While we may profusely object to any analogy linking human behavior to robotics, our daily activities do draw heavily from a background “Script” running in our heads … like “Tapes” in continuous “Play” mode. In fact, we operate at a base level very similar to a computer, liberally using “If …, then …” statement processing…
We first encountered “Slingshot Accelerators” in the blog, Virtual Reality YOU. [https://ertiaunlimited.com/virtual-reality-you/] A “slingshot accelerator” is a paradoxical contrivance. In order for a slingshot to work, it has to be forcibly pulled back into a hyperextended, “cocked” disequilibrium before its full power can be unleashed. Gravitational slingshots are used in space travel: “One of the…
Motivational speakers frequently promote the idea of imagining one’s Dream Job or ideal circumstance as a means toward actually achieving it. A football coach, for example, may exhort his quarterback to envision himself throwing game-winning touchdown passes or a basketball coach may encourage his players to envision themselves tossing up buzzer-beating shots to win…
For some time, I’ve wanted to get a more concrete handle on just what “ATTITUDE” is and how it works. For example: What, exactly, does it mean when we hear someone say: “Nothing can stop the man with the right mental attitude from achieving his goal; nothing on earth can help the man with the…
… again! It’s the perpetual siren call of politicians … or would-be politicians … especially during election years! But I caught myself wondering: Back to WHEN, exactly? … to when all the roads were dirt roads? … to when there was no FDA and one had to rely on snake oil salesmen for pharmaceuticals…