complexitystudies » humor http://www.complexitystudies.org metaphysics, philosophy, and a vision of the future Thu, 30 Oct 2008 20:24:13 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9 en hourly 1 Kant Attack Ad http://www.complexitystudies.org/2008/02/02/kant-attack-ad/ http://www.complexitystudies.org/2008/02/02/kant-attack-ad/#comments Sat, 02 Feb 2008 15:07:39 +0000 guenther http://dao.complexitystudies.org/2008/02/02/kant-attack-ad/ Nietzsche proves Kant devastatingly wrong ;-)

YouTube – Kant Attack Ad

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]]> http://www.complexitystudies.org/2008/02/02/kant-attack-ad/feed/ 0 Outside the box – the conformity of individualists http://www.complexitystudies.org/2007/10/13/outside-the-box-the-conformity-of-individualists/ http://www.complexitystudies.org/2007/10/13/outside-the-box-the-conformity-of-individualists/#comments Sat, 13 Oct 2007 18:02:25 +0000 guenther http://dao.complexitystudies.org/2007/10/13/outside-the-box-the-conformity-of-individualists/ Have you also noticed that many people who propose to be individualists are actually following some stereotype? That “revolution” is more often than not institutionalized? Read on below. Be sure to watch the Monty Python video :-)

Overcoming Bias: The “Outside the Box” Box

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]]> http://www.complexitystudies.org/2007/10/09/fun-stuff-dancing-uplifted-monkeys/feed/ 0 Can I have a question http://www.complexitystudies.org/2007/09/05/can-i-have-a-question/ http://www.complexitystudies.org/2007/09/05/can-i-have-a-question/#comments Wed, 05 Sep 2007 08:42:03 +0000 guenther http://dao.complexitystudies.org/2007/09/05/can-i-have-a-question/ I an computer game forum someone inadvertently posted a nice confutation of words (he was obviously pretty bad at english and misunderstood something gravely from the game dialogues).

As so often happens on net forums, another guy had a link to an even more confused post.

I thought I had to share this, because trying to read this post really makes your brain go haywire (maybe because I read it right after waking up? ;-) )

Maybe an interesting experimental text for cognitive science studies ;-)

Can I have a question – Military Photos

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]]> http://www.complexitystudies.org/2007/09/05/can-i-have-a-question/feed/ 0 The dumbest creationist quote ever http://www.complexitystudies.org/2007/08/24/meathe-dumbest-creationist-quote-ever/ http://www.complexitystudies.org/2007/08/24/meathe-dumbest-creationist-quote-ever/#comments Fri, 24 Aug 2007 10:15:45 +0000 guenther http://dao.complexitystudies.org/2007/08/24/meathe-dumbest-creationist-quote-ever/ LOL – this makes for a good laugh (which is somewhat a relief, because most of the time when reading about creationists I am not very happy):

Measured Against Reality: The dumbest creationist quote ever

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]]> http://www.complexitystudies.org/2007/08/24/meathe-dumbest-creationist-quote-ever/feed/ 1 Procrastination http://www.complexitystudies.org/2007/02/13/procrastination/ http://www.complexitystudies.org/2007/02/13/procrastination/#comments Tue, 13 Feb 2007 18:25:54 +0000 guenther http://dao.complexitystudies.org/2007/02/13/procrastination/ Procrastination is one of my favourite topics, becaue getting in control of it makes you very productive (have I mentioned that I should do some programming right now instead of posting to my blog?)

zefrank Procrastination video

This video is so hilarious.

Here’s some more info, with a bit of humor. (structured procrastination)- it works!!

And I also found this site, which discusses good versus bad procrastination. I agree very much, especially with this:

There are three variants of procrastination, depending on what you do instead of working on something: you could work on (a) nothing, (b) something less important, or (c) something more important. That last type, I’d argue, is good procrastination.

That’s the “absent-minded professor,” who forgets to shave, or eat, or even perhaps look where he’s going while he’s thinking about some interesting question. His mind is absent from the everyday world because it’s hard at work in another.

That’s the sense in which the most impressive people I know are all procrastinators. They’re type-C procrastinators: they put off working on small stuff to work on big stuff.

What’s “small stuff?” Roughly, work that has zero chance of being mentioned in your obituary. It’s hard to say at the time what will turn out to be your best work (will it be your magnum opus on Sumerian temple architecture, or the detective thriller you wrote under a pseudonym?), but there’s a whole class of tasks you can safely rule out: shaving, doing your laundry, cleaning the house, writing thank-you notes—anything that might be called an errand.

Good procrastination is avoiding errands to do real work.

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http://consc.net/misc/proofs.html

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