Random Facts Flashcards
(95 cards)
1
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What is the lowest quality energy?
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Heat
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The three states or phases in which matter can be found:
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Solid, fluid, and gaseous
Also plasma
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What we mean by heat and measure in temperature is _______
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disordered movement.
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Temperature is a concept that means anything only if we have a lot
of _______
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molecules at once.
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After a while, a molecule in a gas will have bumped into other molecules and therefore acquired a certain _______
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“knowledge” of the speeds of the other molecules.
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All “facts” we currently accept are still, at their core, _______
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just ideas that are our best current explanatory models rather than permanently settled truths.
New evidence or perspectives could revise or overturn previously held “facts.” So in this view, facts are constantly updated working ideas about reality rather than permanently factual.
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The distinction between an act as a category and activity as something beyond categories is _______
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nuanced and relates to how we perceive and interact with reality. An act can be seen as a category because it represents a defined, discrete action or event that we can label and categorize. It’s a way of breaking down our experiences into manageable, understandable units
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If you ignore something thats real _______
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sooner or later its gonna cause you trouble
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Nietzsche believed that Paul, and later the Protestants following Luther, had removed moral responsibility from Christ’s followers. They had watered down the idea of the imitation of Christ. This imitation was the sacred duty of the believer not to _______
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adhere (or merely to mouth) a set of statements about abstract belief but instead to actually manifest the spirit of the Saviour in the particular, specific conditions of his or her life—to realize or incarnate the archetype, as Jung had it; to clothe the eternal pattern in flesh
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For Nietzsche and Dostoevsky alike, freedom—even the ability to act requires _______.
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constraint
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“Spiritual is good, physical is bad” is a key _______
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Gnostic belief
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Gnostics see salvation as _______
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escape from ‘matter’ - the physical world
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in the context of relationships, intimacy is generally considered the opposite of _______
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lust, as lust is primarily focused on physical attraction and immediate sexual desire, while intimacy involves a deeper emotional connection and closeness beyond just physical attraction
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Chronic stress can shrink the hippocampus. And not just that, but cortisol is toxic to the hippocampus, the area of the brain that’s responsible for memory function.
A
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“He might be alone in holding that belief, and if alone, then a _______.”
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lunatic
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The only difference is that Orwell saw surveillance and control and the domain of the state, whereas in reality the surveillance world we have come to know is one of private companies monitoring, monetizing, and manipulating society for nothing more than commercial gain.
A
17
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Evil eye: The concept that the awareness of your success from those who wish bad upon you can affect you
A
18
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Everything that is not order—that is, not
predictable, not usable—is, by default (by definition) _______.
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chaos
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Higher perception without action risks becoming inert—an abstract understanding that doesn’t translate into lived experience.
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Action without higher perception risks becoming _______
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aimless—mechanical movements devoid of depth or purpose.
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Perception and action are _______
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inseparable in the pursuit of meaning. To perceive meaningfully is to act meaningfully, and vice versa. This interdependence suggests that the pursuit of meaning isn’t just a mental exercise—it’s an active engagement with the world.
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Your connection between “real” and “serious” is thought-provoking. Pain is real because it demands _______ and _______. It forces itself into the _______. True love, as you suggest, may feel “more real” than pain because it _______. By this logic, seriousness might function as a _______: the more something _______
A
attention
can’t be ignored
forefront of existence, asserting its reality
transcends the moment, offering meaning and purpose
litmus test for reality
commands our focus and alters our trajectory, the more real it feels.
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We invent tools to _______
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compensate for our shortcomings
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The premise:
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Consciously, practically, psychologically, socially, and iterably fulfilling
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How do the 16 personalities make decisions differently?
An overly simplified version
Ti: Why
Te: What works
Fi: What I want
Fe: What they want (or what they need)
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Yawning after waking up is a common _______. It's also part of a natural response to _______
reflex that can occur due to sleepiness, boredom, or stretching.
prolonged muscle contraction, called pandiculation
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Novelty is very _______
motivating as well as anxiety provoking
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The problem with a perfect static state is that _______
there’s no novelty, which causes all of incentive reward to disappear.
