The Myth of Multitasking, originally uploaded by Tim Morgan. Is this true? If this is the case, then doing 10 things at once should put me square.
I am not a genius. Apparently I read my email like an Einstein or a Darwin. Of course, if you converted the 14,500 letters down to characters, then I am probably well on my way to writing as much as them. Only the informational value in my correspondence is probably much, much less than world…
“The researchers found that the shyness-BI index and the presence of particular forms of the serotonin transporter promoter gene predicted smaller responses to overtly hostile and neutral facial expressions in certain regions of the brain. The researchers suggest that their findings indicate diminished brain involvement and partially impaired reading in response to some facial expressions.”…
I like this action shot… girl in front of Microsoft sign with teeshirt “Chick Dig Unix”. Something just so sinister, ya know? Apparently I have a higher than average Empathy (64) and Systematizing (71) Quotients (link). Eh. These are really similar to the Myers-Briggs iNtuitive and Feeler scales.
Well, it is official… I am evil!!! (only kinda, according to emode.com) Who woulda thunk it? On the upside, I am almost borderline passive-aggressive. Apparently, I am also naughty. WTF? My MBTI is now ENFP? I used to to be INFP or INTP. How in the hell did a computer nerd like me end up an extrovert? Guess it…
The human mind has an amazing ability to interpolate illusions into or perceptions (and thus our memories). What we perceive is already an illusion of mental processes identifying patterns and attempting to generate reality. We do not really see 3 dimensional objects. We see 2 pictures which are super-imposed. Our minds almost immediately detect the differences…
Mmmmmmmmmmmm… playing video games is what screwed me up. GamePro.com News: Report: Video Games Hurt Your Brain That last post has some problems in methodology, I think. First Person Shooters (FPSs), where people have to react as quickly as possible could elicit the problem of reduced emotional and creative abilities. To me those games are the…
Could Jess be an introvert? You make the call… I tend to keep to myself at work. I don’t normally talk about anything personal… what I do, where I go, what I like, what I don’t like, etc. It’s not relevant. — 28 Feb 2002 Who knew? Obviously not the people at work… Jess, you’re right.…
Something that has tied my thoughts in knots for about a week now… this preoccupation many individuals claim to find my supposedly lofty intelligence intimidating bothers me. Really, I am not that intelligent… I usually score between a 126 to a 144 on IQ tests. School was a knack for me because teachers and testing…