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Better Brains Through Music

Overlooked Outlook Posted on March 11, 2023 by adminMarch 11, 2023

There’s been a lot of hype about how Mozart can make you smarter. But the truth is that ANY music can boost mental acuity so long as it’s something you enjoy listening to. So rock on dead heads or get your groove on to Puff Daddy if you’d like. It’s not about the beat, it’s about how the music stimulates you.

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Posted in Brain & Neruoscience, Miscellaneous

Childhood Insecurities Carried Over

Overlooked Outlook Posted on September 8, 2022 by adminSeptember 8, 2022

“Never being popular as a kid was always an insecurity for me. Even as an adult, I still have recurring flashbacks of sitting at lunch tables alone or hiding in a bathroom stall, or trying to make a new friend and being laughed at. In my twenties I found myself surrounded by girls who wanted to be my friend. So I shouted it from the rooftops, posted pictures, and celebrated my newfound acceptance into a sisterhood, without realizing that other people might still feel the way I did when I felt so alone. It’s important to address our long-standing issues before we turn into the living embodiment of them.”

-Helpful advice from Taylor Swift, in the March 2019 issue of Elle

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Lobsters Getting Stoned

Overlooked Outlook Posted on June 20, 2022 by adminJanuary 31, 2023

Scientists at the University of California conducted a study to get lobsters high on marijuana. Why, you might ask? Apparently, they were inspired by a restaurant owner in Maine who said she gets the creatures stoned before boiling them alive. How considerate of her. If I were about to be … Continue reading →

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Posted in Miscellaneous, Science | Tagged lobsters. stoned. drugs, marijuana. lab test

Chopping Off Your Hand Due to a Misunderstanding

Overlooked Outlook Posted on June 14, 2022 by adminJune 14, 2022

We humans are silly little creatures, and abstract beliefs rule our lives. On a routine basis, we destroy ourselves over ideas that exist only in our minds. Perhaps no incident illustrates this point better than the case of a 15-year-old Pakistani boy who cut off his own hand due to … Continue reading →

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Three Things That Will Make You Smarter Than Your Friend

Overlooked Outlook Posted on March 29, 2022 by adminMarch 29, 2022

How much do you know about your world? Here are 3 things many people claim to know, followed by some important facts on each topic that will instantly make you smarter. Read through each one and make a mental checkmark next to each item you already knew to be true: … Continue reading →

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All Those Barbarians

Overlooked Outlook Posted on January 30, 2022 by adminJanuary 3, 2022

To call someone a barbarian is not a very polite thing to do. Just ask my grandma. She hasn’t sent me a Christmas card since. But in my defense, how else am I supposed to react when someone bakes raisins into a batch of chocolate chip cookies? Raisins! In chocolate … Continue reading →

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Setting Your Daughter Ablaze

Overlooked Outlook Posted on May 8, 2016 by adminMay 8, 2016

We regularly speak about the destructive power of beliefs because there is not other force in the world more damaging than a negative idea. Here’s yet another example, involving a dead teenage girl and the twisted notions of her father. So called “honor killings” are nothing new. They’ve been happening … Continue reading →

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Tagged belief, honor killings

Life’s Magic

Overlooked Outlook Posted on August 24, 2015 by adminAugust 24, 2015

“Magic is about meaning. If you look at the world as just dead, where everything is a meaningless motion of molocules, nothing has any value. But that’s not true, because every human being sees something important and gives it meaning.  Human minds see significance and meaning in things.  We make … Continue reading →

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Tagged Grant Morrison, magic, quote

Perspectives on Failure

Overlooked Outlook Posted on July 19, 2015 by adminJuly 19, 2015

“The most creative, most successful people, fail all the time. I’m working with Pixar — Will (McCormack) and I are co-writing the script for Toy Story 4 — and there’s definitely an attitude there of ‘fail fast, fail often.’  Our team does that.  We cycle through ideas. Great ones and … Continue reading →

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Tagged creativity, failure, quote, Rashida Jones

Rumer Willis: What My Mom Taught Me

Overlooked Outlook Posted on June 30, 2015 by adminJune 30, 2015

I remember my mom telling me, “there’s always going to be someone who’s a better singer.  There’s always going to be someone more fit.  There’s always someone who’s going to be, in your mind, better than you — who you’re  comparing yourself to.  But you can’t do that, because you … Continue reading →

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Tagged Actress Rumer Willis, Glamour Magazine

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