Post No.: 0736 Furrywisepuppy says: The brain can use as much as 20% of the body’s total energy consumption but only makes up about 2% of the body’s total mass. But whereas stronger muscles will show greater activation, … Read More
Post No.: 0735 Furrywisepuppy says: Fostering independence is vitally important for a child’s development. However, parents are increasingly protective and reluctant to let their children explore on their own. This is somewhat understandable, yet some of the perceived … Read More
Post No.: 0734 Fluffystealthkitten says: It’s especially indefensible when someone knows that someone else has a mental disorder or disability yet still treats them (even more so) with bullying, taunts and belittlement. Some people, alternatively, end up … Read More
Post No.: 0733 Furrywisepuppy says: ‘Motivated reasoning’ is about justifying decisions, judgements and attitude changes (or lack thereof) based on our emotions and cognitive biases, in order to reduce cognitive dissonance and/or to serve self-serving outcomes. Cognitive … Read More
Post No.: 0732 Furrywisepuppy says: Skeletal muscles are said to be made up of two kinds of muscle fibres – Type I or slow-twitch, which are good for endurance but lack power; and Type II or fast-twitch, which … Read More
Post No.: 0731 Furrywisepuppy says: It’s easier to not feel the need to commit any crimes if one is financially wealthy and comfortable compared to poor and in a desperate situation to survive. …Having said that, if … Read More
Post No.: 0730 Furrywisepuppy says: Practising mindfulness was briefly mentioned as a way to minimise bouts of stress as a result of work in Post No.: 0723 by Fluffystealthkitten. Different types of mindfulness practice bring different benefits, such … Read More
Post No.: 0729 Furrywisepuppy says: Life is just a series of projects – to maybe get married, raise a family, write a blog(!), finish a videogame, run a marathon, or just make tonight’s din-dins… and it feels like … Read More
Post No.: 0728 Furrywisepuppy says: An opinion or unverified presumption is logically more guaranteed to speak about the person who holds or shares it than the subject of the opinion or presumption. For example, if we judge someone … Read More
Post No.: 0727 Furrywisepuppy says: This is my last foreseeable post on the enlightening journey we’ve undertaken towards better understanding autism. We studied the possible causes of autism not long ago in Post No.: 0719. This time, we’ll … Read More
Post No.: 0726 Furrywisepuppy says: Occupation during the course of an armed conflict occurs when one State exercises ‘effective’ control over the territory of another without a claim of formal sovereignty over that territory, whether the foreign armed … Read More
Post No.: 0725 Furrywisepuppy says: Traditional unstructured or unguided job interviews are quite inconsistent and thus noisy – different interviewers might accept/reject different candidates for various personally partial reasons, or accept/reject a specific individual candidate depending on their … Read More
Post No.: 0724 Furrywisepuppy says: With the benefit of hindsight – after you’ve seen the correct answer/outcome – many things appear like they should’ve been ‘obvious’ before, when they weren’t. Also, if you lack the knowledge of, or … Read More
Post No.: 0723 Fluffystealthkitten says: Stress is often defined as what we experience when the demands in front of us outweigh, or threaten to outweigh, the resources or reserves we have to meet them. Some stress is inevitable … Read More
Post No.: 0722 Furrywisepuppy says: The most sustainable thing for the environment when it comes to clothes is to buy good enough items, then to wear them as many times as possible. Fix any bits of damage … Read More
Post No.: 0721 Furrywisepuppy says: Magazines and journals are typically partisan towards their particular industries. Don’t ever show that the industry you fundamentally depend on is stagnating or cannot justify its own existence – keep hyping up products, … Read More
