Saturday 31 August 2024
Men often oppose a thing merely because they have had no agency in planning it, or because it may have been planned by those whom they dislike." - Alexander Hamilton
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| Men often oppose a thing merely because they have had no agency in planning it, or because it may have been planned by those whom they dislike." |
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CHANGE X CRSS LOSS TRAUMA DISEASE DX BETRAYAL
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DRONE RESEARCH BIODIVERSITY
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“But my interest is in how these marks that I am scratching on this page can mean anything at all. If they can have meaning, then life can have meaning, then I can have meaning.” |
| — Percival Everett, James |
RD It’s not our fault that we grew up in a society where intellect and brain power is celebrated while intuition and feelings of the heart are often tossed aside. But we do have the power to recognize that conditioning.
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It’s not our fault that we grew up in a society where intellect and brain power is celebrated while intuition and feelings of the heart are often tossed aside.
But we do have the power to recognize that conditioning.
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A When you're on the field, play as if nothing else matters. When you're off the field, remember that the game doesn't matter at all.
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FLR- I imagined someone who had worked hard all his life in relative obscurity; someone disappointed at his dreams unfulfilled—perhaps the career he never pursued, the schools he never attended, the company he never started. Now, I imagined, he was forced to retire, tossed aside like yesterday’s news.
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"We have art in order not to die of the truth."Nietzsche
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Those playing sports requiring explosive power or sprinting see peak performance from twenty to twenty-seven years of age, while those playing endurance sports peak a bit later—but still as young adults.
A THOUGHT SPEECH ACTION HABIT
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What you thought before has led to every choice you have made, and this adds up to you at this moment. If you want to change who you are physically, mentally, and spiritually, you will have to change what you think."
Dr. Patrick Gentempo
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"Pain insists upon being attended to. God whispers to us in our pleasures, speaks in our consciences, but shouts in our pains. It is his megaphone to rouse a deaf world."
C.S. Lewis
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MA- ‘Grief puts us in touch with a basic fact: surviving hurts.’
RD BK BRTHUR CROOKES
. In 1859, at age fifty, he published his magnum opus and crowning achievement, On the Origin of Species, a bestseller explaining his theory of evolution that made him into a household name and changed science forever. At this point, however, Darwin’s work stagnated creatively: he hit a wall in his research and could not make new breakthroughs. Around that same time, a Czech monk by the name of Gregor Mendel discovered what Darwin needed to continue his work: the theory of genetics. Unfortunately, Mendel’s work was published in an obscure German academic journal and Darwin never saw it—and in any case, Darwin (who, remember, had been an unmotivated student) did not have the mathematical or language skills to understand it. Despite his writing numerous books later in life, his work after that broke little ground.
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ET - PRESENCE WITH ANIMALS X IDENTIFY WITH CONSCIOUSNESS OF ANIMAL X SAME CONSCIOUSNESS
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‘কান্ডারী! তুমি ভুলিবে কি পথ? ত্যজিবে কি পথমাঝ?’
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PO QLACE OF PCCURRENCE X AKUSTHAL
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The search for truth must be the ultimate goal of any science. —Augustin-Louis Cauchy
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Up to the age of 40, I lived doing what most of us do: I sought happiness outside myself, convinced that to be happy I would have to fulfill everything the world prescribes to that end. I buried myself in work and deeply repressed any interference that might distract me from my objectives, thinking that the harder the goals, the more happiness they should bring me if I succeeded.
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Wednesday 28 August 2024
Tuesday 27 August 2024
SANG FROID Radical Acceptance is about embracing life as it is, not as we wish it to be.AMOR FATI
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Radical Acceptance is about embracing life as it is, not as we wish it to be. It's a practice of saying 'yes' to our experience, even when that experience is difficult or painful. This doesn't mean we become passive or resign ourselves to injustice. Rather, it means we stop fighting against reality, which allows us to respond with clarity and compassion.
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This long, short life isn’t a competition.
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This long, short life isn’t a competition. It isn’t a tragedy. It isn’t a victory march. It’s a little of all of it, and it’s a lot of none of it—it’s real.
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Life is not a victory march.
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Life is not a victory march. It’s boredom, and busyness. It’s defeats, large and small. It’s senseless, cruel tragedies born by others’ uncaring. It’s good luck, and bad luck.
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Don't avoid carbs. Time them.
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Don't avoid carbs. Time them.
If protein were a shield, carbs would be an axe.
Carbs are a fantastic tool to boost your performance in the gym, especially when you're in a "cut."
The best time to take in carbs is 1-1.5 hours before your workout and eating fast-acting carbs during your workouts.
TRIPLE E X MASSACHUSETA
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Jones finds that the most common age for great discovery is one’s late thirties
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"Before you quit, try. Before you talk, listen. Before you react, think. Before you criticize, wait. Before you move on, forgive." ~ Author Unknown
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"Before you quit, try. Before you talk, listen. Before you react, think. Before you criticize, wait. Before you move on, forgive."
