tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-52122871316620119512024-03-18T23:35:21.808-04:00Rants, Raves, Reviews & ReflectionsGerryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12629120523831489730noreply@blogger.comBlogger632125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5212287131662011951.post-36029375379627607972024-03-07T10:11:00.003-05:002024-03-07T10:25:03.126-05:00The Facial Scar Experiment<p> </p>
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<div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div>Gerryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12629120523831489730noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5212287131662011951.post-39513248719363079882024-02-03T13:45:00.003-05:002024-02-03T13:45:55.434-05:00Two Good Quotes Which Describe The Left<p><span style="background-color: white; color: #1a1a1b; font-family: IBMPlexSans, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 20px;">A liberal is a man too broadminded to take his own side in a quarrel. — Robert Frost</span></p><p><span style="background-color: white; color: #1a1a1b; font-family: IBMPlexSans, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 20px;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="background-color: white; color: #1a1a1b; font-family: IBMPlexSans, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 20px;">Do not be so open-minded that your brains fall out. ~ G.K. Chesterton</span></p>Gerryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12629120523831489730noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5212287131662011951.post-45260253923695981102023-10-27T12:26:00.002-04:002023-10-27T12:29:17.448-04:00Andrew Huberman on Fitness<div style="text-align: left;"><a href="https://youtu.be/aeCE3yX3R78?si=-THF9QO3E1K_Yxci&t=102">Andrew Huberman on Fitness</a></div><div style="text-align: left;">At a macro level:</div><div style="text-align: left;">150-200 minutes of zone 2 per week. </div><div style="text-align: left;">Getting to max heartrate once a week.</div><div style="text-align: left;">6 sets of resistance training per muscle group per week minimum. </div><div style="text-align: left;">Building up aMCC by learning an instrument or language</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div>Gerryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12629120523831489730noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5212287131662011951.post-9631333121351799502023-10-26T11:30:00.007-04:002023-11-05T13:49:34.102-05:00Dopamine<a href="https://youtu.be/MrEP6_l8DpY?si=qX88gl9bdga9ysvj&t=2616">Chris Williamson: Dr. Robert Sapolsky: Dopamine</a><div>Simplified thinking about dopamine was that dopamine is about reward. Take a person, rat, monkey, whatever and give them a reward and the brain releases dopamine. </div><div><br /></div><div>But now do the experiment a little differently. Take the person, rat, whatever and put them in a room. When a little light comes on and they press a button ten times, they will get a reward. This is repeated and the person, rat, monkey learns quickly the process of light, press button, reward. The question now is, in that sequence of light, work, reward, when is dopamine released? Does it go up when you get the reward? No. Once the pattern is learned dopamine goes up when the light turns on. Dopamine is about the anticipation of the reward. Even more interesting, if you artificially block the dopamine release, you don't get the lever pressing. It's about the motivation driven by the anticipation. </div><div><br /></div><div>This hints at the idea that it's not pursuit of happiness but the happiness of the pursuit. Think about how often the anticipation of something turns out to be much better than it turns out to actually be. What you have afterward is that much more of a hunger. </div><div><br /></div><div>Now change the experiment a bit. Before when the lever was pressed there was 100% certainty the subject got the reward. Now when the light goes on, you only get the reward about half the