A professional quizzer who wins contests thanks to their vast general knowledge is utilising impressive crystallised intelligence. Alternatively, Sherlock Holmes, who uses the information available from a crime scene, combines it with what he’s got in his head, and applies… Read More ›
Health
Mindlessness
Although mindfulness has its merits, psychological research has also revealed that in some circumstances it’s important to be mindless. That is, as we develop skill in complex tasks, we can perform them with increasing facility until attention seems to be… Read More ›
Is Omicron the Beginning of the End?
Muddy early data mean that, for now at least, the immediate epidemiological future is uncertain. We could be in for a few months of relatively mild inconvenience before Omicron goes out with a whimper. Or we could be about to… Read More ›
Millennials vs Boomers vs Covid
The above is so much my experience. The absolute certainty that they know best while the younger generation appears to hold all of the compassion and sensibilities.
Walking May Be Just As Good For Your Heart As Running
So one way to think about this is that running and walking will both get you to your baseline cardio fitness goals, but running will just do so faster. Right now, the American Heart Association (AHA) recommends that adults get… Read More ›
Why Omicron Is Suddenly Everywhere
Let’s plug in some numbers to show what this means in a specific situation. Suppose, for simplicity’s sake, there are 100 omicron cases today, and that cases are doubling every two days—i.e., every person seems to be infecting two new… Read More ›
Do we have free will?
The question of free will is still hotly debated. On the one hand, we clearly experience ourselves as able to make choices and freely act on them. If you fancy some crisps, you can choose to walk into a shop,… Read More ›
Limit the iPhone 13 Pro refresh rate (dizziness)
I noticed something strange yesterday. On my iPad Air (2020) I am not suffering dizziness when scrolling up and down, but I am on my iPhone 13 Pro. I initially wondered if it was the screen size, but then I… Read More ›
Bees are cleverer than some humans
If only some humans were bees…
Overwhelming support for masks
Make me wonder why so many of us give those who have a problem with masks so much attention. They cannot rationalise reality or offer evidence of why they don’t want to wear masks, but still we all seem to… Read More ›
McGST 