Five Great Puzzles and Paradoxes to Tickle the Mind | All Things Daniel Haggard Hi thanks for visiting. I don't update this blog very often anymore. I write lots of interesting stuff up on my other blog: Reviews in Depth. So please do check it out. Paradoxes cause confusion at the roots of all our thinking. We ponder over such problems because of a worry that they give us reason to doubt our most trusted source of knowledge – reason itself. Here are five great puzzles/paradoxes to tickle the mind: Newcomb’s Problem Imagine you are playing a game – it works like this: a rich scientist has presented you with two opaque boxes labelled A and B. Now in box A he has placed a thousand dollars. He then asks you to make your choice. To make sure the puzzle cuts deeply enough – let’s rule one possibility of thought out. When confronted with this puzzle most people tend to say: that’s easy I’d do such and such. There are two lines of equally compelling reasoning going on. But wait – says the other line of reasoning. The Liar Paradox Consider the following sentence: But hold up!
Exquisite Hyper-Realist Painting by Omar Ortiz Article by James Pond I am the owner of Pondly.com / art lover / electrical engineer / software developer / MBA in e-business student. I blog for pleasure and love to share my Internet findings. Web site: Mexican Omar Ortiz uses human body as main element in its work. His hyper-realistic artwork is surprisingly exquisite. Website Do you want more visual fun? You might also like
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6 Questions That Will Make You Fee Peaceful and Complete “The best place to find a helping hand is at the end of your own arm.” ~Swedish Proverb When I was in my mid-twenties an unhealthy relationship with an unhealthy guy sent me packing off to the corner of New Mexico to find myself. In a new age, self-discovery kind of world—a hubbub of a town filled with people in transition—I was graced to meet many powerful healers, gurus, shamans, and teachers. I became a workshop junkie. I got rolfed, (and got more intense body-work by thick-boned Maoris) and rebirthed with conscious breath work. I went on vision quests in the desert, called leading psychics, mapped my astrological chart, figured out my Enneagram number, dreamed lucidly for nights in an upright chair, and drew down the moon in Wiccan circles. I know. I was a perpetual seeker. Even though my unhealthy relationship was dysfunctional, that man gave me a gift that I wouldn’t discover for years. Whether he meant it or not, he would say: What’s not to love about you? 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6.
Fingerprint Paintings by Chuck Close Article by Hyathiz I love my dogs, reading books, and taking great pictures with my battered but still functional digital camera. Taking great pictures with a high end camera is almost too easy, producing fantastic images with an outdated one is an accomplishment by itself. By Hyathiz on October 14, 2012, in Paintings Tags: black and white, canvas, Chuck Close, family, New York West Village, photographer, portrait, units Charles Thomas “Chuck” Close is an American photographer and painter who achieved worldwide fame as a photorealist. Check out his website. Do you want more visual fun? You might also like
101 Most Inspiring Quotes of All Time by Celes on Jun 16, 2009 | ShareThis Email This Post This is volume 1 of the 101 Most Inspiring Quotes of All Time Series. Volume 1 Quotes: Inspirational quotes on Life, Purpose, Past/Present/Future, Dreams & Passion, Goals, Hard Work, Change, Truth & Honesty, Imagination & CreativityVolume 2 Quotes: Inspirational quotes on Confidence & Personal Power, Courage & Fear, Obstacles, Failure & SuccessVolume 3 Quotes: Inspirational quotes on Taking Action, Planning, Persistence, Time Management & Productivity, Wealth, Money & Finance, Happiness & Emotional Mastery, LoveVolume 4 Quotes: Inspirational quotes on Learning & Growth, Attitudes & Mindsets, Responsibility, Gratitude & Kindness, Friendship, Leadership, Helping Others, People & The World “I am always doing things I can’t do. Lately I have been posting inspiring quotes on Facebook and Twitter. The thing I love about inspiring quotes is that they pack so much wisdom in so few words. 101 Most Inspiring Quotes Inspirational Quotes on Life
Philip Zimbardo: The Secret Powers of Time (Animated) Bio Philip Zimbardo Philip Zimbardo is internationally recognized as a leading "voice and face of contemporary psychology" through his widely seen PBS-TV series, "Discovering Psychology," his media appearances, best-selling trade books on shyness, and his classic research, The Stanford Prison Experiment. Zimbardo has been a Stanford University professor since 1968 (now an Emeritus Professor), having taught previously at Yale, NYU, and Columbia University. He continues teaching graduate students at the Pacific Graduate School of Psychology, and at the Naval Post Graduate School (Monterey). His current research interests continue in the domain of social psychology, with a broad emphasis on everything interesting to study from shyness to time perspective, madness, cults, vandalism, political psychology, torture, terrorism, and evil. He heads a philanthropic foundation in his name to promote education in his ancestral Sicilian towns. To download this program become a Front Row member. time
Clever Ads Billboard Here is a series of brilliant billboard ads dedicated to promoting science in Vancouver, by Science World Museum in collaboration with Rethink Canada… World museum – Rethink Canada Best Quotes of All Time It’s been three years since we shared our original list of some of the best quotes of all time, and we felt it was a good time for an update. We’ve added another 25 quotes for you. But these aren’t just any quotes. These are quotes designed to inspire. I know quotes researched online often come in slightly different variations, so if you’ve heard another version of one of these, please share it with us in the comments. Here are our 25 new additions for our list of the best quotes of all time, including some submitted by our readers in response to the original list of best quotes, which you can still find below. “Too many of us are not living our dreams because we are living our fears.” – Les Brown “A goal is a dream with a deadline.” – Napoleon Hill “The road to success and the road to failure are almost exactly the same.” – Colin R. “Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things that you didn’t do than by the ones you did do.” – Mark Twain “Have the courage to say no.