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[Foxfyre]

And from Ellen Goodman, a columnist I read now and then, we have our philosophical concept to ponder today:

 

[ChrisL]

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Ohhhh. I see now. We are looking at the numbers upside down. Wow. I must be pretty stupid, seriously.

 

[Foxfyre]

Here is your math question for your morning coffee:

Hint: Most six year olds answer this almost immediately but most adults have some problem with it.

87

Ding ding ding. Correct. I got it too after studying it a bit. I don't know if that means we have 6-year-old mentality though. I think the lesson learned is that adults tend to be too analytical about some things and therefore make things more difficult than they have to be.

Why in the heck is it 87? I see no method to this madness.

Right. as Ernie showed us in subsequent posts--we are seeing the figure upside down. Turn it right side up and you easily see the numbers in sequence. Apparently the six-year-old brain just automatically does that. The adult brain has to work at it a bit harder. And no, that doesn't make you at all stupid. Just fits you right in with all the rest of us.

 

[ChrisL]

Here is your math question for your morning coffee:

Hint: Most six year olds answer this almost immediately but most adults have some problem with it.

87

Ding ding ding. Correct. I got it too after studying it a bit. I don't know if that means we have 6-year-old mentality though. I think the lesson learned is that adults tend to be too analytical about some things and therefore make things more difficult than they have to be.

Why in the heck is it 87? I see no method to this madness.

Right. as Ernie showed us in subsequent posts--we are seeing the figure upside down. Turn it right side up and you easily see the numbers in sequence. Apparently the six-year-old brain just automatically does that. The adult brain has to work at it a bit harder.

Work harder? I had no idea at all. Didn't even occur to me that the numbers were upside down.

 

[ChrisL]

Here is your math question for your morning coffee:

Hint: Most six year olds answer this almost immediately but most adults have some problem with it.

87

Ding ding ding. Correct. I got it too after studying it a bit. I don't know if that means we have 6-year-old mentality though. I think the lesson learned is that adults tend to be too analytical about some things and therefore make things more difficult than they have to be.

Why in the heck is it 87? I see no method to this madness.

Right. as Ernie showed us in subsequent posts--we are seeing the figure upside down. Turn it right side up and you easily see the numbers in sequence. Apparently the six-year-old brain just automatically does that. The adult brain has to work at it a bit harder. And no, that doesn't make you at all stupid. Just fits you right in with all the rest of us.

Maybe it's just me, but I am highly skeptical that many 6 year olds would have gotten the answer to that either. I would definitely like to see some evidence of that!

 

[Montrovant]

So depending on which weather website I look at, it is either currently 90 and feels like 96, 90 and feels like 106, or 97 and feels like 108.

 

[Foxfyre]

So depending on which weather website I look at, it is either currently 90 and feels like 96, 90 and feels like 106, or 97 and feels like 108.

Well Montrovant, I also have observed that particular phenomenon. The person who looks at only one website knows what the weather is supposed to be that day. If you look at more than one, you can't be sure.

(It's sort of like the man who has one watch always knows what time it is. But if you have multiple clocks and watches, you are never sure. )

 

[Foxfyre]

Here is your math question for your morning coffee:

Hint: Most six year olds answer this almost immediately but most adults have some problem with it.

87

Ding ding ding. Correct. I got it too after studying it a bit. I don't know if that means we have 6-year-old mentality though. I think the lesson learned is that adults tend to be too analytical about some things and therefore make things more difficult than they have to be.

Why in the heck is it 87? I see no method to this madness.

Right. as Ernie showed us in subsequent posts--we are seeing the figure upside down. Turn it right side up and you easily see the numbers in sequence. Apparently the six-year-old brain just automatically does that. The adult brain has to work at it a bit harder.

Work harder? I had no idea at all. Didn't even occur to me that the numbers were upside down.

Well I don't have the scientific evidence, but I don't doubt that adults make such things harder than they have to be. We really often aren't smarter than a fifth grader.

It's kind of like this one. Many adults confronted with this old riddle for the first time don't pick up on it quickly either, but most kids do:

Which way is the school bus going? A or B?

 

[Foxfyre]

And in the 'filler' category during a lull in the conversation, I will share this. Those of you on Facebook will get it.

I am blessed with many Facebook friends and always feel good when somebody accepts my friendship request or asks me to be their friend.

Presently, I am trying to make friends outside of Facebook while applying the same principles.

