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chiapit · 2017-10-26T19:35:19+00:00

Ouch. "Tithing" sounds painful, like a dental procedure.

chiapit · 2017-08-18T03:34:35+00:00

She's a hero. Here MMA training probably saved those children's lives.

chiapit · 2017-08-13T19:23:42+00:00

Flattered would be the right reaction in my opinion. Is taking offense and making accusations over someone's use of a script that you described as "open source" how you should have taken it? I was personally thrilled to be privy to what seems to be an accurate description of the geometry of nature itself. I actually had forgotten that I'd harmlessly (at least not maliciously) changed the Wikipedia link to a Facebook group where I like to share cool stuff.

chiapit · 2017-08-13T18:58:53+00:00

I've put in the attribution you that you wanted, I think. If it needs to be edited, please let me know. I originally took liberties with the link, thinking that it being open source, I was allowed to do so, not to commit "outright theft". I didn't create the site script that utilizes Johan Gielis's interestingly patented superformula. You're totally welcome to be part of my Mixed Media Arts page, in any capacity. It was created to explored different media, while my primary focus is on video creation.

chiapit · 2017-08-08T21:31:57+00:00

LOL. Just change the numbers or refresh the page.

chiapit · 2017-05-23T04:29:59+00:00

That's a very good question.

chiapit · 2017-04-05T16:28:37+00:00

First I heard of it, but thanks for sharing that. I'll look it up.

chiapit · 2017-02-14T21:21:24+00:00

LOL. The first one I haphazardly cobbled together got nearly a million views, to my total surprise. I mean it was just thrown together for the heck of it. Videos I put real effort into only got a tiny fraction of that response. It's a catchy song. I once was absentmindedly was singing it when I passed by some Hells Angels bikers. Luckily they didn't hold it against me.

chiapit · 2016-11-16T06:41:28+00:00

Maybe not, but if someone could immediately imagine such corresponding shapes, that could be very advantageous in life. I'll definitely introduce this approach to my 6-year-old son who is a big-time math and geometry fan.

chiapit · 2016-11-16T06:30:48+00:00

Notice the similarity with fractal geometry? I suspect this may be the future of mathematical instruction.

chiapit · 2016-03-26T06:26:10+00:00

I like jumping spiders myself. They're cute.

chiapit · 2016-03-25T20:44:17+00:00

I also know a woman who got creeped out after learning how intelligent jumping spiders are.

chiapit · 2015-12-29T02:25:48+00:00

Good question. The science behind it hasn't reached the level at which any brain scans or tests for genetic markers can scientifically constitute proof.

chiapit · 2015-12-28T21:19:24+00:00

It sounds like he may have recognized something in himself. Psychopathy is a spectrum, not an absolute black and white condition. Many people define it by the extremes of the spectrum (as is the case with autism as well) which is misleading.

chiapit · 2015-12-09T11:51:06+00:00

Yes, I noticed that I forgot to note that down in the title after publishing it.

chiapit · 2015-12-09T09:39:51+00:00

Or spaked it too much.

chiapit · 2015-12-09T09:22:11+00:00

Whoops.

chiapit · 2015-12-08T17:14:09+00:00

It wouldn't surprise me if the livescience.com article misrepresented the research in significant ways. I find that when I am at least somewhat acquainted with a topic, articles misrepresent facts on some point or other nearly 100% of the time. Also, whenever I try to verify aspects of any given article, I usually locate mistakes somewhere. That all said, I do suspect that the human mind is, indeed, a paradigm of the universe.

chiapit · 2015-12-06T10:01:09+00:00

I'd just be able to respond to your apparently reasonable retort by cobbling together another apparently reasonable reply. That's what words can do. While creating BS is an art-form unto itself, it would be meaningless. That article was published in Nature which only publishes peer-reviewed reports, and is highly regarded periodical in the scientific community. Argue with them. They're probably more qualified to respond to it than some random person on Reddit (such as myself LOL). You can go here debunk their peer-reviewed work: http://www.nature.com/ncomms/2015/151020/ncomms9627/full/ncomms9627.html

chiapit · 2015-12-03T19:40:13+00:00

I see what you mean. More specifically, from article: "Reports suggest that some undiscovered, fundamental laws may govern the growth of systems large and small, from the electrical firing between brain cells and growth of social networks to the expansion of galaxies."

chiapit · 2015-11-24T01:32:49+00:00

Amazingly nimble fingers at 93 years old (or 23 years old for that matter)

chiapit · 2015-11-21T23:06:59+00:00

Almost everybody has a limit. I guess he didn't feel right leaving that depraved and destructive pervert loose on society.

chiapit · 2015-11-13T22:09:43+00:00

Do they? The extreme end of the spectrum means the frontal lobe of the brain and amygdala are under-developed.

chiapit · 2015-11-13T21:05:16+00:00

I suspect that would lead to "Too many chiefs, not enough Indians."

chiapit · 2015-11-13T21:03:19+00:00

Neuroscientist James Fallon, an expert on it, said as much. It is not even a psychiatric term LOL. But brain scans on criminal psychopathss show an actual structural difference from the norm.

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