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http://www.fastcodesign.com/3055241/infographic-of-the-day/the-entire-universe-as-we-know-it-in-one-spectacular-photograph?partner=rss

http://www.pickthebrain.com/blog/4-timeless-ways-boost-intelligence/

Factors that affect our growth.

a- The environment we choose This is the classic Nature vs Nurture debate. Nature: our genetic makeup. Nurture: the environmental factors which influence our development. Turns out it is not so much Nature vs. Nurture as it is Nature and Nurture

b- The mindset we choose What about when things do happen in our environment, which we have no control over? It comes down to our mindset. Embracing challenges Persisting in the face of setbacks Viewing effort as the path to mastery Learning from criticism Finding lessons and inspiration in the success of others

so… 4 Simple Ways To Get Smarter:

1. Challenge Yourself

2. Read Smarter

3. Hang Out With People Who Are Smarter Than You

4. Become An Idea Machine

http://io9.gizmodo.com/5981472/what-is-the-purpose-of-the-universe-here-is-one-possible-answer

Well, it just so happens that there is a theory that gives a kind of raison d’etre to our universe and all the objects flying through it. If true, it would mean that our universe is nothing more than a black hole generator, or a means to produce as many baby universes as possible. To learn more, we spoke to the man who came up with the idea.

It’s called the theory of Cosmological Natural Selection and it was conjured by Lee Smolin a researcher at the Perimeter Institute for Theoretical Physics and and an adjunct professor of physics at the University of Waterloo. Smolin proposed that Darwinian processes still apply at the extreme macro-scale and to non-biological entities. Because the universe is a potentially replicative unit, he suggests that it’s subject to selectional pressures. Consequently, nearly everything the universe does is geared toward replication.

http://io9.gizmodo.com/5891740/quantum-suicide-how-to-prove-the-multiverse-exists-in-the-most-violent-way-possible

http://io9.gizmodo.com/5945801/8-philosophical-questions-that-well-never-solve

1. Why is there something rather than nothing?

2. Is our universe real?

3. Do we have free will?

4. Does God exist?

5. Is there life after death?

6. Can you really experience anything objectively?

7. What is the best moral system?

8. What are numbers?

http://edition.cnn.com/2015/11/11/opinions/lincoln-einstein-dark-energy/index.html

Current thinking is that the effects of dark energy will increasingly dominate. As the speed of the expansion of the universe speeds up, distant galaxies will be pushed away until they are no longer observed. In the far future, astronomers will see a very different night sky than they do now. Our universe will consist of but a few nearby galaxies (called the Local Group), with all the others pushed too far away to see. Indeed, we live in a privileged time in cosmic history that allows us to study the story of our universe from the beginning to now.

http://www.lifehack.org/305085/7-timeless-tips-learn-any-language-days-not-years
 
the 75 most common words make up 40% of occurrences
 
the 200 most common words make up 50% of occurrences
 
the 524 most common words make up 60% of occurrences
 
the 1257 most common words make up 70% of occurrences
 
the 2925 most common words make up 80% of occurrences
 
the 7444 most common words make up 90% of occurrences
 
the 13374 most common words make up 95% of occurrences
 
the 25508 most common words make up 99% of occurrences
 

Security is mostly a superstition. It does not exist in nature, nor do the children of men as a whole experience it. Avoiding danger is no safer in the long run than outright exposure. Life is either a daring adventure, or nothing. — Helen Keller
 
http://completewellbeing.com/article/security-is-an-illusion/
 
The biggest risk in life is not taking risks. Because, then, we do not live – we merely exist.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/christoph-adami/did-hawking-just-solve-his-own_b_8040772.html

It’s a bad day both for Albert Einstein and for hackers. The most rigorous test of quantum theory ever carried out has confirmed that the ‘spooky action at a distance’ that the German physicist famously hated — in which manipulating one object instantaneously seems to affect another, far away one — is an inherent part of the quantum world.

http://www.nature.com/news/quantum-spookiness-passes-toughest-test-yet-1.18255

http://edition.cnn.com/2015/08/26/us/sweden-hawking-black-hole-paradox-solution/index.html

http://www.bbc.com/sport/0/football/32276547

http://www.marcandangel.com/2014/07/27/18-ways-youre-making-your-life-harder-than-it-has-to-be/

You look to everyone else for the answers only you can give yourself.

You let others make you feel guilty for living your life.

You allow toxic people to get the best of you.

You are part of the drama circle.

You assign negative intent to other people’s actions.

You are too worried that people will steal what you have.

You’re trying to compete with everyone else.

You have been too much of a taker.

You focus on popularity over effectiveness.

You keep cutting corners and taking the easy way out.