Therefore every day, I go down on the street and tell passers by what I have eaten, how I feel, what I have done the night before, and what I will do after. I give... them pictures of my wife, my kids, my dog and me fishing and spending time in my boat. And show them where I am at any given moment.

I also listen to their conversations and I tell them I love them.

And it works :

I already have 3 persons following me; two police officers and a psychiatrist!​

 

[gallantwarrior]

It's 82 degrees out and windy..... we turned off the swamp coolers and opened the house up. Definitely getting used to the higher temps here, looking at triple digit temps by Wednesday, it was in the upper 90s earlier today.
Still tired all the time and the swelling is back just not as bad, not sure if it's the naproxin or the amlodipine, I see the Clinical Pharmacologist Wednesday, the sleep study in 15 days.

It got up to 82 here today, too. Looks like we'll be in the 80s the rest of the week. Wish I had a pool, or a swamp cooler. Oh, well, I do have air conditioning in my little trailer...that will work.
What kind of sleep study are you going to undergo? Will you have to go in to a clinic or do it at home?

It'll be at a clinic, I believe it will entail a total of 7 visits.

I'd be interested in following that process, if you don't mind sharing.

 

[gallantwarrior]

OMG! I'm watching a History Channel show about the Hellfire caves in England. Some of the photo shots look just like a place I repeatedly go to in my dreams. Long, connected subterranean rooms. In my dream I never come to an ending though. Spooky stuff.

I went potholing in the mendip hills with a friend of mine. We only had a couple of wonky old torches but we went down a long way and crawled down some pretty narrow holes. It was black as coal down there and I would not want to do it again.

My good fortune is that this is one of my lucid dream sequences and I can wake myself up if it gets too intense. I can also put myself back into the dream if my sleep is briefly interrupted. I don't know whether I'd want to go into something like this tunnel for real.
I just looked up the Mendip Hills, how beautiful! If I were still inclined to travel, that might be quite the interesting trip. Lots of ancient ruins to explore, no need to go underground unless one was so inclined.

 

[gallantwarrior]

It's 82 degrees out and windy..... we turned off the swamp coolers and opened the house up. Definitely getting used to the higher temps here, looking at triple digit temps by Wednesday, it was in the upper 90s earlier today.
Still tired all the time and the swelling is back just not as bad, not sure if it's the naproxin or the amlodipine, I see the Clinical Pharmacologist Wednesday, the sleep study in 15 days.

It got up to 82 here today, too. Looks like we'll be in the 80s the rest of the week. Wish I had a pool, or a swamp cooler. Oh, well, I do have air conditioning in my little trailer...that will work.
What kind of sleep study are you going to undergo? Will you have to go in to a clinic or do it at home?

I wish it were in the 80s here. We were in the mid 90s this afternoon. Supposed to be the same tomorrow.

It was chilly here yesterday and today, chilly and rainy. It looks like the sun might come out today. Here's hoping since I have the day off! Still a little overcast right now though. We kind of needed some rain though, so that's good.

We could use some chilly and rainy here, certainly. Last night's weather prognostication called for dry thunderstorms, lots of wind but no rain. Yeah, that's just what we need. With a second big fire on the Kenai taking out homes and livelihoods now, too.

 

[gallantwarrior]

Here is your math question for your morning coffee:

Hint: Most six year olds answer this almost immediately but most adults have some problem with it.

Hint: you're reading it upside down.

 

[Foxfyre]

OMG! I'm watching a History Channel show about the Hellfire caves in England. Some of the photo shots look just like a place I repeatedly go to in my dreams. Long, connected subterranean rooms. In my dream I never come to an ending though. Spooky stuff.

I went potholing in the mendip hills with a friend of mine. We only had a couple of wonky old torches but we went down a long way and crawled down some pretty narrow holes. It was black as coal down there and I would not want to do it again.

My good fortune is that this is one of my lucid dream sequences and I can wake myself up if it gets too intense. I can also put myself back into the dream if my sleep is briefly interrupted. I don't know whether I'd want to go into something like this tunnel for real.

I have also been blessed with an ability to--usually--know when I am dreaming and can wake myself up if things get too unpleasant. I also have been able to re-enter an interrupted dream sequence, but can't always do that successfully.

I read one theory that all dreams are actually out of body experiences which can explain those weird coincidences in which a dream coincides with a subsequent real life experience. I'm not at all ready to accept that theory, but am really open to there being more to our dreams than we sometimes attribute to them.

