Which is more powerful – chaos or order?
Month: December 2024
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What was the last thing you did for play or fun?
I looked up the definition of and unit derivation for a joule-second.
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Being a “nerd”, just like any other societal label, has evolved.
Picture a stereotypical nerd from 1950, for example. Skinny, wimpy dude with coke-bottle glasses with tape at the bridge, plain khaki slacks that are a hair too short, a short-sleeved, geometric print shirt with a bowtie, pocket protector, pencils, and you know there is a calculator in some pocket.
Picture a stereotypical nerd in 2000. hmmm…. which to choose? The athlete nerd? The goth nerd? The artsy nerd? The stoner nerd? The lone-wolf, badass nerd? There really isn’t a stereotypical nerd in 2000. As stunned as I am, I do think that modern society has exceeded expectations for once and actually evolved into something a little better by effectively removing a stereotype.
Encore, please!
**note. this message brought to you as an expansion of RTotD – 12/23/24.
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I am a nerd, truly. I find it amazing how many people do not realize that fact.
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Multitasking is not and cannot be a thing.
There, I’ve said it, and probably pissed off a bunch of people in the process. But I get it, it was a blow to my ego when I truly realized it too. I would definitely list “effective multitasking” or something of the sort on my resume.
But that’s not what it is.
The human brain can literally only consciously focus on one thing at a time – this is a fact. Science has shown this – repeatedly.
If that is true, how can anyone be good at multi-tasking?
Easy. They’re not.
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Has ample time passed? Can you resume logical thought at this point? Ok good.
What they are good at is switching between tasks. Meaning, they can “switch gears” easily, or even instantly, which makes them seem like they are multitasking to everyone else, because many people can’t change their thought process or focus that quickly. The person in question may even believe that ‘multitasking’ is a skill that they’ve developed, but that is incorrect. They’ve actually developed, for whatever reason, a high-speed mental adaptability paired with a rockin short term memory.
So yeah. Random neurobiological thought of the day, or something.
Have a great night!
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I saw a couple of chicks in a car the other day. They were smiling, singing along with the radio…. and had all the windows open. It was 27 degrees outside. I was confused.
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Society has manipulated us into valuing various types of status more than personal fulfillment.
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If the cat (Schrodinger’s) is either alive or dead based on your expectation, what happens if you change your expectation? What is the quantum response time?
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Nouns that are at times verbs – such as “journal”. Was this ambiguity in definition planned, or did the verb evolve later out of convenience? i suppose it is a tiny bit faster to say, “i’m going to journal today” than to say, “i’m going to write in my journal today.” The same could be said for “googling” something….
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i dislike autocorrect in certain situations. Historically, i have a habit of not capitalizing “i” when writing in a non-professional capacity. i don’t know if this is a subconscious attempt at murdering my ego, but in my personal writing, a capital i was never a thing, really, especially in my days of handwritten journaling. MS Word is notorious for fixing that on me, and i got to a point where i just stopped reversing the correction. But truth be told, i miss that as a style in my writing.
So, as of today, i am rising up with my army of one against the suppressive technology of forced grammatical correctness.
That is all. Carry on.
A Peculiar Cerebral Tangle 