In fact, if most of us had to take a course in pure logic or any advanced math like calculus or differential equations, […]
Emergent Universal Consciousness
Economist I read an interesting article by an economist recently. He said that along with a global economy and financial system, there is a kind of emergent system. Kind of like a supra-national financial system that individual central banks and treasury departments aren’t really aware of. Feedback Systems https://loopvids.s3.amazonaws.com/Nov14Loop.mp4 Organic systems all […]
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 […]
Eventual Fight Against Evil
Hero’s Journey Origins The hero’s journey is a very common structure that has been found in mythological stories around the world. It’s believed that the hero’s journey structure was a precursor to modern religions. Modern religions can be seen as metaphysical or mythical guidelines or moral codes on how to live an thrive […]