When you read, you perceive parts of the text that aren’t there. You are hallucinating. Each of your eyes has a blind spot. If your vision was 100 percent accurate, you would see two black holes that would never go away, but your brain tricks you. The brain doesn’t take in the signals that come … Read more
What people failed to take from you through direct battle, they will try to take from you under the guise of morality and fairness. Do not be taken in, negotiation is about moving for power, always put yourself in a position of strength. Make the other side settle on your terms. The more you take, … Read more
Fighting endless battles is costly, it is much wiser to master the art of maneuver. Bait your enemies into positions that seem alluring but at really traps and blind alleys. Give them dilemmas – if you give them problems, they might solve them, but if you give them a dilemma, they will get stuck. So … Read more
The Zulu The Zulus defeated the British, even though their technology was inferior. They managed to instill fear in the British by appearing to emerge out of nowhere, and by gaining a psychological advantage. Not only were they highly disciplined, but when a British soldier was killed by the Zulu spears, a disturbing sucking sound … Read more
Rhonda Patrick has worked alongside Bruce Ames, the 23rd most cited scientist across all fields between 1973 and 1984. She conducts antiaging research and published papers on a mechanism by which vitamin D regulates the production of serotonin. Teeth can save your life Baby teeth or wisdom teeth should be preserved. Mesenchymal stem cells can … Read more
Learning Our senses have evolved to work together. Our vision influences hearing, for example – this suggests that we learn best if we stimulate several senses at the same time. One set of experiments were run by the cognitive psychologist Richard Mayer proved this to be true. He divided rooms into three groups, the first … Read more
Attacking directly is rarely a good idea. Napoleon had a name for the opposite strategy, the ‘manoeuvre sur les derrieres’ – it would become a favorite of his. It worked because generals liked to place their armies in strong frontal positions and second, an army that is attacked from the flank must turn to defend … Read more
A German shepherd was receiving painful electric shocks. The dog can easily get out since the other side of the box he was in was insulated from shocks – a low barrier separates the two sides. Instead, he lies down in the corner of the electric side, whimpering with each jolt. He was physically removed … Read more
Detectives investigate the murder of a girl by Mr. Hyde. Utterson is a lawyer who learns that Dr. Jekyll had transferred all his property to this same Mr. Hyde. Utterson decides to investigate, and visits Jekyll and Dr. Lanyon, a friend of both, to learn about what happened. Dr. Lanyon said that he had … Read more
Amelia Boone has been called “the Michael Jordan of obstacle course racing” (OCR) and is considered the world’s most decorated obstacle racer. Amelia Boone has been called “the Michael Jordan of obstacle course racing” (OCR) and is considered the world’s most decorated obstacle racer. What would you put on a billboard? “No one owes you … Read more