Critical Thinking Rocks, But Don’t Overdo It! - A Conversation With Ben Seeley
June 28th, 2008
Dear readers, today I’ve got a very special post for you! I’ve convinced Ben Seeley to co-write today’s blog post with me. Ben is a screenwriter, and has twice won the World Othello Championships (the board game - nothing to do with Shakespeare’s play!). He’s also very interested in using the human mind to its [...]
Uberman’s sleep schedule - (Six Incredibly Awesome Mind States You Can Experience)
June 25th, 2008
How much time do you spend sleeping every day? I’m guessing it’s about 8 hours. Would you like to spend less time sleeping, and more time doing stuff you enjoy? Without being tired?
One guy called Uberman thought he would like exactly that. So he did some research into sleep, and found that of the 5 [...]
Accept Responsibility for Your Own Life
June 21st, 2008
It was early spring in Northern Europe. Two brothers, called Chirrup and Spish were born. They were birds. They had a happy childhood. They ate together and slept together. They learned to fly for the first time together. Then their father taught them good places where to hunt worms. Fall came. And then, one day, [...]
Complete Relaxation - (Six Incredibly Awesome Mind States You Can Experience)
June 18th, 2008
The first Incredibly Awesome mind state I talked about is Lucid Dreaming. Today’s post is about the second one.
I first read about complete relaxation in a book about yoga. The gist of it is that you lie down comfortably on your back, then stay completely still and systematically relax every part of your body. After [...]
Show, don’t tell
June 14th, 2008
“Does a good writer tell you his character is tough and mean? Hell, no! A good writer doesn’t need to tell you. It’s obvious from what the character does!”
- M. N. Maydep
Summary: Telling your readers plain facts is boring. Showing them through stories and metaphors invokes their emotions - making your writing more fun and [...]
Lucid Dreaming - (Six Incredibly Awesome Mind States You Can Experience)
June 11th, 2008
When I was a kid, I wanted to know how to fly, or to be a powerful wizard in a fantasy world. I wanted to fight evil sorcerers and rescue princesses and all that usual stuff. I can’t say any of these has come true in my real life. And I don’t think they will, [...]
Learning Mastery 4 - Teach it and hypothesise
June 7th, 2008
This is the 4th (and probably final) part of my Learning Mastery series. You can see the three previous parts here:
Learning Mastery 1 - Feedback is the key
Learning Mastery 2 - Post-practice improvement
Learning Mastery 3 - Fail early, fail often
Teach it
“Take 10 people who are worse than you [at Othello], and teach them what you [...]