Science as a Gambling Tool
In May 2004, the American science-fiction disaster film “The Day After Tomorrow” was made and distributed throughout the world with a box office intake of over $540 million on a production budget of $125…
A Man in Crisis
When young, I was in a student dorm room where I shared a room with a science major student. The room had two beds that faced each other and placed against two of the walls.…
The Value of the Misfit
Throughout millennia the misfit has been shunned, ridiculed and ostracized for being odd, for not fitting into the social mainstream of the day. In the above image you see three carrots. Your eye is drawn…
Why Joy of Shopping?
One of the joys of shopping is for the opportunity of being able to brag about our purchases to friends. But, interestingly, a new study has found that people would rather not discuss what they…
Terra Preta: Wisdom From Ancient Amazon
Terra Preta literally “black soil”: in Portuguese is a type of very dark, fertile artificial (anthropogenic) soil found in the Amazon Basin. It is also known as “Amazonian dark earth” … Wikipedia What makes Terra…
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Cosmic Life in Shooting Stars
Shooting stars …messengers of good luck or harbingers of life as yet undiscovered? It is an unwritten rule of science that extraterrestrial life cannot exist in space near earth. Even if such life exists, it cannot have a connection with our earth. The very idea…
The Art of War: Intuitive Understanding of People
There is one 2500 year old Chinese book many important people have read in the history of military, in leadership building, in information handling, and in the competitive world of business. The list goes like this: * Norman Schwarzkopf, US Army General * Colin Powell,…
Creativity and Incubation
Creativity and Incubation Incubation is, most of the time, defined as one of the four proposed stages of creativity, which are preparation, incubation, illumination and verification. Incubation is the process of unconscious recombination of thought elements producing creative ideas at a later time. Incubation is…
Psychology of Intuitive Investment
Confirmation Trap Psychologists know that after bettors at a racetrack put down their money, the bettors are more confident in the prospects of their horses winning than moments before they placed their bets on the specific horses. After making their decision, they become confident and…
“It’s the Economy, Stupid”
This is the phrase that James Carville placed as a sign over his desk in the Little Rock, Arkansas Bill Clinton’s headquarters for his presidential run. Carville was Bill Clinton’s successful presidential campaign strategist in the 1992 election against then incumbent president George H. W.…