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Health Halo Effect/Hitchhiker's Thumb/Non Alcoholic Fatty Liver Cure by Chinese Docs.

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Imagine you are at the grocery store and you see a bottle of juice that says "low sugar." You might automatically assume that this juice is healthy, even if you don't know anything else about it. This is because the word "low sugar" has a positive connotation, and we tend to associate positive things with health.

In reality, the juice might still be high in calories or contain other unhealthy ingredients. But because of the health halo effect, you might be more likely to choose it over a different juice that doesn't have the "low sugar" label.

The health halo effect can be a powerful thing. It can lead us to make choices that are not actually healthy for us. So it's important to be aware of this bias and to think critically about the foods and products that we choose.

Here are some tips for avoiding the health halo effect:

-Read food labels carefully and look at the nutritional information.

-Don't be fooled by health claims on packaging.

-Be skeptical of foods that are labeled as "healthy" or "natural."

-Talk to your doctor or a registered dietitian if you have questions about healthy eating.

By following these tips, you can make sure that you are making informed choices about your health.

**One Video I Enjoyed**

The Hitchhiker's Thumb. I too have the same.

The Hitchhiker's Thumb

YouTube Link πŸŽ₯

**Two Tweets I Enjoyed and Liked**

  • Check out how Chinese Docs are researching for treatment of Non Alcoholic Fatty Liver. Well explained by The Liver Doc.

    Twitter Link 🐦

**Three New Websites I Enjoyed and Liked**

**Three Quotes and Phrases I Liked**

"Life is like being at the dentist. You always think that the worst is still to come, and yet it is over already."

" Affectus, qui passio est, desinit esse passio simulatque eius claram et distinctam formamus ideam."

Emotion, which is suffering, ceases to be suffering as soon as we form a clear and precise picture of it.

Your life is designed to get the results you are getting right now.For the trajectory to change, the approach must change.

**Two Write Ups I Enjoyed and Liked**

  • Chocolate doesn't cause acne – but carrots do help you see in the dark: the best and worst health myths and wisdom

    TheGuardian Link>>

  • 25+ Years of Personal Knowledge Management. From scattered ideas to networked thought.

    Dsebastien Link >>

**One Photo I Enjoyed and Liked**

Source: ISRO

Description: Launch vehicle lifting off from the Second Launch Pad (SLP) of SDSC-SHAR, Sriharikota

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Hedonic Treadmill/Say sorry before it's late/ German Instrument of Surrender

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Dear all

The Hedonic Treadmill is a concept that describes how humans tend to adapt to changes in their lives, especially those related to their level of happiness or well-being. It suggests that even after experiencing positive or negative events, people tend to return to their baseline level of happiness over time.

Hedonic Treadmill

Imagine you buy a brand new smartphone that you've been wanting for a long time. At first, you feel really happy and excited about it. The phone has all the latest features, and you enjoy using it every day. However, as time goes by, you start to get used to having the phone. The initial excitement wears off, and it becomes a normal part of your life. Eventually, you might start desiring another new and improved phone because the current one no longer brings you the same level of happiness.

This example illustrates the hedonic treadmill. It shows how we often adapt to positive changes and become accustomed to them, which diminishes their impact on our overall happiness. The concept suggests that we constantly strive for more to maintain or increase our level of happiness, but these gains are often temporary, and we end up back at our baseline level.

In simple terms, the hedonic treadmill tells us that we tend to return to our usual level of happiness even after experiencing positive or negative events, and we often seek new things to keep us happy because we adapt to the things we already have.


**One Video I Enjoyed**

Gaur Gopal Das shares a very personal, touching story to inspire us to say sorry before it is too 

https://youtu.be/I6QwXyE0J9c


**Two Tweets I Enjoyed and Liked**

11 Reading tips I learned from @RyanHoliday's course "Read To Lead": by @alex

Twitter Link 🐦

7 habits that are damn hard to do, but pay off forever by Colby Kultgen

Twitter Link 🐦


**Three New Websites I Enjoyed and Liked**

Museum of Illusion :The Best illusion of the Year Contest is a celebration of the ingenuity and creativity of the world's premier illusion research community.

Timepass as well as frustrating mobile only game. Try it.

