I am reading four books at the moment. 3 non-fiction and 1 fiction
Fiction:
Panic by Jeff Abbott
Non fiction:
The Stuff of Thought by Steven Pinker. This is a book about language and neurology
What Everybody is Saying by Joe Navarro. An ex FBI agents guide to reading body language
The...
How it works is the first poster types some good news. For example:
Person 1 - i have the biggest penis in Britain
Then the next poster turns it into bad news
Person 2 - growing out of the middle of your forhead
You post bad news in response to the previous poster then post your...
You are watching tv, realise you haven't been paying attention to what just happened because you were in your head annalysing the universe and human nature so you rewind it to see what you missed, space out again, realise you just done exactly the same thing so you rewind for a second time...
Generalisation is unavoidable. It is an integral part of how we perceive the world. Every second of the day you are making generalisations without even realising it.
The real question is, how specific do you want to be? Use an appropriate level of generalisation based on the context.
I don't like the word "placebo" because it has connotations of "fake" and other negative things.
Thoughts have real effects on your body. Beliefs have massive effects on your body. With thoughts you can give yourself illnesses and cure yourself of illnesses. Simply by smiling or frowning you...
Numbers 3, 4 and 5 are my thoughts almost exactly.
We have to learn to play by societies rules. By making up our own rules and then getting pissed off that others won't play by them we doom ourselves to a life of misery.
Some tips:
1. Ask yourself questions about the person you're talking to. WANT to know about them. Are they married? What hobbies do they have? Do they have any pets? Kids? Etc. People like people who are interested in them. Ask them about the things you think they consider important
2...
Do ou need all these qualifications for the type of job you want to do?
Maybe a less academic route would suit you more
There are many different types of intelligence. Just because you don't get good grades doesn't mean your not intelligent (I guess you already know that).
How about...
Thats pretty much my take on forums. A thread has about 30 seconds to catch my attention. If it doesn't then I'm gone. If I don't think I'll be able to add any value to the discussion then I'm gone.
This is the beginnings of a series of very useful techniques which I use all the time
The trick is to get an answer to a question from the creative right side of your brain (I know the right/left thing isn't that simple but it'll do for this explanation) before it can be edited by your logical...
Thanks
I think about this sort of thing regularly so I already had an opinion on free will. I didn't reach it quickly.
I want to reason out a logical theory of everything. Even subjectivity (which you will no doubt be hearing lots about from me) can be logically described in an objective...
Hi I'm PJ and I thought I'd make myself a member of this forum to see if I relate to you guys. I'm not sure if I am an INTP. I can see the argument for me being any of the introverted intuitives types i.e. INTP, INTJ, INFP, INFJ.
I have tested as all these at one time or another and can't...
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