~ Author Unknown
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Sunday 25 August 2024
Gita, "Focus on your action, not the result, so I aimed thinking the same."
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Friday 23 August 2024
a ‘No black scorpion is falling upon this table’.
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Grasslands are a vital component of the Earth's ecosystems, characterized by vast open spaces with grasses as the dominant vegetation. Their evolution is closely tied to climatic changes and shifts in atmospheric conditions over geological time. Here’s a brief overview of their evolution:
Early Development
Pre-Cretaceous Period (before 145 million years ago):
- Early plant life was dominated by ferns, cycads, and conifers. Grasses had not yet evolved.
Cretaceous Period (145–66 million years ago):
- The first grasses appeared during the late Cretaceous. These early grasses were relatively simple and did not yet form extensive grasslands.
Expansion and Diversification
Paleogene Period (66–23 million years ago):
- During the Paleogene, the climate began to cool and dry, which set the stage for the expansion of grasslands. The emergence of grasslands was linked to the decline of forests and the spread of open environments.
Neogene Period (23–2.6 million years ago):
- Grasslands continued to expand and diversify. This period saw the rise of many grass species and the development of more complex grassland ecosystems. The evolution of large herbivores like horses, which fed on grasses, was also significant during this time.
Modern Grasslands
Quaternary Period (2.6 million years ago to present):
- The Quaternary period has been marked by repeated glaciations and interglacial periods. During glaciations, cooler and drier conditions promoted the spread of grasslands, while warmer interglacial periods saw the expansion of forests.
Recent Changes (past few thousand years):
- Human activities have significantly impacted grasslands, leading to changes in their composition and distribution. Agricultural expansion, deforestation, and urbanization have all altered natural grassland landscapes.
Ecological Importance
- Grasslands play a crucial role in carbon sequestration, soil formation, and supporting biodiversity. They are home to a wide variety of species, including many herbivores and predators.
The evolution of grasslands is a story of adaptation to changing climates and environments. From their early beginnings to their modern forms, grasslands have continuously adapted to the shifting conditions of our planet.
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thoughts are sentences in a language of thought
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What does it mean to say that thoughts are sentences in a language of
thought? Consider the thought that Marcel has a monkey. Just as the
sentence ‘Marcel has a monkey’ is built up out of linguistic symbols that
have particular contents—for example, the word ‘Marcel’ refers to Marcel
and ‘monkey’ refers to monkeys—the advocate of the language of thought
claims that the thought that Marcel has a monkey is also built up out of
symbols that have particular contents. Thinking that Marcel has a monkey
involves tokening mental symbols that refer to Marcel, monkeys and the
having relation in such a way that, taken together, these symbols form a
structured representation with the content
The cathedral effect is the name for the positive effect on creativity that high ceiling have on people.
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Life pits biology against physics in mortal combat.
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Individuals with diabetes have a higher risk of hospitalization for any injury, particularly individuals with type 2 diabetes on insulin treatment.
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The surprising earliness of decline
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: in practically every high-skill profession, decline sets in sometime between one’s late thirties and early fifties. Sorry, I know that stings. And it gets worse: the more accomplished one is at the peak of one’s career, the more pronounced decline seems once it has set in
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Vitamin B12 deficiency, common in individuals following plant-based diets without adequate supplementation or fortified foods, can lead to elevated levels of homocysteine in the blood, which is recognized as a risk factor for stroke.
While there is ongoing debate regarding the association between homocysteine levels and stroke risk, observational studies suggest a link between higher homocysteine levels and increased risk of both ischemic and hemorrhagic strokes, as well as cardiovascular mortality.
Studies, such as the EPIC-Oxford study, have found that a significant proportion of vegetarians and vegans have vitamin B12 deficiency, leading to elevated homocysteine levels and potentially increasing their risk of stroke.
Interventional studies have demonstrated that vitamin B12 supplementation can improve arterial function in vegetarians with subnormal B12 status. This suggests that addressing B12 deficiency may mitigate the increased stroke risk associated with plant-based diets lacking sufficient B12 intake.
Despite the evidence highlighting the importance of B12 supplementation, many vegetarians resist taking B12 supplements due to misconceptions about B12 deficiency being rare or assuming that dairy and eggs can provide an adequate B12 intake, emphasizing the need for education and awareness on the topic.
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qntm physics
The picture this theory paints of the subatomic world is perplexing: particles can seemingly exist in two places at once, time stands still and there is no such thing as empty space.
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Thursday 22 August 2024
FROST "I always entertain great hopes."
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Judith Hertog
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2 sides to every story
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FALSE MEMORY
false memory that examine how people sometimes mistake remembered imaginings for remembered real experiences—first demonstrated in the 1990s by the work of Elizabeth Loftus, and a phenomenon that has plagued everything from eyewitness testimony to talk therapy
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We rely on our memory to understand the reality we live in.
