I’ve always thought optical illusions were fun. There’s a great piece in the current Scientific American that gets into the neuroscience of illusion and while it may be kind of heavy reading, the examples are worth looking at. Some of them will blow your mind, others are just funny. But you can’t believe that you can’t make your mind resolve what you know is there vs. what you think you’re seeing. Continue reading
Category Archives: Reality checks
Today’s Intelligence Test
I was watching CNN this morning and on came a local cable break. It’s generally easy to tell which are the local breaks, either because the sponsors are clearly in-market or because the volume cranks itself up about 3x.
In any event, this was an ad for a seminar by the crooks fine folks that bring you the Rich Dad, Poor Dad books. As I understand it, this brief seminar is basically a sales pitch to get you sign up for their 3-day seminar for several hundred dollars which is, in turn, a sales pitch for their 3 week training for several thousands of dollars. And yet, this isn’t the intelligence test. Continue reading
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Temper Temper
I love it when you guys suggest topics, especially at the end of the week when I’m usually kind of topic-ed out. It’s REALLY good when you tie it to Foodie Fun Friday because that kills two birds with one stone – it’s late in the week and it’s on topic! So my sister-in-law Joanne sent me the following which is kind of self-explanatory but of course I’ll chime in. First, her note: Continue reading
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Consult Keith 