time. So what happens to dopamine? It goes through the roof the second the little light goes off. By introducing some uncertainty you get even more dopamine. (Think gambling)</div><div><br /></div><div>Sapolsky expands the lever pressing idea into religion (pray your whole life and go to heaven), grandkids will inherit money from us, etc. </div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><a href="https://youtu.be/QmOF0crdyRU?si=2es4CprmU1UXn-dh&t=597">Huberman Lab Podcast #39: Controlling Your Dopamine For Motivation, Focus & Satisfaction</a></div><div>*<a href="https://github.com/lord-denning/Huberman-Lab-Podcast-Transcripts/blob/main/39.%20Controlling%20Your%20Dopamine%20For%20Motivation%2C%20Focus%20%26%20Satisfaction.md">Transcript</a></div><div>@9:58</div>And actually <u>the way that your body uses dopamine is to have a baseline level of dopamine</u>. Meaning an amount of dopamine that's circulating in your brain and body all the time. <u>And that turns out to be important for how you feel generally, whether or not you're in a good mood, motivated, et cetera</u>. And you also can experience peaks in dopamine above baseline. Now, this has a very specific name in the neurobiology literature, so-called tonic and phasic release of dopamine.<br /><br /><u>But if you remember nothing else from this episode, please remember this, that when you experience something or you crave something really desirable, really exciting to you, very pleasurable. What happens afterwards is your baseline level of dopamine drops</u>. Okay? <u>So these peaks in dopamine, they influence how much dopamine will generally be circulating afterward. And you might think, oh, a big peak in dopamine after that, I'm going to feel even better because I just had this great event. Not the case. What actually happens is that your baseline level of dopamine drops.</u> And I will explain the precise mechanism for that. Okay? <br /><br />In the neuroscience literature, we refer to this as tonic and phasic release of dopamine. <u>Tonic being the low level baseline that's always there circulating, released into your brain all the time</u>. <u>And then phasic these peaks that ride above that baseline.</u> And those two things interact. And this is really important. <br /><br /><u> And I'm excited to teach you about dopamine, because dopamine has everything to do with how you feel right now as you're listening to this, it has everything to do with how you will feel an hour from now, has everything to do with your level of motivation and your level of desire, and your willingness to push through effort.</u> If ever you've interacted with somebody who just doesn't seem to have any drive they've given up, or if you've interacted with somebody who seems to have endless drive and energy, what you are looking at there in those two circumstances is without question a difference in the level of dopamine circulating in their system. There will be other factors too, but the level of dopamine is the primary determinant of how motivated we are, how excited we are, how outward facing we are and how willing we are, to lean into life and pursue things.<br /><br /><u>Dopamine is what we call a neuromodulator</u>. Neuromodulators are different than neurotransmitters. Neurotransmitters are involved in the dialogue between neurons nerve cells. And neurotransmitters tend to mediate local communication. Just imagine two people talking to one another at a concert, that communication between them is analogous to the communication carried out by neurotransmitters, whereas neuromodulators influence the communication of many neurons. Imagine a bunch of people dancing where it's a coordinated dance involving 10 or 20 or hundreds of people. Neuromodulators are coordinating that dance. <u>In the nervous system what this means is that, dopamine release changes the probability that certain neural circuits will be active and that other neural circuits will be inactive.