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For things to be perfect, there has to be some _______
chaos
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The process vs the state of both good and evil:
Good and evil are not independent of each other. They define each other dialectically, as opposites do. They are both states that can be embodied, but more dangerously and more truthfully, they are processes—pathways that you unconsciously follow. Good is a movement that aims at the betterment of being, in all its complexity. While evil is an underlying process—a movement, a path—that the resentful, the bitter, the vengeful, the foolish, the ignorant, or even the innocent may stumble into directly or indirectly.
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Your brain is organized to react to the universe as if its constructed of 3 things:
1. The territory that you have explored
2. The territory that you haven’t explored
3. The process of exploration itself
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Self esteem is a _______
lie. The word you’re looking for is confidence.
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Thoughts are sometimes hard to be put into words. Because thinking, by its very nature, is an intricate and often subconscious process. Words operate as a kind of bridge between the abstract realm of ideas and the concrete realm of communication, but that translation isn't always smooth.
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Music is far richer than brain entrainment. It doesn't just synchronize brainwaves; it engages emotion, memory, and meaning. It structures chaos into something comprehensible and moving. It can inspire, challenge, and even transform a person's psychological state in ways that simple entrainment techniques can't.
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Awareness is the key. Awareness of how words shape thought. Awareness of how others perceive the world. Awareness of the structures that govern reality itself. The more you see, the more precisely you can wield language.
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Opposites:
Light/Dark, Order/Chaos, Masculine/Feminine, Known/Unknown, Up/Down, Hot/Cold, Life/Death, Self/Other, Concrete/Abstract, Objective/Subjective, Physical/Mental, Good/Evil, Love/Detest, Freedom/Slavery, Hate/Like, rationality/emotion
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Theory of cognition based on relational opposites: that the mind structures reality by defining everything in relation to its opposite.
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It seems like opposites work best when we're dealing with broad, fundamental categories. When we get specific, the concept of "opposites" becomes fuzzier. But that itself is interesting—maybe the broader a category, the stronger its opposite?
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More specific things (a chihuahua, a banana, a specific person) don't have obvious opposites, unless _______
you broaden the category they belong to.
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Heat =
Cold=
Life
Death
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The Law of Opposites
"The more fundamental a concept is to existence, the more it requires an opposite to be intelligible."
"The broader a category is, the more its meaning depends on an opposing category."
"Some opposites are embedded in nature, while others are created by the mind to structure reality."
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Opp of what
This
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The most authentic and fundamental axiom anyone can adopt:
to the best of my ability I will act in a manner that leads to the alleviation
of unnecessary pain and suffering. You have now placed at the pinnacle of your moral hierarchy a set of presuppositions and actions aimed at the betterment of Being.
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Lust is a powerful tool that the enemy uses to distract and weaken those with divine callings
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Without inner healing, lust becomes _______
a coping mechanism, creating a cycle of sin and shame that is hard to break
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T/F “it is possible to perceive nothingness.”
True
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You don’t get to pick what interests you, _______
it picks you
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Its not about being fulfilled or satiated, its about _______
adopting an authentic and optimal mode of being
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"The goal of life is not to be _______, but to _______. There are no _______, only _______. The aim is not mere _______ but the _______"
satisfied
engage in a meaningful struggle
final destinations
an unfolding adventure that demands strength, wisdom, and authenticity
happiness
continuous development of character through voluntary confrontation with the unknown.
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The process of necessary eternal
overcoming constantly _______
constructs and transforms our behavioral repertoires and representational schemas.
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Everything we know, we know because _______. Everything we know, we know because _______
someone explored something they did not understand—explored something they were afraid of, in awe of.
someone generated something valuable in the course of an encounter with the unexpected.
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Civilization advances by extending the number of important operations which we can perform without thinking about them.
