Doctor Visit

So many negative emotions roll through your heart and brain when you realize it’s time to go to the doctor that it’s a wonder any of us are healthy at all. Pre-visit anxiety is enough to start you down the path to having a coronary, or an aneurysm. Which, of course, would cause you to …

Humans Make Assumptions

The wonderful and insightful Tony Robbins made the observation that people are either auditory in their focus or visual. It’s possible to discover which one someone is by their word choice. Does the person say, “I hear you,” or do they say, “I see what you’re saying”? If you tell them to go left, do …

Adrenalin Junkies

Are you ready for a communal experiment? Are there moments in your day when you’re loud? Are there moments in your day when you’re quiet? What changes your volume? Is it who you’re with? Is it location or time-of-day? Do you feel like happenings are urgent? Do you rush about as well? Does your volume …

How To Quatro

How to role-play: Obtain 12-sided die. Create map. Paint miniatures. Use your imagination. Dread the return to reality. How to be unscientific: Latch on to common chestnuts. Spout common chestnuts at every possible moment. Pretend everyone else is less intelligent. Argue for narrow-minded ideas. Get offended at disagreements with your bias. How to be scientific: …

Replacement

There are a few jobs just begging for robot replacement. Most of them are jobs too dangerous for humans, but some are because the humans who currently occupy the positions are unfit for duty. Bomb squad, for instance, already has robots on the job. It’s an extremely hazardous line of work, so the robot bomb …