Fearless Brain https://loopvids.s3.amazonaws.com/2022/22Sept10_Post.mp3 I read an inspiring quote the other day, from Rocky Marciano, famous world champion boxer. “In the ring I never knew fear.” What does this mean? One thing is his brain was fully present. No clutter from second guessing or anxiety. The cherished flow state. The […]
Choose Your Luck
Bad Example https://loopvids.s3.amazonaws.com/2022/22Sept09_Post.mp3 I watched a movie once about a brother and sister. It was very vague about the why, but both were messed up. Something horrible had happened to them when they were younger. Something that was only alluded to a few times. The dude was a sex addict. […]
Think Beyond Normal
Game Everything https://loopvids.s3.amazonaws.com/2022/22Aug22_Post.mp3 I’ve always been a fan of game theory. It’s an interesting way to “game out” pretty much anything. And unless you make it a point to study game theory, you don’t really understand that it is everywhere. And it can be applied in a kajillion places. One popular […]
Stand Out In A Crowd
Who Are You? https://loopvids.s3.amazonaws.com/2022/22Aug16_Post.mp3 There have been a few social experiments regarding perception. Like the famous one where a world class violinist played in the subway all day. Nobody recognized him. He only got a few dollars in his tip hat. On the other hand, a college student and his buddies […]
Confirmation Hole Bias
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. […]
Sexy Witch Librarian
Human Memory Human memory is a very squirrely concept. Everybody has memories of studying hard for a test, and getting a C. This is case of knowing exactly what to remember, but not being able to remember this effectively. Other times things happen unexpectedly, and don’t know how to remember this. […]
The Missing Gorilla Paradox
Perception Limits There’s a famous video that allegedly points out the discrepancies and inadequacies in human perception. The point is to show that even if you pay attention to something, you will miss most of what is going on here. You’ve no doubt seen this video, as this one is really popular. […]
Multi Level Deception
Gorgeous Neighbor I have this next-door neighbor that is absolutely gorgeous. I mean she’s about 5’10’, 5’11’, gorgeous body. She could be a fitness model. Nice natural breasts, gorgeous face, blue eyes, blonde hair. I finally got the nerve to start a conversation with her in the laundry room. I was absolutely stunned for […]
Alone With Your Thoughts
Communication Seminar I went to this really strange communication seminar a long time ago. It was all about non-verbal communication. The theory of the guy that was teaching it was that most of our communication is nonverbal very little of it is based on the words. We had to do a lot of exercises […]
Hidden Box Of Pain
3D Vision The other day I was watching this really cool documentary on how our eyeballs and our brains work together to create this illusion of depth perception. I used to think that it was because only because we had two eyeballs kind of like a 3-D movie where you put on these glasses […]