How to pay attention and why

How to pay attention? Without this of course: http://www.adhd.com/. Here is what they say:

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Understanding ADHD

To understand attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) and how it may affect you or someone you care for, it is important to learn as much as possible about the condition. Click on the links below for helpful tips, facts, and information about ADHD in children and adults. You’ll also find resources for support and hear from others who have ADHD. This information can help you understand the condition, recognize symptoms, and learn about treatment options that may help."

What can you do if you have ADHD? You need to pay more attention to one thing at a time. How do you do that?

Ask a panda bear: Do you see that panda bear? Well he is trying to cross the river. Now he is clearly focusing, but maybe he is focusing too much. He is just looking at the river! It was people that invented the bridge, not the panda bear. That's because the people were able to think about trees, planks and the river and not just one thing at a time, like the panda bear, but who knows, maybe ADHD is a good thing. Even to make this entry, I needed to think about ADHD and a panda bear, or else it would just be about ADHD, not how come ADHD isn't a "problem" for the panda; or how about how did we invent the bridge and the panda didn't, despite that panda doesn't have ADHD? Does a panda bear even know what ADHD is? Don't ask a panda!

Well how do geese fit into this? It doesn't look like it is a good day for a goose out there:

"The director of a Pennsylvania food bank said Wednesday he'd be happy to receive meat from Canada geese culled in New York City to promote aviation safety after geese caught in the engines of a jet forced it to land on the Hudson River." http://online.wsj.com/article/AP1191573916d9439bb3568a4007356615.html

Still, why is it relevant? Because it may be a good time for gooses to start paying attention! That is the reason why.

Would you apply to other people's jobs?

Hello I need someone to apply to my jobs for me. When I go they do not hire me yet. However, I see other people working and someone would hire them. SOOOO what we need is a prestigious imposter who will pretend to be me but one difference is that they get hired. The other thing is they need to look like me or else on the first day of work they will say but you look different. SOOO we need a disguise. What you need to do is somehow look like me while getting hired somehow.

Okay so why should you apply to my jobs for me. Maybe it's like why should you take the time to do that. Okay, so I get it. How about I will pay you once I get hired. Or maybe it's like isn't that wrong to do? NO it's not it is helping someone get a job. Maybe it is a bit sneaky because they think it is one person but it is another person but they won't know and also I'll do a good job. For example I did a good job at my last job.

Now maybe it's like where am I going to apply to a job for you? Okay very logistical. I have one job you can interview for right now and also maybe you can write the applications too for other ones. You know that when I write an email it can be very garrulous or they will disdain my syntax so that is the reason you will achieve where I have did not do that.

Now you know the thing they always ask is can you work in teams or are you good at playing teams? How is it better to show this then by working on a team before you even start. That is a reason why you should join my team. Then you can also be prepared to work a job even though I hope you are already since that is the reason for this.

What Can Food Do for You?

Have you ever wondered what can food do for me?

Here is a brief list of things that it can in fact do:

1) Food can feed you

2) It can be good for nutrition

3) It can help you with a guest who is hungry

4) You can put it in the refrigerator so you can eat it later

5) It doesn't make mistakes unless you didn't cook it

6) It can travel (if you bring it with you)

7) You can eat it

8) You don't have to say, why don't I have to say: what do I do for food? It's all about what food can do for you

9) Same thing, it doesn't require things

10) It can be found on trees or in a super market

Do People Determine Their Own Genes?

What if people are able to determine their own genes? If these three statements are true, then it suggests that people can!

1) Can some people make reasonably correct inferences about another person's personality just by looking at their facial features?

2) Can people change their personalities and behaviors?

3) Are facial features coded by genes?

What do you think?

Short Book on How to Write Short Books

If you have ever wondered how do I write a short book and you've read many short books but none of the short books are about how to write a short book then this is the book for you. First, to write a short book about writing short books you will need some sort of idea on how to write a short book. Then you have to take your idea and implement it. You can always type your short book on a computer and then print it or you can find an empty short book and write in that. Either way, when you're done, you will have finished your short book!

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Another problem with statistics

Okay no one comments on my posts about statistics probably because they're boring and they may or may not make sense.

My issue with statistics today is that they don't make generalizations about how certain types of characteristics interact, but rather how the characteristics themselves correlate.

For example, a common study will compare a certain trait like happiness to another trait like optimism. They may or may not find a correlation. The problem is that even if they do find a correlation, we cannot draw any other conclusions without doing further studies. Even with further studies, we cannot agree or disagree with any sort of general conclusion based on the collection of studies because they're all telling us that something is probably the case (not definitely the case). We just know that some things are more likely to be related to other things and we're not necessarily sure what any of these things are. This is because the focus point of the study is misdirected.

A well directed study would focus on a general axiom. An example is that characteristics that are similar will amplify the similar characteristics in an interactive context. The focus point is not on any specific characteristic, but rather on an axiom or principle that can be tested using multiple characteristics. An axiom provides the formerly lacking meaning to the characteristic constructs because we can see how things are related and what affects constructs will have on each other and other constructs. Carefully hypothesized axioms should help to identify many constructs according to a certain criteria and then provide a way to test these criteria.

The advantage of an approach that focuses on axioms is that it ties in various characteristic constructs into categories based on those axioms. We can then relate characteristic constructs in a meaningful way. Another advantage is that not only do we have information that connects characteristics, but we can also test and find exceptions to a hypothesized axiom. Exceptions can lead to other distinctions and axioms that can also be used to categorize characteristic constructs in a meaningful way. We can also tell which axioms divide characteristic constructs in the most clear cut and influential way.