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Some things we know, demand our _______
attention
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To know something is have _______
the meaning and the optimal reactions to or for it
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The nervous system is “designed” to eliminate predictability from consideration, and to focus limited analytical resources where focus would produce useful results.
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We attend to the places where change is _______
occurring; where something is happening that has not yet been modeled, where something is happening that has not yet had behaviors erected around it—where something is happening that is not yet understood.
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Consciousness itself might be
considered as that organ which specializes in the analysis and classification of unpredictable events
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Attention and concentration naturally gravitate to those elements in the experiential field that contain the highest concentration of novelty, or that are the least expected, prior to what might normally be considered higher cognitive processing.
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There is limited information, positive and negative, in the predictable. The novel occurrence, by contrast, might be considered a window into the “transcendent space” where reward and punishment exist in eternal and unlimited potential.
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Seducers are never _______. Their gaze is directed _______. When they meet someone their first move is to get _______.
self-absorbed
outward, not inward
inside that person's skin, to see the world through their eyes.
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The irrational can prove immensely seductive, even more so for men, who must always seem so reasonable.
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The _______ is often the one most susceptible to the Siren call of pure _______, because _______
intellectual
physical pleasure
his life so lacks it.
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Danger is surprisingly _______.
seductive
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Highlighting actually works when you do it for _______
the most insightful points
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Mathematical ability is connected to _______
musical ability
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XThe opposite of nihilism would be _______
a world full of meaning
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Isolation leads to _______
hidden battles
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The ultimate revenge is _______
to become astronomically succesful
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There is the rhetorical aspect of language— _______.
the ability to use language to convince other individuals of a course of action.
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There is the potential of language to explain its own activities— _______.
the ability to use language to reflect upon language, to engage in “meta -
linguistic” analysis.
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Emotional intelligence is _______
agreeableness
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Never tolerate evil especially when it hides behind _______.
culture and religion
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Existence must be _______, _______.
limited
to be at all.
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Post-Orgasmic Neurochemical
Changes: After orgasm, the body releases _______, a hormone associated with _______. Elevated prolactin levels can lead to reduced _______.
prolactin
sexual satiety
sexual desire and increased feelings of tiredness
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Pornography can overstimulate your brain's _______, making other forms of stimulation (like _______) feel _______. This might explain why you feel _______.
reward pathways
creativity or natural beauty
muted in comparison
less sensitive to aesthetics or creativity after PMO
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The past has _______. We cannot live without _______.
value
the integration of the past
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There’s an integral relationship between consciousness and _______.
being
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You don’t have anything better to do than the _______ by _______.
best
definition
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If you add some sugar to cold water, and stir it, the sugar will dissolve. If you heat up that water, you can _______. If you heat the water to boiling, you can _______. Then, if you take that _______.
dissolve more
add a lot more sugar and get that to dissolve too
boiling sugar water, and slowly cool it, and don’t bump it or jar it, you can trick it into holding a lot more dissolved sugar than it would have it if it had remained cold all along. That’s called a super-saturated solution
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Sometimes you have to change the way you understand everything to _______.
properly understand a single something
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The ability to listen is a subset of _______.
attention
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When at the university of Ingolstadt, what goal did Frankenstein devise for himself?
To “bestow animation upon lifeless matter.”
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XIt's generally true that you can recover from lost sleep, but it may not be a perfect recovery. While you can make up for some lost sleep, UAMS Health states that the amount of sleep recovered might not be the same as the amount lost, especially if the sleep debt is significant. Some studies suggest it can take several days, even up to nine, to fully restore bodily functions after sleep deprivation
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All colors:
1. Black
2. Brown
3. Red
4. Orange
5. Yellow
6. Green
7. Blue
8. Purple
9. Pink
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How many weeks are in a year?
52
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All the sins:
acts of betrayal, deception, cruelty, carelessness, cowardice and, most commonly of all, willful blindness.
Failure to make the proper sacrifices, failure to reveal yourself, failure to live and tell the truth
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Reality emerges from creative processes that transcend ordinary logic.
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How did Nazism spread?