</u> Okay? <u>So it modulates a bunch of things all at once, and that's why it's so powerful at shifting not just our levels of energy, but also our mindset, also our feelings of whether or not we can, or cannot accomplish something. </u><br /><div><br /></div><u>So how does dopamine work and what does it do? Well, first of all, it is not just responsible for pleasure, it is responsible for motivation and drive. Primarily, at the psychological level, also for craving. Those three things are sort of the same. Motivation, drive and craving.</u> <div><br /></div><div><u>It also controls time perception</u>, and we will get deep into how dopamine can modulate time perception, and how important it is that everybody be able to access increases in dopamine at different timescales. This turns out to be important to not end up addicted to substances, but it also turns out to be very important to sustain effort and be a happy person over long periods of time. Which I think most everybody wants.<br /><div><br /><u>Dopamine is also vitally important for movement</u>. I'll explain the neural circuits for dopamine and mindset, and dopamine in movement in a moment, but in diseases like Parkinson's or Lewy bodies dementia, which is similar to Parkinson's in many ways. There's a depletion or death of dopamine neurons at a particular location in the brain which leads to shaky movements, challenges and speaking, challenges in particular in initiating movement. <br /><div><br /></div><div>@0:15:30</div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><a href="https://schalkneethling.medium.com/notes-from-the-huberman-lab-podcast-on-dopamine-and-its-role-in-motivation-focus-and-satisfaction-a4cbe823acf8">Notes from the Huberman Lab podcast on dopamine and its role in motivation, focus, and satisfaction</a><div><br /></div><div>https://liveinnovation.org/dopamine-more-than-pleasure-the-secret-is-the-anticipation-of-a-reward/</div><div><br /></div><div>https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/brain-wise/201510/shopping-dopamine-and-anticipation</div><div><br /></div><div>https://psycnet.apa.org/record/2014-19306-001</div></div></div><div><br /></div><div>Vyvance</div><div>https://www.alternativetomeds.com/blog/vyvanse-withdrawal/</div><div>https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3036556/</div>Gerryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12629120523831489730noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5212287131662011951.post-71164483838363045382023-06-21T13:47:00.000-04:002023-06-21T13:47:03.943-04:00Planarian Flatworms<iframe width="560" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/m12xsf5g3Bo" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe>
<p> </p>Gerryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12629120523831489730noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5212287131662011951.post-52635643293484388122023-06-08T10:35:00.004-04:002023-06-08T10:35:26.526-04:00XRAYHEAD<iframe width="560" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/jKNQh50xnY0" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe>
<p> </p>Gerryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12629120523831489730noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5212287131662011951.post-12270609280383400822023-06-07T12:34:00.000-04:002023-06-07T12:34:43.114-04:00Net Cafe Refugee (Japan)<p> </p><a href="https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/asia/coronavirus-japan-tokyo-internet-cyber-cafe-refugees-shinzo-abe-a9470346.html">Tokyo’s ‘internet cafe refugees’ and how coronavirus shone a light on Japan’s homelessness problem: Independent</a><div><br /></div><a href="https://metropolisjapan.com/net-cafe-refugees/">Net Cafe Refugees: Metropolis</a><div><br /></div><div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div>
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<iframe allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/J2rUpGvxuqY" title="YouTube video player" width="560"></iframe><div><br /></div><div>What are Japanese Net Cafes?</div></div>