Create quizzes using the power of AI.


**Three Quotes and Phrases I Liked**

"Never look back unless you're planning to go that way." –– Henry David Thoreau

"By lying, we deny others a view of the world as it is. Our dishonesty not only influences the choices they make, it often determines the choices they can make—and in ways we cannot always predict. Every lie is a direct assault upon the autonomy of those we lie to."

"Lots of people want to ride with you in the limo, but what you want is someone who will take the bus with you when the limo breaks down." - Oprah Winfrey. Your real friends are there for you when you have nothing to offer in return. Cherish them.


** Two Write Ups I Enjoyed and Liked**

Every Self-Help Book πŸ“š Ever, Boiled Down To 11 Simple Rules

https://in.mashable.com/entertainment/15887/every-self-help-book-ever-boiled-down-to-11-simple-rules

My 24 Beliefs About Money πŸ’°

https://thesundaysoother.com/blog/my-24-beliefs-about-money


**One Photo I Enjoyed and Liked**

German Instrument of Surrender by United States Office of War Information

Details:

This instrument of surrender was signed on May 7, 1945, at Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower's headquarters in Rheims by Gen. Alfred Jodl, Chief of Staff of the German Army. At the same time, he signed three other surrender documents, one each for Great Britain, Russia, and France.



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Scissors ✂️ for which you may need EMI.

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Moravec's Paradox/Pose Ideas for Better Pics/Best Comic Books Website/Hottest Chips

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Dear all,

Moravec's Paradox refers to the surprising fact that tasks that are easy for humans, such as recognizing faces or walking, are often very challenging for computers, while tasks that are difficult for humans, such as complex mathematical calculations, can be relatively easy for computers.

Here's a real-life analogy to help understand the paradox:

Imagine you and a robot are given two tasks to complete. The first task is to climb a tree and pick some fruits. The second task is to solve a complex math problem.

Courtesy: Bluewillow

For you, as a human, climbing a tree and picking fruits might be relatively easy. You have a natural ability to judge the branches, coordinate your movements, and grab the fruits. On the other hand, solving the complex math problem might be more challenging. It requires logical reasoning, understanding of mathematical concepts, and careful calculations.

For the robot, however, the opposite is true. Climbing a tree and picking fruits is incredibly difficult. The robot lacks the human-like senses, flexibility, and motor control needed to navigate the branches and grab the fruits. However, when it comes to solving the complex math problem, the robot excels. It can process data quickly, perform calculations accurately, and follow logical steps without any difficulty.

This analogy demonstrates Moravec's Paradox: tasks that are instinctual and easy for humans (like climbing a tree) are difficult for robots, while tasks that require advanced intellectual abilities (like solving complex math problems) are often easier for robots.

The paradox highlights the difference between the strengths of human and artificial intelligence. Humans have evolved to excel in skills that are vital for survival in the physical world, such as perception, motor control, and social interaction. On the other hand, computers and robots are designed to excel in tasks that involve processing information and performing calculations with great speed and accuracy.

**One Video I Enjoyed**

man in brown jacket sitting in shopping cart
Photo by Jade Aucamp on Unsplash

Pose Ideas One Can Try.

https://youtu.be/jpAY1f_1A5M

**Two Tweets I Enjoyed and Liked**

10 Most Important Skills for the next 10 Years

https://twitter.com/_alexbrogan/status/1589984893077016580

7 Habits that are damn hard to do, but pay off forever.

https://twitter.com/thecolbykultgen/status/1581973449308004352

**Three New Websites I Enjoyed and Liked**

Premier site to read and download Golden and Silver Age comic books.

https://comicbookplus.com/

Help ChatGPT guess the movie using 3 emojis.

https://puzzlemoji.com/

A wonderful website for free 15 min daily stretch routine to help you avoid aches and pains.

https://stretch15.com/

**Three Quotes and Phrases I Liked**

"He who has a Why to live for can bear almost any How ."- Viktor Frankl

Life is not primarily a quest for pleasure, as Freud believed, or a quest for power, as Alfred Adler taught, but a quest for meaning. - Viktor Frankl

