How about another round of random thoughts from a scrambled mind dear diary?聽
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, 鈥渉ey, this isn鈥檛 rocket surgery,鈥� in response to an easy problem and even easier solution.聽
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 鈥渕ulti-task.鈥� That鈥檚 why we have driving distraction fines. You can鈥檛 talk and keyboard at the same time.聽
However another friend observed one afternoon while standing at a urinal and reading a text聽 message, 鈥渋s this considered multi-tasking?鈥澛�
I suppose it could be, however, according to the analyst, he鈥檇 be doing a disservice to one of those functions. I鈥檒l leave that assessment to 鈥榶ouse guys鈥�.聽
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.聽
One good example is a recent YouTube adventure that features people unwrapping boxes of certain digital wonders. That鈥檚 it. We鈥檙e fascinated by simply watching people open boxes 鈥� other than on聽 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?聽
We think we can jump from one topic or job to another and back again with focus, but apparently we can鈥檛. We may do it in spurts of three to five second flashes, but it鈥檚 still one thing at a time.聽
The presenter of this brain-working session also studied the minds and mannerisms of聽 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鈥檒l 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.聽
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聽 now life goes on. (Need I say more? It made them millions).聽
Topic Three: Now that summer is over, it鈥檚 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鈥檚 Point on Toronto Island; Oka Park near Montreal, Crystal Crescent Beach in Nova Scotia, near Halifax and Beechgrove (East Point Park) near Scarborough, Ont.聽
That鈥檚 from my useless information file, just thought you鈥檇 be interested. I don鈥檛 believe any of these places do much business in mid-January. 聽
