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March 15 Discovery - SuperhumansThe discovery channel recently aired "The Real Superhumans and the Quest for the Future Fantastic," witness the amazing stories of real people with extraordinary super powers. http://www.discoveryhd.ca/shows/castlist.aspx?sid=4608
 Rüdiger Gamm of Welzheim, Germany, is The Human Calculator! At 35 years old, he can instantly solve complex mathematical formulas inside his head. Gamm can multiply higher powers and divide two prime numbers to 60 decimals - 84 to the power of 17; 42 to the power of 100; 31 divided by 61.
 Elizabeth Sulser, of Zurich, Switzerland, is a 29-year old synaesthete. Synaesthesia is an extremely rare neurological condition characterized by the fusing of senses. For Sulser, this means the involuntary fusion of sound, sight and taste.
 Esref Armagan, of Ankara, Turkey, is a 53-year-old blind painter. Blind since birth, Armagan is a gifted visual artist who can draw and paint in three dimensions; drawing comparisons to Renaissance architect Filippo Brunelleschi, the first artist to master three point perspective.
 Wim Hof, a 47-year-old man who lives in Amsterdam, Netherlands, is the Iceman. Hof can endure extreme cold temperatures and has broken two world records to prove it. He once spent more than an hour buried up to his neck in ice. Then, only a few weeks later, he swam under the surface of a frozen lake for more than 50 metres wearing only trunks and goggles.
October 08 Dancing girlDo you see the dancer spin clockwise or anti-clockwise?
Clockwise indicates that you are focusing with your right brain; anti-clockwise indicates left brain. You can change spin directions, if you focus on the shadow of a while & then watch her dance the opposite direction. May 11 LINKHOLE: Cognitive Ergo, Austistic Mind, Stroop Effect
~ Srinath May 01 C-State and F-StateIn his book CrazyBusy : Overstretched, overbooked, and about to snap: Strategies for coping in a world gone ADD, Dr. Edward M. Hallowell talks about being too busy seems necessary & unavoidable in this modern age and it becomes an habit, leads to postpone or cut shorts what really matters to you most. This makes you a slave to lifesyste so busy that you don’t take time to decide what actually does matter most to you. There are many take-aways in this book of which C-State & F-State was particularly interesting.
C-State is clear, calm, cool, collected, consistent, concentrated, convivial, careful, curious, creative, courteous, and coordinated. On the other hand, F-State fractuces focus and is frenzied, feckless, flailing, fearful, forgetful, flustered, furious, fractious, feverish, and frantic.
In C-State you found your rhythm, in F-State you have lost it. The overloaded world that we live in makes it is easy to move from C-State to F-State, in which time and attention can be depleted before the day's work has even begun. F-State resembles ADD (Attention Deficit Disorder). Life is a powerful accelerator these days; what separates the successful from the frustrated is the quality of their brakes and their ability to use them. The challenge of modern life, even for people who do not have ADD, is to learn how to put on the brakes.
Whether you call this ADD, F-State, attention deficit trait, or just modern life, the goal should be turn all this into an advantage. The author uses the same techniques that he uses for his ADD patients to teach how preserve C-State and if you lose it, to get from F-State to C-State.
[Watchout for Updates with few Solutions to cope in this CrazyBusy world] April 20 AJ – Autobiographical memoryToday morning NPR while I was driving to work there was short segment about AJ (fictitious name to preserve her identity) about her remarkable autobiographical memory. She vividly remembers all her past personal daily events/details (How the house smelled; which restaurant she went on a randomly chosen day, etc) dating back to 1974. Interestingly she had trouble remembering poetry, history dates in school and she writes down her grocery list. She doesn’t use any conventional memorizing techniques (mnemonics, peg system etc) she just feels it – like going back in time to any given moment. Neuro-scientists say this is a remarkable and a rare phenomenon will open a whole new avenue of research in the study of learning and memory.
~ Srinath March 29 Brittany Maier - Austistic Music SavantI had blogged about Savants here & here, and I came across another savant Brittany Maier - who is blind, mentally retarded and autistic. Brittany has more than 20,000 songs in her memory. Watch her video.
Andrew Adesman, a developmental specialist at Long Island Jewish Medical Center, says, "It's not very well understood but there does seem to be an increased incidence of musical savants among individuals who are blind. In musical savants, it seems to be evident in children who have a problem in the midline of the brain, there seems to be a relationship between optic nerve damage or underdevelopment and musical giftedness."
~ Srinath
March 28 Problem Solving ViewpointsDifferent people preceive the world differently -- due to differences in mental models, assumptions, biases, strengths, weaknesses. Following is one such example:
 ~ Srinath LINKHOLE: Remote Viewing, Freud, Brain portal
~ Srinath March 21 Harry Kahne: The Man With The Multiple MindHarry Kahne can do multiple things simultaneously. Sounds simple, because you can talk on the phone & write a note at the same time? How about -- writing with both hands, both feet, and mouth simultaneously?
