How about another round of random thoughts from a scrambled mind dear diary?
I knew you would agree.
Topic one: I continue to be bedazzled by the human brain. Rocket scientists versus neurosurgery versus artistic achievements. Or as one friend put it recently, “hey, this isn’t rocket surgery,” in response to an easy problem and even easier solution.
According to one brain studying wizard, whose name I missed while listening to a presentation, there is no such thing as someone being able to “multi-task.” That’s why we have driving distraction fines. You can’t talk and keyboard at the same time.
However another friend observed one afternoon while standing at a urinal and reading a text message, “is this considered multi-tasking?”
I suppose it could be, however, according to the analyst, he’d be doing a disservice to one of those functions. I’ll leave that assessment to ‘youse guys’.
Topic Two: Same analyst, stated the average attention span of viewers on YouTube amounts to 23 seconds. That means we are working quickly, but our attention span has been limited. Sorting out the organized mind is done more quickly so more errors are occurring. We also waste more time.
One good example is a recent YouTube adventure that features people unwrapping boxes of certain digital wonders. That’s it. We’re fascinated by simply watching people open boxes … other than on Storage Wars? Wow! I hope I never stumble on that site. Millions of viewers have been engrossed by this entry. Talk about being dumbed down!
The presentation also alerted us to the fact that millions of people watch people playing Minecraft. Why? Who knows, and really, should we care?
We think we can jump from one topic or job to another and back again with focus, but apparently we can’t. We may do it in spurts of three to five second flashes, but it’s still one thing at a time.
The presenter of this brain-working session also studied the minds and mannerisms of artistic people such as Joni Mitchell and Stevie Wonder et al, and determined these folks are never obsessed with clocks. They will work at any hour on various fronts but generally are organized. If they are painters, for one example, their work may be scrambled in nature and they’ll work at 4 a.m. or 2 p.m. if they feel the need to drop what they were doing and tackle their newest project. But they are organized, insofar as they will have the paints, easel, and canvas ready to go, all the time. Just like you and I make sure we have fresh milk in the fridge.
The good minds thrive in fresh environments and sort out the information made available to them, and are quick to discern the fact that most of the information they gather is unreliable, but still, maybe useful for some other purpose. Have you ever sat in on a song-writing session? Ob La De, Ob La Da, life goes on, Ya. lala now life goes on. (Need I say more? It made them millions).
Topic Three: Now that summer is over, it’s safe to divulge further accidental research information. Canada has no fewer than five bare-all, or nude beaches. These textile-free retreats are found on Wreck Beach in B.C., probably the most well-recognized, along with Hanlan’s Point on Toronto Island; Oka Park near Montreal, Crystal Crescent Beach in Nova Scotia, near Halifax and Beechgrove (East Point Park) near Scarborough, Ont.
That’s from my useless information file, just thought you’d be interested. I don’t believe any of these places do much business in mid-January.
