David Suzuki speaks about overpopulation Practical Happiness & Awesomeness Tips – The Positivity Blog Stumbling on Happiness: Daniel Gilbert | Blog I recently wound up in the emergency room. Don’t worry, it was probably nothing. But to treat my case of probably nothing, the doctor gave me a prescription for a week’s worth of antibiotics, along with the usual stern warning about the importance of completing the full course. I understood why I needed to complete the full course, of course. My doctor seemed smart. Certain numbers have magical properties. But these magic numbers don’t just dominate our thoughts and dictate our words; they also drive our most important decisions. Consider my prescription. Italy! If patients are typically told that every 24 hours (24 being the magic number that corresponds to the rotation of the earth) they should take three pills (three being the magic number that divides any time period into a beginning, middle and end) and that they should do this for seven days, they will end up taking 21 pills. Magic “time numbers” cost a lot, but magic “10 numbers” may cost even more. • Osborne, M. • Coulter, K.
Speed Kills Your Pocketbook ThinkNice.com Quotes can pick you up when you are down, give purpose and meaning to those in need, and turn a bad day into a good one. Quotes also sometimes shed light onto the personalities of figures from the past and provide inspiration of all kinds. Below we have a collection of cute, inspirational and artistic quotes designed to be printed out and used as wall pin-ups. Enjoy! “You Are the Closest I Will Ever Come to Magic” “My attitude is based on how you treat me.” “If you wait for perfect conditions, you will never get anything done.” “Happy Girls Are the Prettiest” “Always believe that something wonderful is about to happen.” “Do What You Can with What You Have Where You Are” “The People Who Know The Least About You Always Have The Most To Say.” Albert Einstein Quote “Logic will get you from A to Z: Imagination will get you everywhere.” “Thou Shall Not Take Sh! “Your Face is Just Fine, But You’ll Have To Put A Bag Over That Personality.” “Just Because I Cannot See It, Doesn’t Mean I Can’t Believe It”
Bitcoin Explained Programmes | Happiness Formula | Test your happiness Psychologists say it is possible to measure your happiness. This test designed by psychologist Professor Ed Diener from the University of Illinois, takes just a minute to complete. To find out how happy you are just look at the five statements below and decide whether you agree or disagree using a 1-7 scale. Please be open and honest in your responding - remember your answers are totally private. Once you have answered all five questions press submit and we will calculate your score. Strongly disagree Disagree Slightly disagree Neither agree nor disagree Slightly agree Agree Strongly agree Below are five statements that you may agree or disagree with. What makes you makes you happy To understand life satisfaction scores, it is helpful to understand some of the components that go into most people's experience of happiness. One of the most important influences on happiness is social relationships. Other sources of happiness For many people these are sources of satisfaction.
15 things to NEVER say to an atheist The Happiness Project This is how to store human knowledge for eternity It’s easy to assume that human knowledge is stable – that everything we have learnt will endure for millennia. Yet oral history can evolve as it passes between generations, books can be destroyed, and digital storage is more fragile and transient than many assume. The hard drives and servers that underpin our world today will eventually become unreadable as the years pass. Where and how should we store humanity’s knowledge for posterity? So, where and how should we store humanity’s knowledge for posterity? The video above is part of a series called The Genius Behind: The most amazing and sometimes little known technological and scientific breakthroughs of modern times, and the innovative minds behind them. From BBC iWonder: Is DNA the best way to store data?