We have come to know Man as he really is. After all, man is that being who invented the gas chambers of Auschwitz; however, he is also that being who entered those gas chambers upright, with the Lord's Prayer or the Shema Yisrael on his lips.- HAROLD S. KUSHNER

**Two Write Ups I Enjoyed and Liked**

One Big Web: A Few Ways the World Works

https://collabfund.com/blog/one-big-web-a-few-ways-the-world-works/

8 Reasons Successful People Wear the Same Clothes Every Day

https://www.becomingminimalist.com/capsule-wardrobe

**One Photo I Enjoyed and Liked**

Source: Wikimedia

Description:

"Beautiful....But Deadly": Colorized scanning electron micrograph of Ebola virus particles (green) found both as extracellular particles and budding particles from a chronically-infected African Green Monkey Kidney cell (blue); 20,000x magnification.

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Jola Chips the hottest chips one should ever try.

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Epistemic Luck/ ChatGPT Prompts/ Some Easy Finance Tips

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Epistemic luck is a term used in philosophy to describe situations where our beliefs or knowledge are based on luck rather than reliable evidence or good reasoning. It basically means that sometimes we can think we know something, but we only believe it by chance, without having good reasons to back it up.

Imagine you're taking a multiple-choice test and you don't know the correct answer to a question. You randomly guess and happen to get it right. Even though you got the answer correct, your belief that you knew the answer was based on luck rather than actually knowing the material. You just got lucky with your guess.

Epistemic luck can also occur in everyday situations. For example, let's say you're trying to find your car keys. You look in all the usual places and can't find them, so you randomly decide to check your coat pocket and there they are. You found your keys, but it was purely by chance rather than any careful searching. In this case, your belief that your keys were in your coat pocket was based on luck, not any reliable evidence.

Epistemic luck shows us that sometimes we might think we know something, but it's important to be aware that our beliefs can be unreliable if they are based on chance or luck. To have true knowledge, it's better to rely on solid evidence, good reasoning, and careful thinking.


**One Video I Enjoyed**

The Komodo dragon is the largest lizard species alive today. It can eat up to 80% of its body weight in a single meal, mostly carrion. However, the sight of a deer being swallowed whole by a Komodo dragon is truly impressive.

https://youtu.be/bvIqv4f-HQo


**Two Tweets I Enjoyed and Liked**

Aadit Sheth shared some of the ChatGPT prompts that make life much easier.

https://twitter.com/aaditsh/status/1673376153284022276

Some of the highly useful finance lessons shared by Fiona.

https://twitter.com/The_MMW/status/1673315682660896770


**Three New Websites I Enjoyed and Liked**

  1. A recreation of former PM Abe's assassination.

  1. Shadow library is a non-profit open-source open-data project with two goals:

Preservation: Backing up all knowledge and culture of humanity.

Access: Making this knowledge and culture available to anyone in the world.

  1. Newsreels from the UCLA Film & Television Archive


**Three Quotes and Phrases I Liked**

Ambitions pull you forward when it's hard.

"Action may not always bring happiness, but there is no happiness without action."— Benjamin Disraeli, former British Prime Minister

"Beliefs are hypotheses to be tested, not treasures to be guarded."


**Two Write Ups I Enjoyed and Liked**

  1. Why Leaning Into Boredom Is a Superpower. Researchers explain how to take advantage of the misunderstood state

https://www.insidehook.com/article/health-and-fitness/boredom-good-you

  1. How to Survive a Car Crash in 10 Easy Steps.

https://longreads.com/2023/05/11/how-to-survive-a-car-crash-traumatic-brain-injury-10-easy-steps/


**One Photo I Enjoyed and Liked**

Source: Wikimedia

The great comet of 1881 (Comet C/1881 K1). Observed on the night of June 25-26 at 1h. 30m. A.M. (Plate XI from The Trouvelot Astronomical Drawings 1881)

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Bat and Ball Problem/ Excercise for Losing Weight/Human History in 1000 pages.

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The Bat and Ball Problem is a classic riddle that challenges your ability to think carefully and not jump to quick conclusions. Here's the problem:

You have a bat and a ball. Together, they cost $1.10. The bat costs $1.00 more than the ball. How much does the ball cost?