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As soon as you try to do this, your mind is almost certainly going to mutiny. You’ll start having all sorts of random thoughts, such as: What’s for lunch? Do I need a haircut? What was Casper the Friendly Ghost before he died? Who was the Susan after whom they named the lazy Susan, and how did she feel about it? No big deal. This is totally normal. The whole game is simply to notice when you are distracted, and begin again. And again. And again. Every time you catch yourself wandering and escort your attention back to the breath, it is like a biceps curl for the brain. It is also a radical act: you’re breaking a lifetime’s habit of walking around in a fog of rumination and projection, and you are actually focusing on what’s happening right now.
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dreams were meant to be shared socially and evolved in humans to enhance emotional intelligence and empathy.
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discussing a dream in this way can lead to increased empathy between dream sharer and listeners. Blagrove argues this could have been valuable to ancestral survival in forming significant connections with others
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Wednesday 21 August 2024
NAP TEST X BNP IS CRP OF HEART - SLF QUOTES
DARK 96%
matter and energy make up only about four per cent of the universe. The rest consists of ‘dark matter’ and ‘dark energyand rk ener. The nature of 96 per cent of physical reality is literally obscure
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Tuesday 20 August 2024
ADANG ALMOST DN AND NRLY GN OPAN
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CD -“Decision fatigue occurs when you become mentally exhausted after making too many decisions in one day,” “The need for quick decision-making has increased due to professionals now being bombarded with emails and messages all day, which can lead to burnout. Employees now need to juggle multiple responsibilities, often switch between tasks, and make both big and small decisions quickly, which can lead to fatigue where the quality of decisions worsens as the day goes on
Monday 19 August 2024
"There isn't a person anywhere who isn't capable of doing more than he thinks he can." -- Henry Ford
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"I, not events, have the power to make me happy or unhappy today. I can choose which it shall be. Yesterday is dead, tomorrow hasn't arrived yet. I have just one day, today, and I'm going to be happy in it."
-- Groucho Marx
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The Strong Assumption
Annaka Harris
The central challenge to a science of consciousness is that we can never acquire direct evidence of consciousness apart from our own experience. When we look at all the organisms (or collections of matter) in the universe and ask ourselves, “Which of these collections of matter contain conscious experiences?” in the broadest sense, the answer has to be “some” or “all”—the only thing we have direct evidence to support is that the answer isn’t “none,” as we know that at least our own conscious experiences exist.
Until we attain a significantly more advanced understanding of the brain, and of many other systems in nature for that matter, we’re forced to begin with one of two assumptions: either consciousness arises at some point in the physical world, or it is a fundamental part of the physical world (some, or all). And the sciences have thus far led with the assumption that the answer is “some” (and so have I, for most of my career) for understandable reasons. But I would argue that the grounds for this starting assumption have become weaker as we learn more about the brain and the role consciousness plays in behavior.[1]
The problem is that what we deem to be conscious processes in nature is based solely on reportability. And at the very least, the work with split-brain and locked-in patients should have radically shifted our reliance on reportability at this point. Ask split-brain patient, Julie, what she’s experiencing, and you’ll get the impression that none of the input to her right hemisphere is consciously experienced (which we know is not the case).[2] How could we even begin to guess whether there is a felt experience associated with the processing of the kidneys, for example? All we have to go on is an analogy to where we find reports of conscious experience, even within in a human brain. “Yes, I feel that”—okay that processing is conscious. “No, I don’t feel that” —okay, no felt experience associated with that processing… we’re on very shaky ground here.[3]
The realization that all of our scientific investigations of consciousness are unwittingly rooted in a blind assumption led me to pose two questions that I think are essential for a science of consciousness to keep asking:
- Can we find conclusive evidence of consciousness from outside a system?
- Is consciousness causal? (Is it doing something? Is it driving any behavior?)
The truth is that we have less and less reason to respond “yes” to either question with any confidence. And if the answer to these questions is in fact “no,” which is entirely possible, we’ll be forced to reconsider our jumping off point. Personally I’m still agnostic, putting the chances that consciousness is fundamental vs. emergent at more or less 50/50. But after focusing on this topic for more than twenty years, I’m beginning to think that assuming consciousness is fundamental is actually a slightly more coherent starting place.
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"A goal is a dream with a deadline." NAPOLEON HILL
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The truly pious must negotiate a difficult course between the precipice of godlessness and the marsh of superstition. • Plutarch •
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For uncounted millenniums, India has been the spiritual lightland of the earth. It is in India that the divine soul-science of yoga—union with God through direct personal communion with Him—has been preserved. That is why Jesus went to India as a youth, and why he returned to India and conferred with Babaji for the spiritual evolution of the world.*
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Sunday 18 August 2024
TOLB -NROM OPAN - NO RN OF MSRY
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Saturday 17 August 2024
PEA ASYSTL X PEA IS PRE ASYSTL PREA
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