Fear, manipulation, propaganda, lies, deception,
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Magnets have poles. All magnets have a north-seeking pole and a south-seeking pole. These poles are the points where the magnetic field is strongest. The north and south poles of a magnet interact with each other, with opposite poles attracting and like poles repelling each other
We use "north" and "south" for magnets because early magnets were used as compasses, with their "north-seeking" end defined as the pole that pointed towards Earth's geographic North. The distinction between "positive" and "negative" is for electric charges, which have a different fundamental nature than magnetism. While there's a relationship between electricity and magnetism, the magnetic force operates on a different principle, with magnetic monopoles (a single north or south pole) not existing.
The end of a magnet that points to Earth's Geographic North Pole is a south magnetic pole. In magnetism, opposite poles attract; the pole near the geographic North Pole is the Earth's south magnetic pole, which attracts the north pole of a magnet, like a compass needle
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Attractive women
1. Keira Knightley
2. Margaret Qualley
3. Rebecca Hall
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Science and Spirituality:
No, spirituality as a whole is not scientifically proven because it involves concepts of a non-physical "spirit" or "soul" that are untestable and unmeasurable by scientific methods, which rely on empirical evidence and materialistic models of reality. However, science can and has studied the effects and practices associated with spirituality, showing that practices like meditation, gratitude, and community involvement are linked to positive health outcomes and psychological well-being
It is inaccurate to claim that people were "crazier" before science existed. Instead, they had a fundamentally different framework for understanding and explaining the world, which led to different actions, beliefs, and reasoning compared to modern society.
Ancient vs. modern reasoning
Different focus: Before the development of the modern scientific method, ancient thinkers were more focused on speculative reasoning and logic rather than systematic, empirical observation. Philosophers like the ancient Greeks pursued knowledge through deductive truth, similar to a mathematical proof, and were often skeptical of experimentation, which they viewed as creating "unnatural" situations.
Emphasis on quality over quantity: Pre-scientific societies often placed a greater emphasis on the "qualitative" nature of things, which limited their understanding of the natural world. This historical mode of reasoning has been described as a kind of "rationality" that was adequate for societies based on slave and serf labor.
Explanation through mythology: In ancient cultures, natural phenomena that could not be explained were often attributed to supernatural forces, gods, or myths.
For example, the ancient Greeks attributed lightning to the anger of Zeus.
Similarly, mental illness was frequently explained as demonic possession or divine punishment, leading to treatments like exorcisms and other harsh measures.
Belief in the unobservable: For centuries, it was widely believed that the Earth was the center of the universe, with celestial bodies orbiting in cosmic shells. The theory of spontaneous generation—that life could arise from nonliving matter—was also accepted for centuries until it was disproven by experimentation.
The ancient approach of seeking meaning and purpose, even if it involved supernatural explanations, was a different framework for understanding existence rather than an inherently "crazier" one.
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Difference between community and normal 4 year college:
A community college offers two-year Associate degrees, vocational training, and flexible schedules at a lower cost, often with open admissions, while a four-year university offers four-year Bachelor's degrees, a broader range of majors, a traditional campus experience with residential life, and more specialized programs at a higher cost. Community colleges are ideal for quickly entering the job market or for students wanting an affordable pathway to transfer to a four-year institution, whereas universities provide a more immersive, traditional college experience and advanced academic pursuits.
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Extensive use of pornographic material (often referred to as PMO for porn, masturbation, and orgasm) is linked to a desensitization of the brain's dopamine reward system, which can potentially lead to reduced creativity, motivation, and cognitive flexibility. The ease and abundance of online pornography can lead to an addictive feedback loop that alters how the brain processes rewards.
Effects on dopamine
Intense, artificial dopamine spikes: Pornography can create unnaturally high and sustained surges of dopamine, the brain's "reward" neurotransmitter. This happens with little effort, unlike real-world activities that require sustained effort for a reward.
