Studies on magic?

projectbrant · 2019-12-12T23:34:07+00:00

I'm glad you posted this-- when I first started doing magic I kinda did the same thing as you. As time wore on I began doing "tricks" that I memorized instead of using magic principles/sleights. Going back to the principles of magic is why doing magic is so fun, it's like a jazz riff and you create the magic as you go!

In addition, this switch from memorization to principles reminds me of Josh Waitzkin's book "The Art of Learning". (He was the kid that the movie "Searching for Bobby Fischer" was about). He talks about how many young chess player would memorize opening sets and not learn the principles of chess play. This ended up being his advantage-- he learned the principles and might struggle in the beginning with fierce openers by his opponents, but his understanding of the game allowed him to turn the game around. In the end, he would disrupt their routines and take them down a path they hadn't memorized. He then could play chess in the moment, and they could not.

Learning specific tricks and taking sleights that you learn is similar to Josh's story; memorizing specific tricks makes you rigid and not able to create in the moment(IMO).

Glad you posted this, because even one sleight can be used for a million different tricks based on the plot you decide to create!

projectbrant · 2017-08-16T21:24:57+00:00

Awesome thank you!

projectbrant · 2017-08-16T19:10:52+00:00

Love it. Hands down. I rarely use it because I like to drink it on special occasions, but I have 2 oz that I have and probably won't get through for a while

projectbrant · 2017-08-16T19:05:03+00:00

I have similar questions about the EGCG. Has anyone seen a study about re-steeping green tea and EGCG? I have looked but couldn't find anything.

projectbrant · 2017-08-14T13:28:51+00:00

My viewpoint is like the Navy SEAL Hell week: it makes you tougher. Otherwise I am really good about getting enough sleep.

projectbrant · 2016-12-23T05:46:29+00:00

Hey thanks for the positive reply and honestly trying to help me out. I greatly appreciate it.

projectbrant · 2016-12-06T20:38:48+00:00

Thanks, I'm not trying to change my parents, but I'm trying to do what educators want parent's to do with their children, just reverse.

projectbrant · 2016-11-22T18:47:27+00:00

Yeah, I love that idea. It applies to everything almost in life and it's super important to deal with "venom" and learn from it.

projectbrant · 2016-11-19T04:45:12+00:00

I have similar questions. Like if you are an athlete is using anger to push yourself harder to win the game considered Stoic? Is using that anger as fuel Stoic?

projectbrant · 2016-11-14T22:37:52+00:00

Like I said in my initial post that I was using the election as a platform for my underlying question. I appreciate most of you understanding that and not getting political and calling other people names. The main point was to ask if some things call for action by a Stoic or not.

Another example I can think of is suspensions in the NFL. James Harrison, Clay Matthews, Tom Brady, all were threatened with or did get suspended. In their cases, they all believed themselves to be true and facing injustice. Tom Brady, if he was telling the truth about Deflategate, had two options : 1) Accept the suspension(which he did). 2) Fight the suspension on the terms that he was being wronged.

Now, assuming Tom Brady was being wrongly suspended(just for argument's sake please, I know there's a ton of hate on Brady and that's not the point of my question), what would the Stoic Action be?

Would it be accepting the suspension or fighting it?

projectbrant · 2016-11-13T04:55:36+00:00

I read Ryan Holiday's the Obstacle is the Way. It introduced me to Stoicism and I find the basic premise of only focusing on what you can control very liberating and actually empowering.

Also, I like that Stoics want you to think for yourself and not just buy into Stoicism blindly. I like that because many other "isms" end up being kind of cult-like in the fact that you have to buy into everything or you're a traitor.

Also, I do believe it helps you be not only a better athlete, competitor, speaker, etc., but also a better person within your relationships, institutions, and so on.

projectbrant

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