This is not good news for a sleep-deprived populace. It's well known that sleeplessness makes humans crabby, but it also leads to short-term euphoria and risky behavior with questionable ethics. So, your sleep-deprived friend really does need you to drag them back to reality, but expect to get snapped at while you do it.
Sources:
http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/releases/220044.php
http://www.bakadesuyo.com/2011/03/does-lack-of-sleep-make-us-unethical/
Sunday, February 10, 2013
A Horse With No Hay
This is a wonderful intro to a life-sized horse puppet.
Source: http://www.ted.com/talks/handpring_puppet_co_the_genius_puppetry_behind_war_horse.html
Source: http://www.ted.com/talks/handpring_puppet_co_the_genius_puppetry_behind_war_horse.html
Monday, November 26, 2012
Some Scientists Try REALLY Hard to Prove Their Own BS World Views
This is a nice deconstruction of Simon Baron-Cohen trying desperately to make the evidence fit his preconceived notions, even to the extent of some seriously convoluted logic unworthy of a scientist. Sigh.
Source: http://scottsworlds.blogspot.com.au/2012/11/eating-disorders-and-not-so-female-brain.html
Source: http://scottsworlds.blogspot.com.au/2012/11/eating-disorders-and-not-so-female-brain.html
Monday, August 13, 2012
Women Can't Multitask Either
Pretty much nobody can. So get your eyes back on the road, and PUT THE PHONE DOWN! ...ahem...
This is a wonderful infographic on the effects of "multitasking." (Did you see the quotes? Yeah. That's 'cuz it's a myth.)
"Focusing on more than one thing decreases your productivity by 40% and lowers your IQ by 10 points"
Link: http://mashable.com/2012/08/13/multitasking-infographic/
This is a wonderful infographic on the effects of "multitasking." (Did you see the quotes? Yeah. That's 'cuz it's a myth.)
"Focusing on more than one thing decreases your productivity by 40% and lowers your IQ by 10 points"
Link: http://mashable.com/2012/08/13/multitasking-infographic/
Sunday, August 12, 2012
We need not fear wanting
This really resonates with me. I know so many people who are determined to stuff down or push away any and all desires in the name of being spiritual. Seems to me that wanting is part of being human, and any spirituality worth its salt would have room for humanity to be...well, human.
"if we push away desire, we disconnect from our tenderness and we harden against life. We become like a “rock in winter.” When we reject desire, we reject the very source of our love and aliveness."
link: http://www.wildmind.org/blogs/on-practice/the-suffering-of-rejecting-desire
"if we push away desire, we disconnect from our tenderness and we harden against life. We become like a “rock in winter.” When we reject desire, we reject the very source of our love and aliveness."
link: http://www.wildmind.org/blogs/on-practice/the-suffering-of-rejecting-desire
The Mingling of Grief and Joy
Closure is such a pervasive concept in our society. The assertion that it really doesn't exist and that we should stop chasing it really rings true to me. At the same time, I find in myself a deep longing for the grief to go away leaving only joy. I suppose that's closely akin to the fantasy of a life without problems, work, or traffic.
The blurb:
The blurb:
Nancy Berns is a sociologist at Drake University. She looks at the space between grief and closure and has found that not only is closure a fabricated concept, it is doing us more harm than good.
Link: http://youtu.be/w0rCfXSdYPE
Saturday, July 21, 2012
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