Desensitization and tolerance: The brain can adapt to this flood of dopamine by reducing the number of dopamine receptors. As a result, the user develops a tolerance, needing more intense or novel content to achieve the same feeling of pleasure. This is a common pattern in addiction.
Lowered baseline dopamine: Over time, the brain's overall sensitivity to dopamine can decrease. Everyday pleasures, such as enjoying a hobby, exercising, or connecting with friends, may no longer feel as rewarding. This can result in a state of lower-than-normal dopamine levels, causing a flat mood, anhedonia (the inability to feel pleasure), and a sense of disconnection.
Impact on motivation
Since dopamine is a primary driver of motivation and reward-seeking behavior, its desensitization can lead to a general lack of motivation. When the brain is conditioned to expect immediate, high-intensity rewards, it can lose the drive to pursue long-term goals that offer more subtle, delayed gratification. People who overuse pornography often report:
Feeling bored and disengaged with previously enjoyable activities.
Increased procrastination and reduced productivity.
Experiencing a general apathy toward real-life goals.
Impact on cognitive function and creativity
Excessive porn use has been linked to impairments in brain areas responsible for executive functions, leading to reduced creativity and cognitive flexibility.
Reduced cognitive flexibility: Studies have found that heavy pornography users show diminished activity and connectivity in the prefrontal cortex, the part of the brain that governs decision-making, impulse control, and critical thinking. This can impair the ability to think flexibly and adapt to new situations.
Impaired judgment and concentration: The rewiring of the prefrontal cortex can make decision-making and impulse control more difficult. Users may experience reduced concentration and focus on tasks that require sustained mental effort.
Diminished creativity: Creativity is often associated with curiosity, exploration, and the ability to connect different ideas. By providing a high-intensity, low-effort reward, excessive porn use can suppress the desire for novel exploration and abstract thinking. Some who have stopped using pornography have reported a return of creative motivation.
Anecdotal evidence and reported recovery
Numerous anecdotal accounts, particularly in online communities like NoFap, support these scientific findings. Many individuals who have quit excessive porn use report:
Improved concentration and motivation.
Increased energy and a clearer state of mind.
A renewed appreciation for authentic relationships and genuine-effort rewards.
While more research is needed, the evidence suggests that overcoming compulsive porn use can lead to significant improvements in mental clarity, drive, and emotional well-being by allowing the brain's reward system to re-sensitize and heal.
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Based on personality research, classical music listeners are often associated with higher openness, while EDM listeners tend to be more extroverted and seek out new experiences. Both genres attract people who are open, but they express that trait differently.
Openness and classical music listeners
People who prefer classical music are typically categorized as high in "openness to experience," a core personality trait that includes a broad appreciation for art, emotion, adventure, and new ideas.
Research shows that classical fans tend to be:
Creative: Appreciating the complexity and structure of classical music is linked to creative thinking.
Introspective and at ease: Many listeners are introverted and enjoy the deeper, more complex nature of the music, though extroverts also enjoy it.
Analytical: High openness in classical fans is linked to the cognitive or intellectual use of music, such as analyzing complex compositions.
Emotionally stable: They are often described as having high self-esteem and being more comfortable with themselves.
Openness and EDM listeners
Listeners of Electronic Dance Music (EDM) are also considered open-minded, though their openness is often expressed through adventure, high energy, and a craving for novelty.
According to studies, EDM fans are also:
Sensation-seeking: They crave excitement and new sensory experiences, which is satisfied by EDM's driving rhythms, massive "drops," and the multi-sensory environment of festivals and clubs.
Extroverted: EDM and dance music are often linked to extroversion and social settings, like festivals and clubs, where people can relax and express emotions with others.
Emotional: The immersive and powerful nature of EDM can lead to heightened feelings of joy and connection for listeners.
Key difference in expression of openness
The main distinction lies in how the listeners' openness is expressed:
Classical listeners tend to express openness in a more introspective and intellectual way, appreciating the nuances and artistry of the music.
EDM listeners tend to express openness through sensation-seeking and high energy, drawn to the social and adventurous aspects of the music and culture.