Thanks to Strand Magazine, his 1925 publication - The Multiple Mentality Course is now available online
~ Srinath
March 20 LINKHOLE: Speed Reading, Podcast, mind map...
~ Srinath March 04 BrainMan - Daniel TammetDid you get a chance to watch the Discovery channel show BrainMan -- about the incredible Daniel Tammet, who amazed with his Savant abilities? Unfortunately I watched only from the middle -- his skills were tested at Vegas, then with Brain researchers testing his Math skills & finally learn language of Iceland (considered the most complex language) in 7 days & attend an interview on their national TV. I am waiting for the The Real RainMan show due this spring about the world famous Kim Peek. Described as 'a living Google' & inspired the movie Rain Main played by Dustin Hoffman.
At the tail end of the show they mentioned about Dr. Darold Treffert who dedicated his life studying Savant Syndrome. Interesting site & resources.
~ Srinath
February 08 Teaching BINARY using Socratic MethodCame across a facinating article on teaching a 3rd grader student binary arithmetic using Socratic Method (Teaching by asking, instead of telling) - http://www.garlikov.com/Soc_Meth.html
~ Srinath Vasireddy December 19 RANDOM: Jaw, CCA, RAT & SORPRandom but interesting things that I came across recently:
Srinath December 11 Deductive & Inductive reasoningThis can be best explained by an example.
DEDUCTIVE example
- Men are mortal - Socrates is a man - Therefore Socrates is mortal You present an argument in successive steps. That is, - The 1st idea makes a statement about a situation that exists in the world today. INDUCTIVE example To Move upward, you draw an inference based on your assessment of what is the same about the points -- i.e., they are all warlike movements against Poland. Thus, your inference would be something like 'Poland is about to be invaded by tanks' [source: Pyramid Principle, by Barbara Minto] November 01 Drifters, Pursuers, Achievers & Super AchieversSteven K. Scott in his Book Mentored By A Millionaire, compares & constrasts 4 types of people when it comes to levels of achievement – Drifters, Pursuers, Achievers & Super achievers:
4 Types of Achievers:
Here are few examples:-
How people deal with their Lack of Know-How & Lack of Resources in Relations to their pursuit of an Opportunity, Project or Dream?
How people deal with Problems, Setbacks, and Potential or Realized Failures?
~ Srinath Vasireddy October 29 VASIREDDY heritageMy last name (family name) is VASIREDDY. I recall my father telling me that my fore fathers were kings; however, never had a chance to learn about my family history. Until recently, I came across vasireddy dynasty web site. The 1st vasireddy record in history dates back to 14th century A.D. (1413 A.D to be precisely). Among all the rulers Raja Vasireddy Venkatadri Naidu (picture/painting below) is famous and ruled 33 years. He borne on 27th April 1761 and his parents Sri Vasireddy Jagganna and Smt Achamma. He was assumed charge in 1783 at Chintapalli. Later he crossed Krishna river and made Amaravathi as his capitol till his death. He is a well named philanthropist he built so many temples, Amaravathi, Managalagiri, Chebrolu (my father is from this village), Ponnuru, Vijayawada, Srisailam and other places. Raja Vasireddy Venkatadri Naidu (1783-1816 AD)
I have been to Chebrolu (my father's birth pace) probably 7 times or less. This small village has amazing & rarest temples on earth; unfortunately, poorly maintained by the government (when I last visited -- 1992?). It has one of the rarest temples on the earth -- Chathurmukha Brahma temple. The temple is situated in the middle of the temple tank. It has a Shiva Linga which has four images of Brahma carved on its sides. The temple can be reached through a bridge across the waters of the tank., and also a huge single stone carved Nandieswara is located adjacent to the temple.
It makes me feel humble to know that I am figment of this rich heritage.
~ Srinath Vasireddy
October 28 Doctors Without BordersToday is the last day for the giving campaign (matching gift program from MS); just as last year, my donations went to one of my favorite charity organization DoctorsWithoutBorders.
Peace ~ Srinath October 23 Blind, mental impariment & musical Genius...is there a connection?On Sunday Oct-23-2005 the CBS aired the show Revisiting Rex on 60 minutes. The episode started with Rex Lewis-Clack who played Beethoven before he could say mommy. Now 10 he lacks basic social skills & can't button a button; however, he has an extraordinary ability to recognize musical notes. The show continues to show other music savants. In case you missed it, the complete transcript is available on site. This is one of those mysteries of the mind that we are yet to unravel. It is equally important to note that behind all these extraordinary people, there is extraordinary support. For ex. Rex’s mom Cathleen a Stanford graduate who became a high-fashion model in Paris, and then a currency options trader, she was on the fast-track. Now divorced, she takes care of Rex on her own.
~ Srinath October 05 Crucial ConversationsCreated a mind map -
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