 

[gallantwarrior]

OMG! I'm watching a History Channel show about the Hellfire caves in England. Some of the photo shots look just like a place I repeatedly go to in my dreams. Long, connected subterranean rooms. In my dream I never come to an ending though. Spooky stuff.

I went potholing in the mendip hills with a friend of mine. We only had a couple of wonky old torches but we went down a long way and crawled down some pretty narrow holes. It was black as coal down there and I would not want to do it again.

On this side of the pond "potholing" is what happens to roads when it freezes and thaws........

We have plenty of those around here! Plowing in the winter makes the worse too!

And then comes our second season, road "construction", during which all but one lane passing through downtown Anchorage is closed so they can repair potholes, and every single street running parallel is also "under construction". That means any alternate route is also blockaded to some extent.

 

[gallantwarrior]

OMG! I'm watching a History Channel show about the Hellfire caves in England. Some of the photo shots look just like a place I repeatedly go to in my dreams. Long, connected subterranean rooms. In my dream I never come to an ending though. Spooky stuff.

I went potholing in the mendip hills with a friend of mine. We only had a couple of wonky old torches but we went down a long way and crawled down some pretty narrow holes. It was black as coal down there and I would not want to do it again.

My good fortune is that this is one of my lucid dream sequences and I can wake myself up if it gets too intense. I can also put myself back into the dream if my sleep is briefly interrupted. I don't know whether I'd want to go into something like this tunnel for real.

I have also been blessed with an ability to--usually--know when I am dreaming and can wake myself up if things get too unpleasant. I also have been able to re-enter an interrupted dream sequence, but can't always do that successfully.

I read one theory that all dreams are actually out of body experiences which can explain those weird coincidences in which a dream coincides with a subsequent real life experience. I'm not at all ready to accept that theory, but am really open to there being more to our dreams than we sometimes attribute to them.

I believe our dreams have significant meaning. The problem I have with interpretations of dreams is that interpretations must necessarily come from someone's experience. All of us are unique in our experiences. While we may have some in common with others, no one has the exact same catalog of experiences to draw on for dream interpretation. Almost anyone can master lucid dreaming, whether they would want to is another question.
Astral projection is something else I've experimented with. Again, takes practice and care.

 

[gallantwarrior]

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Ohhhh. I see now. We are looking at the numbers upside down. Wow. I must be pretty stupid, seriously.

You just need more coffee...understandable.

 

[ChrisL]

87

Ding ding ding. Correct. I got it too after studying it a bit. I don't know if that means we have 6-year-old mentality though. I think the lesson learned is that adults tend to be too analytical about some things and therefore make things more difficult than they have to be.

Why in the heck is it 87? I see no method to this madness.

Right. as Ernie showed us in subsequent posts--we are seeing the figure upside down. Turn it right side up and you easily see the numbers in sequence. Apparently the six-year-old brain just automatically does that. The adult brain has to work at it a bit harder.

Work harder? I had no idea at all. Didn't even occur to me that the numbers were upside down.

Well I don't have the scientific evidence, but I don't doubt that adults make such things harder than they have to be. We really often aren't smarter than a fifth grader.

It's kind of like this one. Many adults confronted with this old riddle for the first time don't pick up on it quickly either, but most kids do:

Which way is the school bus going? A or B?

Errr . . . I don't think I make it harder. I just had no clue. No clue at all.

I have no idea . . . but I cheated and it's traveling to the left because the door is not visible which would be on the right. If I hadn't have cheated, I would have not known the answer.

 

[ChrisL]

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Ohhhh. I see now. We are looking at the numbers upside down. Wow. I must be pretty stupid, seriously.

You just need more coffee...understandable.

Things like this are just not one of my strengths. I've never been good at these types of things.

 

[gallantwarrior]

They posted an updated map of the fire near my place. Seems it's moving south and west, for now. It did incur parts of Willow proper and people have lost homes, shops, outbuildings, but no human casualties. The fire moving west is a good thing because there's a river not far in that direction which should act as a natural barrier to the fire. It's a wide, braided river, so it may stop the fire. The eastern boundary of the fire hasn't changed significantly, so there are a few miles between it and my place. They still aren't allowing anyone into the evacuation area, though. Everyone out, no one in...guess I'll just have to bide my time and be patient, hoping for the best. Otherwise, they are still saying the fire is 0% contained. Effort is being put into protecting and saving structures. The community has pulled together and it is heartening to see all the help being rendered by all the people out there. I'd like to get out and help, too. Best I can do is drop off stuff at some of the collection points. I'll be off later today...