You focus on every point in time other than now

You are stuck on your mistakes.

You have an “all or nothing” mentality.

You expect life to always be happy

You keep thinking about worst-case scenarios

You’re letting loss devour you

You avoid facing the truth

You put off making decisions

http://www.bbc.com/future/story/20150819-a-dream-travellers-guide-to-the-sleeping-mind

“I regard consciousness as fundamental. I regard matter as derivative from consciousness. We cannot get behind consciousness. Everything that we talk about, everything that we regard as existing, postulating consciousness.”  –  Max Planck, theoretical physicist who originated quantum theory, which won him the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1918
 
http://www.collective-evolution.com/2015/07/20/quantum-experiment-shows-how-time-doesnt-exist-as-we-think-it-does-mind-altering/
 
The “delayed-choice” experiment, or “quantum eraser,” and it can be considered a modified version of the double slit experiment.
 
“according to the quantum mechanic laws that govern subatomic affairs, of a particle like an electron to exist in a murky state of possibility — to be anywhere, everywhere or nowhere at all — until clicked into substantiality by a laboratory detector or an eyeball.”
 
“reality does not exist unless we are looking at it.” It suggests that we are living in a holographic-type of universe.
 
“If we attempt to attribute an objective meaning to the quantum state of a single system, curious paradoxes appear: quantum effects mimic not only instantaneous action-at-a-distance, but also, as seen here, influence of future actions on past events, even after these events have been irrevocably recorded.” – Asher Peres, pioneer in quantum information theory
 
He asks us to imagine a star emitting a photon billions of years ago, heading in the direction of planet Earth. In between, there is a galaxy. As a result of what’s known as “gravitational lensing,” the light will have to bend around the galaxy in order to reach Earth, so it has to take one of two paths, go left or go right. Billions of years later, if one decides to set up an apparatus to “catch” the photon, the resulting pattern would be (as explained above in the double slit experiment) an interference pattern. This demonstrates that the photon took one way, and it took the other way.
 
One could also choose to “peek” at the incoming photon, setting up a telescope on each side of the galaxy to determine which side the photon took to reach Earth. The very act of measuring or “watching” which way the photon comes in means it can only come in from one side. The pattern will no longer be an interference pattern representing multiple possiblities, but a single clump pattern showing “one” way.
 
What does this mean? It means how we choose to measure “now” affects what direction the photon took billions of years ago. Our choice in the present moment affected what had already happened in the past…. This makes absolutely no sense, which is a common phenomenon when it comes to quantum physics. Regardless of our ability make sense of it, it’s real. This experiment also suggests that quantum entanglement (which has also been verified, read more about that here) exists regardless of time. Meaning two bits of matter can actually be entangled, again, in time.

http://qz.com/394713/life-advice-upon-turning-age-30-from-the-president-of-y-combinator/

Short version:

1) Never put your family, friends, or significant other low on your priority list.

2) Life is not a dress rehearsal—this is probably it.

3) How to succeed: pick the right thing to do

4) On work: it’s difficult to do a great job on work you don’t care about.

5) On money: Whether or not money can buy happiness, it can buy freedom, and that’s a big deal.

6) Talk to people more.

7) Don’t waste time.

8) Don’t let yourself get pushed around.

9) Have clear goals for yourself every day, every year, and every decade.

10) However, as valuable as planning is, if a great opportunity comes along you should take it.

11) Go out of your way to be around smart, interesting, ambitious people.

12) Minimize your own cognitive load from distracting things that don’t really matter.

13) Keep your personal burn rate low.

14) Summers are the best.

15) Don’t worry so much.

16) Ask for what you want.

17) If you think you’re going to regret not doing something, you should probably do it.

18) Exercise. Eat well. Sleep.

19) Go out of your way to help people.

20) Youth is a really great thing.

21) Tell your parents you love them more often.

22) This too shall pass.

23) Learn voraciously.

24) Do new things often.

25) Remember how intensely you loved your boyfriend/girlfriend when you were a teenager? Love him/her that intensely now.

26) Don’t screw people and don’t burn bridges.

27) Forgive people.

28) Don’t chase status.

29) Most things are ok in moderation.

30) Existential angst is part of life.

31) Be grateful and keep problems in perspective.

32) Be a doer, not a talker.

33) Given enough time, it is possible to adjust to almost anything, good or bad.

34) Think for a few seconds before you act. Think for a few minutes if you’re angry.

35) Don’t judge other people too quickly.

36) The days are long but the decades are short.

http://www.forbes.com/sites/ethansiegel/2015/06/08/dark-energy-renders-97-of-the-galaxies-in-our-observable-universe-permanently-unreachable/?linkId=14788497