Category: Psychology

TFS 25 – Down with the Man, Learning Style Myths, and Aquarius Underwater Laboratory

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I kvetch about the bossman putting a squeeze on our hours, take a gander at an article exposing the myths of VARK, and explore the wondrous world of undersea science.

Sources

https://getpocket.com/explore/item/the-myth-of-learning-styles?utm_source=pocket-newtab

https://oceanexplorer.noaa.gov/technology/diving/aquarius/aquarius.html
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SEALAB

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TFS 22 – Coronavirus, Kvass, and Carolina Living

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Note (I repeated a factoid from another YouTuber (CoffeeTalk) “bird flu has 98% or so survival rate) I was unable to confirm this via Google. All I got was survival rate of the virus strains in Korea not of people. I did find a sixty percent mortality rate. That being said I don’t think he’s entirely off the mark because the CDC said the following:
While the risk from Asian H5N1 is low to most people, CDC recommends general precautions.
Sporadic human infections with Asian H5N1 virus have occurred in other countries, primarily in Asia and Africa. Most human infections with Asian H5N1 viruses in other countries have occurred after prolonged and close contact with infected sick or dead birds.
No animal or human infections with Asian H5N1 virus have occurred in the United States.

Video is about Coronavirus news, media coverage, Kvass and beer, Russian memories, and the economy.

(I’m aware the audio doesn’t match. Sorry, I had no time to fix it.)

Sources

https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2020/02/coronavirus-and-blindness-authoritarianism/606922/

https://www.cdc.gov/flu/avianflu/h5n1-virus.htm
Coffee talk video:

 

TFS 20 – Garbage Language is Good, The Enlightenment is “Racist”, and I miss Opie

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In this installment I look at some funny ideas from around the web and do a bit of babbling regarding O and A.

Garbage Language is Good Article : https://slate.com/human-interest/2020/02/garbage-language-business-speak-defense.html

Enlightenment is Racist…article: https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2018/06/taking-the-enlightenment-seriously-requires-talking-about-race.html

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TFS 18 – Bernie is Russian Scum, Rise of the Eloi, and the Future of Work

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Topics in Order of Appearance (More or Less)

Wired Magazine Sees Russians In Its Cornflakes
My 2014 or so experience at a Navy Recruiting Office
Garbage Language at Trendy Pseudowork Companies
I Love This Molly Broad
The Eloi are soCal and spreading
The Future of Work

Sources

my soulmate’s article: https://www.vulture.com/2020/02/spread-of-corporate-speak.html?utm_source=pocket-newtab

i have no idea if shes sixty or if molly might also be a man’s name but by God I will marry him/her/it/zir faster than yups touch base with their holistic roadmap to debt\

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TFS – 17 – Poverty and Intelligence, Aldi’s Thrift, and Hippy Points

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Environmental factors do indeed play a significant role in cognitive performance. At least according to the studies listed in this “The Correspondent” article.

Wanna avoid getting intellectualy tongue-tied by your empty pockets. Shop at Aldi’s!

12 strings + DADGAD = 9000 + Hippy Points

It’s science.

Sources

https://thecorrespondent.com/6777/poverty-isnt-a-lack-of-character-its-a-lack-of-cash/260541765-09059a71

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TFS 14 – Yuppie Car Habits, Bugout Bags, and More

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In this installment I ramble about status symbols, people’s goofy expectations of being badass loners survivng the end times on tins and grit, and the origin for the namesake of “The Fractal Journal.”

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TFS 10 – Real Multiculturalism, Sleepy Aliens, and Manufacturing Consent

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Today we consider the scientist approved notion that Cthulhu may in fact be real and cyborg. (See links) I also play one of the 1.5 jigs I know to spice up the conversation I’ve wanted to have about real multiculturalism. The third major topic is Chomsky and Herman’s “Manufacturing Consent.”

Le Links to Le Sources

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manufacturing_Consent

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Propaganda_model

https://getpocket.com/explore/item/a-new-theory-on-why-we-haven-t-found-aliens-yet?utm_source=pocket-newtab

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TFS 9 – Capitalism Fetishism, Oldy Time Squirrel Pet Craze, and more on Language

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While it’s likely just a rhetorical flourish there seem to be a great number of folks convinced that capitalism is some sort of Panacea. This overly rosy picture is inaccurate since it fails to take into account the vast difference that access to natural resources, geographic security, and technology make in living standards. I then go to list some historical oddities and revisit the concept that language affects how we function and what we become.

https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/pet-squirrel-craze https://theconversation.com/language-alters-our-experience-of-time-76761

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The Creative Life – Episode One

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Getting to grips with the Bohemian lifestyle from a guy who loads trucks for a living. Expert shit here.

Including douchy acronyms!

In order to bring something to fruition you need several things.

Material
Energy
Time
Honesty
Organization
Desire
Skill

METHODS!

Being an artistic type is just as simple as that! Mmmhm. Formulas are great!
For just ten thousand easy payments of 9.99 you are kan art too. Now open that wallet Guru needs a Maserati to inspire people to art.

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