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You can solve any math problem if you know the formula (i.e., the proven shortcut to arriving at the answer without the need for giant chain calculations). These formulas are like keys to unlocking the secrets of arithmetic and mathematical puzzles and riddles. The tougher issues are those of knowing how to conduct a search (knowing the right search engine parameters to enter (hint: a Google search might be a good idea for your first pass at "asking a question " without asking a question) and finding the right formula to apply. This process sharpens your mind in that it requires that you 1 ) identify the problem; 2 ) formulate a question; 3 ) construct an efficient search engine query; and 4 ) glance through at least a small number of sites or articles about the issue which you want to address. Every one of these steps ratchets up a whole menu of cognitive skills to a higher level. Solving the problem is merely the proverbial icing atop the cake [an inexcusably cheap me...

We've had more than enough time to start re-evaluating those New Year's Resolutions. This might be a good time to determine which to keep, which to toss, and how to stay on course with the ones which are truly self-motivated and rooted in our own desires for self-improvement and greater happiness. The article excerpt which follows appears courtesy of BigThink's Daily IdeaFeed, a wonderful source of information on virtually everything of interest to intelligent, thoughtful persons. There...I've just paid you a subtle, subliminal compliment! Read on, then click the " BACK " button on your browser and come back home to your new country ... Cerebrainia * ---------------- * CEREBRAINIA is a cleverly-crafted geographical Lingovation devised by c ranial c ommando Douglas E. Castle, your host, author, and occasional abuser. WILLPOWER Why You Won't Keep Your New Year's Resolutions By the end of January, a third of everyone wh...

Our challenge of several days ago was to use intellectual "brute force" (very rapid, iterative trial-and-error ) to find out which arithmetic operations were being performed on the numbers in the equations which follow. Instead of using the common symbols, I had substituted the letter "n" for any operation. Let's crack the code, Oh Braintenancers . Find the missing signs which are all represented below as the letter "n" in the following simple equations. I'll have answers for you within the next two days. You have plenty of time. Put away the crossword and Sudoku , and give this exercise a whack. Have at it, then. Answers are posted in red . A ) 9 n 3 n 3 = 30  The first n is multiplication, and the second n is addition . B ) 7 n 5 n 3 = 9  The first n is addition, and the second n is subtraction . C ) 12 n 3 n 1 = 5  The first n is division , and the second is addition . Have fun. By the way, are you doing mathematics, arithmetic or something el...

Oxymorons have engulfed civilization like a moth-bitten shroud. I had dinner with a friend several nights ago, and he asked "What the h*ll (he actually used "f**k!" but I don't have the audacity to put that in writing) is a ' Jobless Recovery ' ?." As a trained economist (paper-trained at very least), I was being asked a real question -- not a rhetorical one. I replied, "It's political 'nonspeak' (an invented word or Lingovation) for a 'continued recession." The question which we are always asking ourselves: "Is that an oxymoron, or is it just me?" The following appeared on my Blogger screen this morning:  Free Online Advertising See What $75 of Free Google Ads Can Do For Your Business. Try It Now! www.Google.com/AdWords  Need I say more? Douglas E Castle "Braintenance - Now More Than Ever!" -DC Blog Links : http://Braintenence.blogspot.com http://Links4LifeAlerts.com http://TheGlobalFuturist.blogspot.co...

Thinking is a wonderful exercise, if you are the master of your mind , and you are willing to proactively focus it in a productive direction...If you think in obsessive and expanding cycles, or dwell on things, what you are doing instead is allowing your mind to run you -- and it will indeed run you into self-doubt, anxiety, depression and a loss of perspective. Be the Commander of your Mind. Here are some seemingly irrelevant things to ponder in order to give your mind a good workout...if these distract you from your customary self-pity and introspection, if these derail the train of your soul's own undoing, then I've done you a favor. Actually, since you've made the choice to go forward and ponder these ponderables, you've done yourself a favor. Always be aware of your thinking -- try, although it might seem difficult, to detach yourself from your thinking process , and become an observer...sort of "walking around and watching" yourself. Try it. Think const...