What's on your mind now?

[Bob]

Can't believe Robin Williams killed himself and had Parkinsons.  Strange times.

And I wonder where the predictions thread went.  It's almost September.

[Bob]

I almost just lost a post.  My stupid router messed up I think.  But I copied the text before I posted... Whew....

[Bob]

Those horses aren't stupid.  They're always running away from those people.

[goldentone]

[goldentone]

This should be a sunny day.

[awesom_o]

How can you tell?

Facebook man... that's how everyone finds out about everything these days!

*** Mark Zuckerberg...

[Bob]

I think my old teacher is in jail!

For what?

[outin]

Oh my... I just noticed my post count...how did that happen?
I have spent far too much time with the wrong keyboard 

[chopin4life]

I want to emigrate, far away from my family..

[goldentone]

I want to emigrate, far away from my family..

Need some space?

[chopin4life]

Oh, definitely!! I'm getting sick here.!
I think I'm going to Canada or something..

[goldentone]

Your journey begins at Camelot Castle.

[visitor]

crazy how i never noticed the uncanny resemblance (to me at least) of Emil Sauer to Gene Wilder  ha ha

[awesom_o]

For what?

Probably something to do with his x-wife... she really has it in for him, or so I've heard...

[goldentone]

crazy how i never noticed the uncanny resemblance (to me at least) of Emil Sauer to Gene Wilder  ha ha

But obviously not as sophisticated as Mr. Wilder.

[Bob]

What would it feel like it, the experience, if you had your intelligence increased?  Easier?  More difficult?  It's always portrayed the same way in movies, but that really doesn't count for much.  It would depend on what "intelligence" is, but... if you actually boosted something related to the general idea of intelligence, say working memory, what would that actually feel like?

[outin]

What would it feel like it, the experience, if you had your intelligence increased?  Easier?  More difficult?  It's always portrayed the same way in movies, but that really doesn't count for much.  It would depend on what "intelligence" is, but... if you actually boosted something related to the general idea of intelligence, say working memory, what would that actually feel like?

Hmmm....Having a better working memory certainly would make many tasks easier/possible to handle. That would mean less moments with the frustration of running out of it and having to use some aid like pen and paper or a computer to complete the task. So when they invent a chip to install to my brain to increase it I think I'd have one.

On the other hand, having had limited working memory may correlate with the increased ability to both find information very quickly and concentrate less on smaller details and be able to see the relevant and handle the bigger picture. In my experience memory skills as such don't seem to play a very important part in general intelligence.

I think being more intelligent would only make life more difficult if one lacks the social or emotional part of it. Because when one has those one also understands that it is best to not show all you've got in every situation...you learn to adjust better to those with less

[j_menz]

What would it feel like it, the experience, if you had your intelligence increased? 

The stupidity of people around you increases accordingly.

[outin]

The stupidity of people around you increases accordingly.

You really don't need to have THAT much intelligence for that to be a problem   

[j_menz]

You really don't need to have THAT much intelligence for that to be a problem   

True, but the more you have, the worse it gets.

[outin]

True, but the more you have, the worse it gets.

It builds your character to learn to deal with such things...Discussion forums are an excellent place to work on that

[Bob]

https://ed.ted.com/lessons/what-happens-when-you-remove-the-hippocampus-sam-kean

Interesting.  Relevant to piano or anything, esp with the motor memory vs. storing info part.

I thought that's where "you" are in the brain, but I guess not.

[mozartalltheway]

I'm wondering if I should go to the conservatorium or not..

[Bob]

Targeted ads, based on a word I just used in an email.  Suddenly I start getting ads for a product.  I wonder where that came from... Oh, yeah.  I just sent an email about that.

[goldentone]

Richard the Lionheart attends to mischief in England.

[goldentone]

[visitor]

I see your ^

and I raise you

[outin]

Reminds me that it's not that long before it's here again...

[visitor]

A potato has skin.  I have skin.  I might be a potato.

[Bob]

I heard about this debate.   I wanted to check this out sometime.

[goldentone]

A potato has skin.  I have skin.  I might be a potato.

You might be a hot potato.

[j_menz]

A potato has skin.  I have skin.  I might be a potato.

Yep. The resemblance is uncanny.

[visitor]

Yep. The resemblance is uncanny.

just waiting for me big break.  They said I can be anything I want to be . I became an actoress

[j_menz]

I became an actoress

Generally, one should avoid becoming something one can't spell. 

[visitor]

Generally, one should avoid becoming something one can't spell. 

It is my contraction of actor and actress. Potatoe is not limited by gender

[j_menz]

Potatoe

Dan Quayle would be so proud!

[Bob]

https://www.makeuseof.com/tag/work-willpower-muscle/

Willpower article I want to look at.  I don't think there's anything new here though.


Yep... The McGonigal youtube video is interesting...

Yes, put off practicing for a bit to watch this video....

[outin]

If I was to become a vegetable, I wouldn't choose potato, but a

[Bob]

A lobotomized radish?

[outin]

A lobotomized radish?

[j_menz]

 

[outin]

 

That's just so cruel 

[j_menz]

That's just so cruel 

If you're going to run amok with a chainsaw, you gotta expect a reaction.   

[outin]

If you're going to run amok with a chainsaw, you gotta expect a reaction.   

If I had a lobotomy, I'd be non compos mentis, right?

[j_menz]

If I had a lobotomy, I'd be non compos mentis, right?

If you were a radish capable of having a lobotomy, even afterwards you'd still be the most compos mentis radish ever.

[outin]

If you were a radish capable of having a lobotomy, even afterwards you'd still be the most compos mentis radish ever.

[j_menz]

[outin]

Now that really hurts! 

[Bob]

I think if it's fermented a radish can become kimchee.

[goldentone]

Harvest time is a-coming.

Key concepts:  "Peaches are a hand-harvested crop. . . that takes a human eye
and a human touch."