The Big Book of Lumosity Tricks

There underperformance and then, there's indiaperformance.

What can explain India's mediocrity? Do you think that a martial law style government like China would make a difference in showings at competitions?

What's missing?

Enough ranting. If you've read this far, you're entitled to these tips that have worked for me. BTW, there's a 60 year old woman out there who's topped about 250k in Penguin Pursuit.

These aren't "lumosity" tricks - they're in the spirit of "how to be brilliant every day." I just happen to notice when playing..

1) Get plenty of sleep - or, quality sleep. If you're a guy, you might wonder why you get better scores after a wet dream - it's because testosterone boosts spatial processing.
2) Do them relaxation exerises. Do one..
3) Eat a healthy breakfast - no refined sugar. Some protein.
4) Shower, do another relaxation exercise.
5) Do some rhythmic breathing - in-4, out-6, hold-2
6) Meditate for a few minutes.

See if you can't crack level 24 of PP this way:) And 57 trains in tot.

Notorious Russell Peters (Sydney) : Super

Had me laughing all the way. How does he get away saying stuff like that and asking people those kinds of questions?

My ex-wife is a very attractive woman, on the outside.

She's like a Ferrari without the engine - doesn't go anywhere, just sits there and costs me money.

The Lesser Known Feynman - Juval Ne-eman

In one sphere, at least, Feynman made a deliberate effort to play the role of enfant terrible. Combining his love for scientific truth and his hatred of "impostors," he was always willing to play cat- and-mouse games to expose flaws and pretense - all of which made him the terror of lecturers who came to Caltech to present their intellectual wares. On my first visit, I gave a series of ten lectures on "group theory," the mathematical apparatus I used, and Feynman interrupted me with questions every 3-4 minutes. I knew the material, however, and in the end it was Feynman who got tired out. On the other hand, I remember the visit of a well-known Swiss physicist, Johann Jauch, who after half an hour of torture, flung the chalk away, announced he could not go on this way, and walked out the door.

In 1976, Werner Heisenberg, one of the leading physicists of the 20th century, made a stop at Caltech as part of a cross-country lecture tour. Since 1950, he had been expounding a certain theory that was generally acknowledged as worthless. Out of respect, however, people usually refrained from arguing with him. His lecture at Caltech was on this theory. Gell-Mann stayed away purposely, but Feynman was there and made his presence felt. At a certain point he got up and shouted: "If that's so, your theory is crap." Mortified, Heisenberg left the hall, and according to the distinguished physicist Harald Fritzsch, who was at Caltech at the time and on close terms with him, he never recovered from the shock. He died that same year.

But there was someone who gave Feynman a taste of his own medicine. The Norwegian-American physicist Ivar Giaever once suffered through a lecture with Feynman. Two years later, he came back to Caltech to give another lecture. This time, however, Giaever not only answered Feynman to the point, but made him look stupid. Obviously, he had done a good job of preparing ahead, deliberately slipping in remarks to provoke Feynman - who walked straight into his trap. Everyone in the lecture hall could feel how stunned Feynman was.

From : http://www2.physics.umd.edu/~yskim/feynman/yuval.html

I'm Sold. Zentangle is The Next Big Thing

My first tangle and I'm hooked already!

US Challenge Ends in Suck-cess

Here's the part I don't understand. Americans are always obsessed with being the biggest - go to any gym, you see what I mean. They have protein shake oozing out their eyes. So, then, why are their soccer players so small and wimpy - I mean, come on - look at the size difference in comparison to Belgium or Germany. If you want to be short, that's fine, why not be a Shaqiri in that case? Or a Messi.

Time to invoke the status thing. American soccer players have an inferiority complex because they're not seen as stars in their own country - the way basketball and football (what?) players are. Same isn't true in Europe. Read books on psychology and you learn that status counts for a lot. A study found that a chain-smoking permanent secretary in the British Civil Service had higher life expectancy than a janitor who lived by the book. Status! Prestige!

Full credit for the Swiss for playing their hearts out - even if defensively. Those tears were precious. But, really, what were they crying about? Did they really expect to win? Duh!