Now, the mistake many people make is to quickly assume that the ball costs $0.10. However, that would make the bat cost $1.10, not $1.00 more than the ball.

To solve the problem correctly, you need to do a little math. Let's call the cost of the ball 'x' dollars. Since the bat costs $1.00 more than the ball, its cost would be 'x + $1.00'.

Now, if we add the cost of the ball and the bat together, it should equal $1.10. So we can write the equation:

x + (x + $1.00) = $1.10

Now, we can simplify this equation:

2x + $1.00 = $1.10

Subtract $1.00 from both sides:

2x = $0.10

Divide both sides by 2:

x = $0.05

So, the correct answer is that the ball costs $0.05. The bat, being $1.00 more expensive, would then cost $1.05.

The Bat and Ball Problem teaches us the importance of careful reasoning and not jumping to conclusions based on initial assumptions.

**One Video I Enjoyed**

This time something entertaining.

**Two Tweets I Enjoyed and Liked**

  • Some random thoughts worth to look for.

https://twitter.com/editingemily/status/1666834553544261632

  • 12 Simple Excercise to Lose Weight.

https://twitter.com/AndreasPetker/status/1664950403245432833

**Three New Websites I Enjoyed and Liked**

  • Calculator with a twist -

https://numbr.dev/

  • Trolly problem that's really absurd.

https://trolleyproblem.io/

https://neal.fun/absurd-trolley-problems/

  • Only burps.

https://justburps.com/

**Three Quotes and Phrases I Liked**

"Don't worry about people stealing your ideas. If your ideas are any good, you'll have to ram them down people's throats."

"Wanting to be someone else is a waste of the person you are."--Marilyn Monroe.

"There is no higher praise than being called a fraud. When you're accused of faking your results, that means you're so good your haters can't imagine replicating your outcomes without 'pure dumb luck.' "

**Two Write Ups I Enjoyed and Liked**

Generate a super fun and interesting report of things that happened since you were born.

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The Ultimate List of Book Genres: 35 Popular Genres, Explained.

Click here

**One Photo I Enjoyed and Liked**

If Human History Was a 1000 Page Book

Wait But Why on Instagram: "Pretty crazy that until 150 years ago people lived in a permanent power outage. The power being on is entirely a page 1,000 phenomenon. Along with cars, trains, planes, phones, radio, vaccines, antibiotics, hot showers, indoor plumbing, fossil fuels, modern liberal democracies, and basically everything else."
June 16, 2023

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Woozle Effect/Shape of Stories/Oldest Personal Website/Remote Control Fan

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Dear all

On 31st of October 2023 my palm was itching. 

Seeing this my wife said money is coming. 

For those who don't know, itchy palms ✋ mean that money πŸ’΅ is coming your way.

Atleast we Indian believe in it. And guess what salary credited in my bank account πŸ˜‚.

Their are many more such beliefs and superstitions are floating around the world which has no scientific or reliable base.

Source: Picture taken on January 2nd 2007 in Jaipur, India by fr:utilisateur:Paris75000

So, this experience leads to today's term "The Woozle Phenomenon or Effect". 

The Woozle effect is the phenomenon where a false or exaggerated claim is repeatedly cited as evidence until it is widely accepted as true.

This can happen because people tend to trust information that they see repeated from multiple sources, even if the original sources are unreliable.


It has some serious consequences.

- It may be harmful for your or public health. For example, someone who believes that cow urine can cure cancer may delay seeking conventional medical treatment, which can lead to serious health problems.

- False or exaggerated claims can be used to divide people and sow distrust.

- It may erode the trust on science and institutions.


The Woozle effect is a serious problem that can have a significant impact on individuals and society as a whole. It is important to be aware of the Woozle effect and to be critical of the information that you see and hear.


**One Video I Enjoyed** 

Kurt Vonnegut on the Shape of Stories.


Video Link πŸ–‡️ - https://youtu.be/oP3c1h8v2ZQ?si=hSZzQFx3BZg9CTMT



**Two Tweets I Enjoyed and Liked**

▶️ 10 Thoughts on Reading from Naval.

