My Brain Bores Me

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Seriously, my brain, usually such a nice place to hang out, so many interesting sights & ideas, is boring me w/its predictability today.

Hence, I am here, looking for stimulation. Have at it...

My brain failed me today, big time.

I changed my mind. I lost my mind. I'm trying to be more mindful. Mind you... Dont mind me.... I dont mind one bit.... We mined and found nothing

Go check out some YouTube videos on Deep Space Inc. Highlight of my day!

I feel the same.
Life is just less exciting for me.
In physics when we study some kind of phenomenon or do an experiment, people go "Omg that's so amazing! So cool!"
And I'm at the back of the class thinking "Plebs. What's so amazing about it? It's expected, nothing out of the blue."
Yea, I'm a killjoy

I wonder how cost-effective it would be to attach gps tracking devices to marbles.

Have a piece of my mind!

So I can have peace of mind.

Love you guys! Thanks!

Apparently my brain got a good rest yesterday...it woke me up in the middle of the night, ready & raring to go...so spent an hour reading about canine behavior. Fascinating & today has a mission...observe my dog & when her mouth is open or closed.

I guess we can consider that a software reboot!

That doesn't need to happen just because you know a lot
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VSG9q_YKZLI[/youtube]

Thanks for posting this.

I feel like Feynman is some kind of brother in an emotional way. I keep finding interviews with him that express thoughts and feelings that I have.

When I was a child I was often bored because I was always feeling put upon by people--eventually I realized that my imagination was always free and I could go where I wanted in it. Combining this with a deep pleasure in the patterned nature of reality as discoverable through careful observation plus mathematics, and I found I was never bored again. Realizing that contemplating the aesthetic qualities of those patterns often induced a combination of awe and delight, I dwell on those things whenever I need cheering up--unless I am in one of those anxiety states that run away with me.

Max Tegmark is another reliable source of wonderful ideas. I am also still a fan of Carl Sagan.

Naturally, I enjoyed those "symphony of science" autotuned mash ups.

I wish I could appreciate life like that.
I feel pressured to recall any information about a certain thing I see.
But there's not beauty in it, I just know how it all works.

I've heard of Feynman, but this is the first I've seen of him...thanks for posting this. Loved another one about how living w/doubt is far more interesting than having answers... love that, so true!

I feel some kind of kinship with Feynman too (and I'm practically in love with Carl Sagan's mind), even though I am not a mathematician. I have both of his autobiographical "memoirs" (he said they weren't memoirs ) and that just solidified that feeling. I haven't read as much by him as I want to, as I have temporarily lost my ability to focus due to my routines getting disrupted and a lot of new stressors. It's like a very long meltdown.
Escapism is rewarding on so many levels, especially with science as there is inherent value while being mentally stimulating as well. I know what you mean, I did the same from a young age.
I hadn't heard about Max Tegmark, but if you mention him with those dignities I will have to check him out. Can you recommend a good starting point?

Yes, those autotunes are so brilliant and thanks to you I've spent some much needed time listening to them today again
Posting this here as their enthusiasm is infectious:
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9Cd36WJ79z4[/youtube]
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XGK84Poeynk[/youtube]

A nice little thread. So, since you are looking to see if your dog's mouth is open or closed, add a different dimension and think about how DOG is GOD spelled backwards. Did that just happen by chance? Unlikely:-) To find the answer may take many years, but hopefully less, and bear in mind that there IS an answer. Living consciously with insecurity is a great power source, but do not discount the value of knowledge, as without knowledge it is not possible to build a house, design a bridge or even make a garden.

Having an answer is not the same as formulating a question and discovering the answer. If you can find the right kind of question, come in touch with your own real question, whatever that may be, and stay with it until you find the answer, this is the key to the transformation of the mind. Having a question is not the same as looking at a tree, no matter how budding and beautiful that tree may be, but do that, too..

OMG, the Symphony of Science stuff is fantastic! Beautiful stuff.

As for contemplating dog-god word play...doesn't further my current agenda. You do it & get back to us if you find anything useful. But consider this...if it's so profound, so deep & meaningful, why doesn't it hold true in all languages in the same way that fear, anger, joy & disgust are universal facial expressions among humans?

Anomiel!

I am always filled with joy when I find someone who shares my delight in things!

And it's even better when I can share something new with someone who I know will appreciate it!

So here is Max Tegmark:
http://space.mit.edu/home/tegmark/
His page is not beautifully designed, but his ideas are breathtaking!

In particular
http://space.mit.edu/home/tegmark/crazy.html
and in particular
http://arxiv.org/pdf/gr-qc/9704009.pdf
and
http://arxiv.org/pdf/astro-ph/0302131.pdf

Enjoy!