In the Hidden Brain episode "Did That Really Happen?", Shankar Vidantan and his guest, psychologist Dr. Ayanna Thomas, talk about how unreliable our memories are, specifically regarding visual memory. We are remarkably susceptible to the power of suggestion. If someone tells us we wore a blue shirt on Christmas when we were 12, we are…
Thoughts between sets at the gym. I have no thoughts. My only thoughts are snagged between sets at the gym, and even these I have to kinda work at. "What has caught my attention lately?" "What am I puzzling over lately?" The answer is nothing. If anything is too complex, instead of thinking it through…
Thoughts in between sets at the gym. I turned in my papers for my oral exam! Is it weird that I'm getting excited? I get to talk about my ideas for an hour and a half. I tend to do well speaking in front of people, so I even think the high-stress format might play…
Thoughts between sets at the gym. Oh my good gravy. I am spent. I have been running on a low thrum of high-stress for months now and I am just kind of... Done? Like, my body is exhausted. My brain is exhausted. But this coming Wednesday I'll be able to turn in my papers to…
Ok, ready for a confession? An embarrassing confession? I watch The Challenge dang near religiously. Like, every week. I even have started listening to a stupid podcast about it. Every. Stinkin'. Week. Chris got me started watching this show and I... I can't quit it. OH THE LEVELS OF DEPRAVITY TO WHICH WE SINK IN…
Somewhere, something incredible is waiting to be known.Carl Sagan I recently finished reading A Canticle for Leibowitz, which is one of the best post- (and pre!) apocalyptical novels I've read in a long time. I feel and think many things about it, but one of the things that it made me continue to think about…