Link πŸ”— - https://twitter.com/1WriteofPassage/status/1720872048250286104

▶️ By age 25, you must be mature enough to realize…

Link πŸ”— - https://twitter.com/TechnicalExec/status/1612060309400813570


**Three New Websites I Enjoyed and Liked**

πŸ‘‰ Hand-picked, informative and categorized Twitter threads.

The best Twitter threads all in one place. Choose from multiple categories: business, making money, book summaries and more.

Link πŸ”— - https://awesomethread.com/


πŸ‘‰ Personal website built by Justin Hall in 1994. He’s hailed as “the founding father of blogging.”

Link πŸ”— - https://links.net


πŸ‘‰ Experience the effect from movie inception 

Link πŸ”— - https://inception.activetheory.dev/


**Three Quotes and Phrases I Liked** 

Political language...is designed to make lies sound truthful and murder respectable, and to give an appearance of solidity to pure wind - George Orwell


Education is the ability to listen to almost anything without losing your temper or your self-confidence.”― Robert Frost


The way to get started is to quit talking and begin doing. -Walt Disney


**Two Write Ups I Enjoyed and Liked**

πŸ™ Best inventions of 2023.

https://time.com/collection/best-inventions-2023/


πŸ™ Naked beneath Our Clothes

Why I dragged my husband to a nudist resort.

https://commonreader.wustl.edu/c/naked-beneath-our-clothes/


**One Photo I Enjoyed and Liked**

Source: From Twitter 

**An Amazing/Weird/ Useful Product**

Crompton Energion Hyperjet 1200mm BLDC Ceiling Fan with Remote Control | High Air Delivery | Energy Saving | 2 Year Warranty | Brown

Affiliate Link πŸ‘‰: https://amzn.to/40F1Ha3 




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Zebra Effect/Make Learning Addictive/Foot Spa

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Dear all
Researchers always find difficulty in studying the nature, behaviour etc of perticular Zebras πŸ¦“ in the wild. 

Why?

Because the white and black stripes blends together when they travel in packs. So, scientist do something amazing. They place a big red colour dots on some of the Zebras which they want to study. They thought this will help in tracking that perticular Zebras in an easier way. 
But, something different happened. 
Those red dots ⚫ attracted someone else more. 



Those red-dotted zebras were eaten by lions 🦁.

It turns out that blending in with the pack is a survival mechanism.—

This phenomenon is known as Zebra Effect.

While blending in ensures safety, straying from the norm is necessary to achieve exceptional feats. 
Those who dared to appear unconventional in our class managed to create unique and impactful contributions and appeared happier overall, despite potential risks.

**One Video I Enjoyed** 

How to make learning addictive as social media.

**Two Tweets I Enjoyed and Liked**

πŸ‘‰40 Things Rockefeller wrote to his son.

πŸ‘‰Biggest trading mistakes people make.

**Three New Websites I Enjoyed and Liked**
πŸ‘‰This wonderful visualisation project highlights the gender inequality in street names in Barcelona.
Link πŸ”— - https://only8.org/

πŸ‘‰Top nonfiction books summarized into their essential ideas.
Learn much, much faster.Free to read. Zero ads. Two new summaries every week. Written and reviewed by a human.


πŸ‘‰A timepass game where we have to drench the board with a single colour to win the game. 

**Three Quotes and Phrases I Liked** 

"Anyone who stops learning is old, whether at twenty or eighty. Anyone who keeps learning stays young. The greatest thing in life is to keep your mind young." — Henry Ford

"It is remarkable how much long-term advantage people like us have gotten by trying to be consistently not stupid, instead of trying to be very intelligent." - Charlie Munger

Silence is the best response to people who do not value your words.Don't give them the satisfaction of words.They don't deserve it.

**Two Write Ups I Enjoyed and Liked**

▶️ Why You Should Stop Using Plastic Cutting Boards Right Now.

▶️ Buy wisely.
Whenever I buy things I try to prioritize cost per use. Sometimes I consider other priorities such as cost per smile, cost per thrill, cost per externality, and cost per lesson.

**One Photo I Enjoyed and Liked**



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**An Amazing/Weird/ Useful Product**

Lifelong LLM405 Foot Spa Massager with 12 Rollers with Water Heating Function, Digital Panel, Bubble Bath for Pedicure, Pain Relief & Foot Care (1 Year Warranty)
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