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The objective of this article is to cause you to use several different parts of your brain's faculties from both hemispheres. The exercise is truly (and legally!) mind-expanding. I was always Leery of Timothy -- But was Timothy Leary of me? A Solutions To Our Last Post, Where I'll Give You Answers Without Explanations - PERCEPTION EXERCISES : 1 ) Which of the two figures is more stable, standing on its widest surface (on either end -- you choose)?  The Cone . It might have something to do with the width of the base versus the "width" (merely a point) at the top. 2 ) How many cones could you fit (with the dimensions in Figure B) or could you insert into a cylinder (using the same dimensions as in Figure B)? Only one. Despite the fact that a cone contains only one-third of the volume of a cylinder , the size of the base is the limiting factor . Bet you thought the answer was two... well then, don't ever bag my groceries at the supermarket. 3 ) If you roll a cyl...

As some of the more advanced members of our growing Braintenance crowd might have guessed based upon enhanced telepathic powers (or by having read the title), this is indeed a post on probability and uncertainty , and on chaos and complexity . All of these are nouns representing ideas or theories based upon observed behaviors, and upon the inherent limitations of observations . Probability is the likelihood of a given outcome based upon observed experience over an expanse of time. We know that the likelihood or probability of a coin landing with the 'heads' side up is .50 or 50%. And we also know that each toss of a coin is an independent event . Despite this statistical logic, if we toss ten coins and they all turn up 'heads' -- we start to develop an " experiential probability bias ," and we start to think (despite ourselves, and despite what we know to be the truth) that the next coin toss is more than 50% likely to result in a 'tails' outcome...

As some of the more advanced members of our growing Braintenance crowd might have guessed based upon enhanced telepathic powers (or by having read the title), this is indeed a post on probability and uncertainty , and on chaos and complexity . All of these are nouns representing ideas or theories based upon observed behaviors, and upon the inherent limitations of observations . When we speak of randomness and probability we generally mean two different things. Essentially, probability is the mathematically determined likelihood (expressed as a decimal, a fraction, a percentage or odds) that an event or an outcome will occur, given parameters. For example, when we toss a coin, the odds are (stop yawning!) 50% that it will land on heads and 50% that it will land on tails. This probability is based upon repeated trials over time. There are two standards -- 1) repeated trials (doing the exercise and observing the result as many times as possible to gain more certainty as to the pro...

Perception IS Reality - as we experience it. The video which follows (which involves some forces applied to a simple, commonplace mixture of cornstarch and water) may alter your perception of physical reality as you've been conditioned to understand/expect it. I find it useful for several reasons: 1 ) It opens the mind to accept that it has been brainwashed or conditioned; 2 ) It creates and increased hunger for learning; 3 ) It forces us to question many of our own accepted truths, and has the added psychic/psychological bonus of making us detach from ourselves and our ordinary robotic thinking to instead stand outside of ourselves and view ourselves from a more objective, analytic perspective. You'll enjoy this video tremendously. Just click on the link for instant transport. PERCEPTION VERSUS REALITY - ALTERING AND OPENING THE MIND [Douglas E. Castle] See you very soon. Douglas E Castle for The Braintenance Blog and for The Deeper Consciousness And Altered States Blog ....