<iframe width="560" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/ogaAQqZz88A" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe>Gerryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12629120523831489730noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5212287131662011951.post-13203029146028080752022-10-24T15:24:00.003-04:002022-10-24T15:25:54.193-04:00The FDA Worldview<br />a. There is No Right to Consume or Feed Children Any Particular Food<br />b. There is No Generalized Right to Bodily and Physical Health<br />c. There is No Fundamental Right to Freedom of Contract<br /><br /><p><br /></p><p>https://youtu.be/awIRM3-9JNc?t=868</p><p>https://grist.org/article/in-court-case-fda-takes-a-strong-stand-against-unabridged-food-and-health-r/</p>Gerryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12629120523831489730noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5212287131662011951.post-45119793338415959522022-10-21T15:00:00.004-04:002022-10-21T15:15:49.722-04:00Rotating Cubes<iframe allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/IKMyICbgmv4" title="YouTube video player" width="560"></iframe><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div>https://www.thesun.co.uk/tech/11045972/spinning-cubes-optical-illusion/</div>Gerryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12629120523831489730noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5212287131662011951.post-12522065395352668882022-10-10T10:18:00.005-04:002022-10-10T10:22:24.815-04:00Lenticular Printing Lenticular printing is a technology in which <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lenticular_lens">lenticular lenses</a> (a technology also used for <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/3D_display">3D displays</a>) are used to produce printed images with an <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Depth_perception">illusion of depth</a>, or the ability to change or move as they are viewed from different angles.<div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lenticular_printing">Lenticular printing:Wikipedia</a></div><div><br /></div><div><h4 class="fusion-responsive-typography-calculated" data-fontsize="35" data-lineheight="47.6px" style="--fontsize: 35; background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: var(--h4_typography-color); font-family: var(--h4_typography-font-family); font-size: var(--h4_typography-font-size); font-weight: var(--h4_typography-font-weight); line-height: 1.36; margin-bottom: var(--h4_typography-margin-bottom); margin-top: var(--h4_typography-margin-top);"><a href="https://world3d.com/2020/06/the-history-of-lenticular/">The History of Lenticular</a></h4></div><div><br /></div>Gerryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12629120523831489730noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5212287131662011951.post-8721674908249816522022-10-10T09:58:00.002-04:002022-10-10T09:59:15.029-04:00Hybrid Images<p>A hybrid image is an image that is perceived in one of two different ways, depending on viewing distance. This is done by combining the low spatial frequencies of one picture with the high spatial frequencies of another picture.</p><p><br /></p><a href="https://rantsravesreviewsreflections.blogspot.com/2022/10/marilyn-einstein.html">Marilyn Einstein</a>Gerryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12629120523831489730noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5212287131662011951.post-3061288198453399662022-10-10T09:46:00.002-04:002022-10-10T09:47:09.119-04:00Marilyn Einstein<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgnZ4DyGRL0rPzVqmE4C9daelgc_4b-uE4TLJmDYiC3gI9CCgkvc-uzp-BxQ6DjkPH3SsOM4OBUarFdGBVvky9akzpQh2d6muhc9fuYXZoxLlDaFk9EBYLkjg7mgxExi1werQ0q4C6rxnXTHa7hZl5pqSltopLVqyG2Qo2NLJg9dwy0JMDdhp1nN4wy/s1393/hybrid-image-einstein-marilyn.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1212" data-original-width="1393" height="348" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgnZ4DyGRL0rPzVqmE4C9daelgc_4b-uE4TLJmDYiC3gI9CCgkvc-uzp-BxQ6DjkPH3SsOM4OBUarFdGBVvky9akzpQh2d6muhc9fuYXZoxLlDaFk9EBYLkjg7mgxExi1werQ0q4C6rxnXTHa7hZl5pqSltopLVqyG2Qo2NLJg9dwy0JMDdhp1nN4wy/w400-h348/hybrid-image-einstein-marilyn.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><p></p><p><a href="http://olivalab.mit.edu/Papers/Oliva-Schyns_Hybrid-Image-Illusion-Chapter.pdf">Oliva & Schyns: Hybrid Image Illusion</a></p>Gerryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12629120523831489730noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5212287131662011951.post-15832798401951744822022-04-10T10:43:00.001-04:002022-04-10T10:43:27.509-04:00Egypt Travel Nightmare<p> </p>
