Malcolm Gladwell, two-time number one national bestselling author of The Tipping Point and Blink, discussed his latest book Outliers and more at a Penn alumni event at the Hudson Union Society. Very interesting stuff – read his books, i f you can.
Cheers, Dirk

Why adding something senseless on an optin-page might not be senseless!
Would you want a weekend in rome with or without coffee at the morning?
Well before committing to that, let`s talk about irrational behavior of people today. Irrational behavior of other people, of course! 
Not your behavior:-).
The subject has to do with an interesting science discipline. It is called  Behavioral economics.
Behavioral [...]

These days we keep reading bad news about the reduction of the brain when we get older and the huge impact on us. As brain for a big part is also the source of our personality and we would change dramatically if that happens. Reason enough to do as much as we can while we are still healthy [...]

Improve Your Study Skills with Tony Buzan’s Mind Mapping – Tips in Note Taking
We all have had times when we tried out something new which was not yet part of the mainstream habits of people we get ridiculed. But if your resist to give up that new method because of that …you might be rewarded [...]

Memory can lead to the accomplishments of many astonishing feats. Take for example the story of Mozart visiting Rome in 1770, when he was 14, and listened to Allegri’s Miserere in the Sistine Chapel. The half-hour long piece of music was considered so special that the Vatican forbade its publication, but after the concert Mozart [...]

Speaking at LIFT 2007, Sugata Mitra talks about his Hole in the Wall project. Young kids in this project figured out how to use a PC on their own — and then taught other kids. He asks, what else can children teach themselves?
Sugata Mitra’s “Hole in the Wall” experiments have shown that, in the absence [...]

Scientists have established that there are definitely anatomical differences between male and female brains. Are these differences caused by male/female behavior or do these differences cause the male/female behavior?
Using sophisticated MRI scanning, Peg Nopoulos, Jessica Wood and colleagues at the University of Iowa have been trying to shed light on the nature vs. nurture conundrum.
Females [...]

Do you remember the original TV series of Kung Fu starring David Carradine? Here’s a quote from the original pilot, courtesy of from Master Kan, teacher of Carridine’s character, Kwai Chang Caine : “From the crane we learn grace and self-control. The snake teaches us suppleness and rhythmic endurance. The praying mantis teaches us speed [...]