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Decision Making and Decision Fatigue - What's the Science, Dude? Take a moment to count the decisions you have made since morning. Most likely, you've chosen what clothes to wear, what to have for breakfast, which route to take to work. Once at work, you took stock of pressing demands and made some decisions about which tasks to tackle first. If you're a manager, you might have had to schedule and attend meetings, possibly negotiate with team members on a proposal, counsel administrative staff, prepare reports or presentations, and pitch an idea. All before lunch... Additionally, because of escalating pressures and deadlines, you might have felt called upon to do the thinking for some of the people you work with, something you find both necessary and frustrating at the same time. When you notice that some team members respond without enthusiasm, you grow resentful. Intellectually, you know it's important for employees to have ownership in the decisions that are being ma...

Materialistic Thinking - Rational or Irrational? A materialistic way of thinking assumes that science is the be-all and end-all of human knowledge. Those who have this outlook claim that the methods of science are the only reliable ways to secure knowledge of anything "Science provides all the significant truths about reality and knowing such truths is what real understanding is about." (Alex Rosenberg, philosopher of science) It is not so surprising that some people are starry eyed about science. It has such a huge beneficial impact on daily life in the western world. Smart phones, laptops, airplanes, television, domestic appliances etc. are all around us. Science, and the technology arising from it, greatly helps us to communicate, easily gain information, be entertained, visit foreign countries, and reduce domestic drudgery. But should we really treat science as our exclusive guide to reality? Are there no other credible sources of knowledge and understanding about our exi...

Exceptions To The Rule: The Speed Of Light (And Gravity?) Within Relativity Theory, if there is anything that is not intuitive it is the fact that in the entire Universe, it is the speed of light (and gravity?) alone that is absolute or fixed, not something like space being absolute or time being absolute. It's not intuitive in that all the other not-light bits and pieces that are in motion can be added or subtracted. The lone exception to that universal rule that velocities can be mathematically combined is the speed of light (and gravity?). Repeat for emphasis: the anomaly here is that in any other scenario, anything that is not-light and in motion, velocities can be added and subtracted. Repeat again: with that one speed of light exception, velocities may be added or subtracted. If you are on a treadmill that's moving left at 5 MPH, and you're on it walking to the right at 5 MPH, to an external observer you are waking yet standing still. You're much more likely to hi...

The Simulation Hypothesis: Even More Evidence From Physics If physics is inconsistent it's more likely we're in a computer simulation. If physics is internally self-consistent then it's more likely we're in a really real reality. Alas, we have contradictions / inconsistencies in physics - relativity vs. quantum mechanics for example. Therefore, you probably exist in a simulation and physics can provide the evidence. So, here's my follow-up collection of evidence from physics. The Simulation Hypothesis and Information "What is real?" - Information! "How do you define real?" - Information! Some people suggest that the Simulation Hypothesis is nonsense because it's akin to suggesting that there's actually tiny people inside your TV set or there is a little being present inside your mind that's observing, processing and directing the action. My counter is that it's not the forms that exist in a simulation that hold sway, rather what i...

Everything Is Energy And That Is All There Is To It Albert Einstein - "Everything is energy and that's all there is. Match the frequency of the reality you want and you cannot help but get that reality. It can be no other way. This is not philosophy. This is physics." It's now common knowledge, that everything in your world is proven to scientifically be made of energy. You see it everywhere. People talking about the power of a positive mind, the life-changing effects of energy medicine, and the very well know, law of attraction. Alignment, balance, and harmony have become keywords in living a balanced life. What does it all mean? Philosophers, scientists, and great minds of all times have tried to explain this phenomenon, without ever being able to prove its veracity. But, they all knew one thing. That everything responds to an energetic vibration and that the only way to achieve positive change is through the unavoidable transformation of your personal and collectiv...

Understand the Universe and Create Peace Before you leap into the arms of AI and sell your soul to uniting with a machine, and becoming vulnerable to total control of someone else's computer programming, take a walk into the visionary future with this brilliant and peaceful man, Mehran Keshe, founder of the Keshe Foundation. This Iranian born man may be the best kept secret that could have a major impact in preventing humanity from annihilating ourselves. He was introduced to the world of radiation and nuclear science at a very young age, and in 1981 he graduated from Queen Mary College, University of London, as a nuclear engineer specializing in reactor technology systems. He had a unique interest in studying the structure of the universe which was his inspiration for this advanced technology. He says that nowhere in the natural universe do you see any engines or motors, and he intended that the technology he developed would only be used for peaceful purposes. After a successful c...

Pearl: Is It a Stone or an Animal Product? So what are pearls anyway? Pearls are made of calcium carbonate and may be considered nature's little accidents. Sometimes in the life of oysters, mussels, conch and some other shellfish, a tiny parasite or grit of sand gets ingested in the folds of the shellfish body. The animal will secrete a substance called nacre and coat the intrusion with a hard layer to protect itself from doing damage to the rest of the body. Nacre is a very hard substance and is made up of tiny bricklike pieces that bond together and build up layer upon layer of these tiny bricks, almost like a brick wall. Nacre also coats the insides of the shellfish as well as creating a nice, shiny surface. This surface called mother-of-pearl is an organic/inorganic hard, composite material produced by some mollusks as an inner-shell layer; it also makes up the outer coating of pearls. It is strong, porcelaneous, resilient, and iridescent. Due to the bricklike structure of nacr...