<iframe width="560" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/8LzuZrkEY18" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture" allowfullscreen></iframe>Gerryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12629120523831489730noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5212287131662011951.post-56167622152448636672022-04-08T09:53:00.005-04:002022-04-08T09:53:47.562-04:00Which media organizations are trusted more by Democrats and by Republicans<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPP1keUSaVTHFdd2_Wui3OKupR1hYD5F_-v02ViWwcICFTJ3SVL7XDf4DEclfZk4fcBhaCwSfz_L__fDsZqNcktyMdEhkunNGdJRGWyVOdDRUe0_V5_0rTfmpxix_eWE4TxxNIzWAOhwFBfjixHBbYUKISCFSg65M60tZG8iqXs8oLYnszFUMEBIEp/s1200/news%20trust.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1159" data-original-width="1200" height="618" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPP1keUSaVTHFdd2_Wui3OKupR1hYD5F_-v02ViWwcICFTJ3SVL7XDf4DEclfZk4fcBhaCwSfz_L__fDsZqNcktyMdEhkunNGdJRGWyVOdDRUe0_V5_0rTfmpxix_eWE4TxxNIzWAOhwFBfjixHBbYUKISCFSg65M60tZG8iqXs8oLYnszFUMEBIEp/w640-h618/news%20trust.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><p></p><p>https://www.reddit.com/r/dataisbeautiful/comments/tybx2h/oc_which_media_organizations_are_trusted_more_by/</p>Gerryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12629120523831489730noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5212287131662011951.post-22520637205711430422022-03-15T10:06:00.004-04:002022-03-15T10:07:43.298-04:00Rubin Vase (And Variations)Rubin's vase (sometimes referred to as "The Two Face, One Vase Illusion") depicts the silhouette of a vase and the profiles of two inward-looking faces. The illusion was developed around 1915 by the Danish psychologist Edgar Rubin.<div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEj8Kym71NfbG3yOgreef9vA3TsCpv81T3-IFXX9plrBHjHI3gbDA6YiuUaCrYrjIcWfvdGyqLJau1hLzKFxLxNvXIF1oxz5pv95vSET4aRcnfabR3MjJzwiTAgX1vKodYQmkmThx-regWgG38AforG6oMONo6QudSQxr4DRxR0gjQ-VdxQuNRZzwiq5=s765" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="749" data-original-width="765" height="626" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEj8Kym71NfbG3yOgreef9vA3TsCpv81T3-IFXX9plrBHjHI3gbDA6YiuUaCrYrjIcWfvdGyqLJau1hLzKFxLxNvXIF1oxz5pv95vSET4aRcnfabR3MjJzwiTAgX1vKodYQmkmThx-regWgG38AforG6oMONo6QudSQxr4DRxR0gjQ-VdxQuNRZzwiq5=w640-h626" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div>Here are a few interesting variations of the Rubin vase.</div></div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgtSFp0QXJj4wlxXGZGuMgjyX-TmfnTeNRszjIIXbJP9MASa26cOwj2ZI4lqR1ZIRWxzApDyiyvdm2HXLK6_A0XW3ceTJUne8r7Mot567pC7nKIWrcMSZ1uIkT_U7yQtw06y_IqJaIuGAfpj-40hcCSYpZsRf9xUQ12gYO6yc2sejwf8oTVsvG2U29E=s1001" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1001" data-original-width="1001" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgtSFp0QXJj4wlxXGZGuMgjyX-TmfnTeNRszjIIXbJP9MASa26cOwj2ZI4lqR1ZIRWxzApDyiyvdm2HXLK6_A0XW3ceTJUne8r7Mot567pC7nKIWrcMSZ1uIkT_U7yQtw06y_IqJaIuGAfpj-40hcCSYpZsRf9xUQ12gYO6yc2sejwf8oTVsvG2U29E=w640-h640" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgrUnp55eAFI6vGVG7WMXhQfPsrC8TuRs9E6b1aTN-7NQi1tdprUS0v2eNkP4CAOUneUlU5vggIsEoMdUpqulCqVqOwFp1exkYbNpvli0Tp4ig0CyzseiXUflM1JVT5cbUsjgcQsgq-QcXPLdB8uH14o-M5LsZEpFIb0wzOiL_VepBvAfcez67ERzzT=s1024" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="535" data-original-width="1024" height="334" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgrUnp55eAFI6vGVG7WMXhQfPsrC8TuRs9E6b1aTN-7NQi1tdprUS0v2eNkP4CAOUneUlU5vggIsEoMdUpqulCqVqOwFp1exkYbNpvli0Tp4ig0CyzseiXUflM1JVT5cbUsjgcQsgq-QcXPLdB8uH14o-M5LsZEpFIb0wzOiL_VepBvAfcez67ERzzT=w640-h334" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEino5rSJ0V0HDTyX2e_TRR13p4TrAioPYTmwUl-viiUUB9n2vpl4Dqzf386VF7_aig2opNkSorcz4VjWiEnlAM10Z38XKUOqoaRR2XMhgJQj12r7rpTuLXK1X4SyWor3Yd3qx5ne3FGAeDj-2XYcqdGuMI6HTIjQoD-KBc_W961iXlpb-y0JmOOWBrU=s712" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="287" data-original-width="712" height="258" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEino5rSJ0V0HDTyX2e_TRR13p4TrAioPYTmwUl-viiUUB9n2vpl4Dqzf386VF7_aig2opNkSorcz4VjWiEnlAM10Z38XKUOqoaRR2XMhgJQj12r7rpTuLXK1X4SyWor3Yd3qx5ne3FGAeDj-2XYcqdGuMI6HTIjQoD-KBc_W961iXlpb-y0JmOOWBrU=w640-h258" width="640" /></a></div><div><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjpnE_qEz00U4RBoVSLrtgUsp4W36em5IIdgvi5RxV2bE-ZB_fwkUmd9C_HItQJ8_UzKRZT4iNYQ756EgyyFEBmCXqBkBAXjOhzIWxxkYpKIiNi5ZBrEsud3z71U670fok6baGfM8Xp3M_77jA8r-bbCW6M_YSoq4l1dF3CBBDGgG3Qv-qKiXH5IIMr=s564" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="352" data-original-width="564" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjpnE_qEz00U4RBoVSLrtgUsp4W36em5IIdgvi5RxV2bE-ZB_fwkUmd9C_HItQJ8_UzKRZT4iNYQ756EgyyFEBmCXqBkBAXjOhzIWxxkYpKIiNi5ZBrEsud3z71U670fok6baGfM8Xp3M_77jA8r-bbCW6M_YSoq4l1dF3CBBDGgG3Qv-qKiXH5IIMr=w640-h400" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div><br /></div><div><br /></div>Gerryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12629120523831489730noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5212287131662011951.post-49930405937285472332022-03-08T16:00:00.004-05:002022-03-08T16:00:56.280-05:00Alex Stein: Master Troll<p> </p>
<iframe width="560" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/opmdgkvKJO8" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture" allowfullscreen></iframe>Gerryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12629120523831489730noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5212287131662011951.post-44324854367755110362022-01-07T10:02:00.000-05:002022-01-07T10:02:06.611-05:00Yuri Perepadia Motion Illusions<p>Some interesting motion illusions from vector graphic artist <a href="https://yuryfrom.myportfolio.com/projects">Yuri Perepadia</a>.</p><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgmZCOLpA0pLErHi7Z7d-wYkXIfzjt-PtmEbBjao79wKfuXB4WrdqPMEBG5OZbpboScpt6bVQJWPTNihKJ6iyLpono-mns48lJ9fZhtWVCDEZVh0IMn-P1NQJXgKO-3Nza6gQHmOjZ3rjTNA7e_RBkpapmsPQNV1juqj1SznAJTQatShxGifQ4N-YDB=s880" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="880" data-original-width="880" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgmZCOLpA0pLErHi7Z7d-wYkXIfzjt-PtmEbBjao79wKfuXB4WrdqPMEBG5OZbpboScpt6bVQJWPTNihKJ6iyLpono-mns48lJ9fZhtWVCDEZVh0IMn-P1NQJXgKO-3Nza6gQHmOjZ3rjTNA7e_RBkpapmsPQNV1juqj1SznAJTQatShxGifQ4N-YDB=w640-h640" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Fancy Shapes</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiAaB0UMSPIzNZ3M3VSbqj3KIndIp_AQhIS8Vk_yt48uQ-XGWpSnCuUj1byb5fPvkTRRsHW-rc7-JrbmJ-maaodwD-PfYs4BZnguRp4btVOD_--dl567EmwCkK8Tn7zyz3ExMa2SjVhKOWyFCWga0ZDCAcr9Z7dav1fJKVOAWDMzogLfjVXZzDgafhH=s880" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="880" data-original-width="880" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiAaB0UMSPIzNZ3M3VSbqj3KIndIp_AQhIS8Vk_yt48uQ-XGWpSnCuUj1byb5fPvkTRRsHW-rc7-JrbmJ-maaodwD-PfYs4BZnguRp4btVOD_--dl567EmwCkK8Tn7zyz3ExMa2SjVhKOWyFCWga0ZDCAcr9Z7dav1fJKVOAWDMzogLfjVXZzDgafhH=w640-h640" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Hyperboloid</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjqWACHEMXe4fEqC4dVVS7mimH5puad4mqhinyQ2VkoY4ME3rwTKx4aklBYnUSK5V0fjLXvhYNhApHTUwvkf3pAMiucTPdc9qSzcv0JpvTZZQaA9lfpdpEIFMW9bpKcaK1vp431g01hEiqOFUEVHOcj2r9ZH-qAOf6docelfLNMWh2C_H_pxLomsdB5=s880" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="880" data-original-width="880" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjqWACHEMXe4fEqC4dVVS7mimH5puad4mqhinyQ2VkoY4ME3rwTKx4aklBYnUSK5V0fjLXvhYNhApHTUwvkf3pAMiucTPdc9qSzcv0JpvTZZQaA9lfpdpEIFMW9bpKcaK1vp431g01hEiqOFUEVHOcj2r9ZH-qAOf6docelfLNMWh2C_H_pxLomsdB5=w640-h640" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Levels</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p><br /></p><p><br /></p>Gerryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12629120523831489730noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5212287131662011951.post-35154423304167871802021-12-13T10:26:00.003-05:002021-12-13T10:26:22.035-05:00Better-Educated Women Still Prefer Higher-Earning Husbands<br /><br /><br /><a href="https://ifstudies.org/blog/better-educated-women-still-prefer-higher-earning-husbands">Better-Educated Women Still Prefer Higher-Earning Husbands</a><div><br /></div><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2018/07/17/upshot/when-wives-earn-more-than-husbands-neither-like-to-admit-it.html">When Wives Earn More Than Husbands, Neither Partner Likes to Admit It</a><div><br /></div><a href="https://www.politico.com/newsletters/women-rule/2020/02/07/why-do-women-prefer-richer-men-488275">Why do women prefer richer men?</a><div><br /></div><a href="https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/the-attraction-doctor/201203/why-women-cant-find-good-man">Why Women Can't Find a Good Man</a>Gerryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12629120523831489730noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5212287131662011951.post-78032364471365261022021-12-03T13:59:00.002-05:002021-12-13T10:05:34.615-05:00Yanomamo
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<p> </p><p><br /></p><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yanomami">Wikipedia: Yanomami</a><div><a href="https://dwhume.com/darkness_documents/0400.htm">Darkness in El Dorado</a></div>Gerryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12629120523831489730noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5212287131662011951.post-55034332164128474242021-11-18T11:04:00.000-05:002021-11-18T11:04:04.465-05:00Muller-Lyer Illusions<p>The Muller-Lyer illusion is an optical illusion in which two lines of equal length appear to be unequal depending on which direction the arrowheads at the ends of each line point. When the arrowheads point away from each other the line appears shorter. When the arrowheads point toward each other, the line appears longer. The illusion was first discovered in 1889 by German sociologist<span style="background-color: white; color: #202122; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"> </span><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Franz_Carl_M%C3%BCller-Lyer" style="background: none rgb(255, 255, 255); color: #0645ad; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px; outline-color: rgb(51, 102, 204);" title="">Franz Carl Müller-Lyer</a>.</p><p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXH-FX4XX7pONa_NJ-RQ9N2_MdAsNtU1VIiIHv-fYaqltABoPeJ-lliCyrmwKVhNcQ9wn3huKeAqdRU13PrmoxvbVfrm1T_zTtGBHoYYmEvV0sUkS6eE8Wnz6IZ8yJvWv_n3xVXrTrWQ4/s330/M%25C3%25BCller-Lyer_Illusion_-_MathWorld_version.svg.png" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; display: inline !important; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="198" data-original-width="330" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXH-FX4XX7pONa_NJ-RQ9N2_MdAsNtU1VIiIHv-fYaqltABoPeJ-lliCyrmwKVhNcQ9wn3huKeAqdRU13PrmoxvbVfrm1T_zTtGBHoYYmEvV0sUkS6eE8Wnz6IZ8yJvWv_n3xVXrTrWQ4/w400-h240/M%25C3%25BCller-Lyer_Illusion_-_MathWorld_version.svg.png" width="400" /></a></p>There are different theories which attempt to explain the phenomenon. I think <a href="https://www.illusionsindex.org/ir/mueller-lyer">this article from The Illusion Index</a> provides a nice summary. <p>While the Muller-Lyer illusion is mildly interesting, the effect becomes mind blowing when movement is added to the arrowheads. Here are examples of Gianni A. Sarcone's dynamic Muller-Lyer illusions. </p><p> </p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEinRaE1-zFINAlx3OLFd2ri5B4Qe4VLnfkuvzc__5aSD0EDATmU4IDM1S8I8_XM5j7ZjnlRMULykuat1Lt19sLAh82wXI0s4WrXc84qfCp6_97Sz1QtVsiAaeGFWJuIqqMAUXKGsCH-gTw/s600/Muller+Lyer+Pulsating+Star.gif" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="600" data-original-width="523" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEinRaE1-zFINAlx3OLFd2ri5B4Qe4VLnfkuvzc__5aSD0EDATmU4IDM1S8I8_XM5j7ZjnlRMULykuat1Lt19sLAh82wXI0s4WrXc84qfCp6_97Sz1QtVsiAaeGFWJuIqqMAUXKGsCH-gTw/w558-h640/Muller+Lyer+Pulsating+Star.gif" width="558" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><br /><br /><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjoPVRuD0xgthxtGNJeZcTFcpOT3BtSz9jpsTY-LVJ7ms7Bt7SXJjvUximvZI8L0Blc10BYaVmUxkcFSB_W2DjZzp0qtFOIeiNpNWzf-sjRAn-IoDWVd3gzRIi_UE1KgOI-Xa40WQNO35A/s500/z-Muller_lyer_smooth2f.gif" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><br /><img border="0" data-original-height="491" data-original-width="500" height="629" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjoPVRuD0xgthxtGNJeZcTFcpOT3BtSz9jpsTY-LVJ7ms7Bt7SXJjvUximvZI8L0Blc10BYaVmUxkcFSB_W2DjZzp0qtFOIeiNpNWzf-sjRAn-IoDWVd3gzRIi_UE1KgOI-Xa40WQNO35A/w640-h629/z-Muller_lyer_smooth2f.gif" width="640" /></a></div><br />Gerryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12629120523831489730noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5212287131662011951.post-33646333014603698182021-11-17T11:30:00.004-05:002021-11-17T11:30:21.298-05:00Dark Persuasion - The History of Brainwashing from Pavlov to Social Media<iframe width="560" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/bWl8FXhdEio" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture" allowfullscreen></iframe>Gerryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12629120523831489730noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5212287131662011951.post-89997559806292625992021-07-07T09:58:00.004-04:002021-07-07T10:31:11.368-04:00Scintillating Starburst<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjwUFjoXXL1TCuiVn2kd5gheG0tGoT2N99X9kOXDLBzViqlfvVmRQ69M79tJFS6r61pYhTlF_AlpJf5YNWoWYxRE5R_4FEU0q_hNH7N6vqK9xaiuAeKaISPmpZ8CYqR7aR-ZBazG0mN2EQ/s777/Scintillating-Starburst-Stimulus.gif" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="437" data-original-width="777" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjwUFjoXXL1TCuiVn2kd5gheG0tGoT2N99X9kOXDLBzViqlfvVmRQ69M79tJFS6r61pYhTlF_AlpJf5YNWoWYxRE5R_4FEU0q_hNH7N6vqK9xaiuAeKaISPmpZ8CYqR7aR-ZBazG0mN2EQ/w640-h360/Scintillating-Starburst-Stimulus.gif" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div>Most observers perceive fleeting rays, beams, or lines emanating from the center that appear to be brighter than the background<br /><br /><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://scitechdaily.com/scintillating-starburst-stimulus-a-new-kind-of-visual-illusion-uncovers-how-our-brains-connect-the-dots/">https://scitechdaily.com/scintillating-starburst-stimulus-a-new-kind-of-visual-illusion-uncovers-how-our-brains-connect-the-dots/</a></p>Gerryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12629120523831489730noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5212287131662011951.post-82853694935596277722021-02-24T09:25:00.003-05:002021-02-24T09:25:21.059-05:00Radio Garden<p><a href="http://radio.garden/visit/yaren/h4fPt4Jf"> Radio Garden: Explore live radio by rotating the globe</a></p>Gerryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12629120523831489730noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5212287131662011951.post-27709143768055230222021-02-22T09:52:00.004-05:002021-02-22T09:52:30.970-05:00Dr. Walker on CRT<p> </p><a href="https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2015/09/24/a_light_shines_in_a_harlem_charter_school_128189.html">A Light Shines in Harlem</a><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><a href="https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2020/10/12/the_civil_rights_legend_who_opposed_critical_race_theory_144423.html">The Civil Rights Legend Who Opposed Critical Race Theory</a>Gerryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12629120523831489730noreply@blogger.com0