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Aha, this is not "attraction" as in "The Secret". This is attraction as in "me Tarzan, you Jane". Finding that special someone and feeling that they were made for you and you for them. Is it physical? Is it emotional? It's both, but it's worth an in-depth look to find out why you're with that special someone. I was sitting with some friends wondering why people are attracted to each other. In all honesty, we were looking at very unattractive couples and wondering if they were happy with their mate. Answer? Of course they are, or at least were. There are no couples if there is no attraction....

Aren't I clever. It may be a cheeky little title, but their is truth in this little pun. I don't claim to know much about the actual official system GTD (Getting Things Done) by David Allen, but do know a bit about accomplishing goals - especially from a psychological perspective. We'll kick things off with the following statement: (pretty much) everything you do is the result of a subconscious decision based on an also subconscious analysis of pros and cons of doing/not doing the thing in question. In other words, you're doing something because you enjoy the results of doing it more than the...

I've just finished reading Felix Dennis' book "How to Get Rich". Brilliant. Finally a guy who's done it explaining how - not just in vague terms and endless passages of subtle self-praise but in real concise strategy and mental approach. As Dennis points out, many of the books on the market are written by those who have not attained any staggering wealth and are abound with all too obvious tips such as "be good at what you do" or "be a leader" (ok, he mentions these too, but goes into lots of juicy detail). Dennis also airs some distaste for the feel-good strategies of cooperation and partners...

"Money is what makes a man not funny". Just saw Niall Ferguson interviewed on the Colbert Report. He says "anything can be money". True that. But I'd like to clarify what money is. Money is energy. If that sounds a little "New Age", forgive me. I'll give it legs. Wait. Let me stop real quick to eat a hand-full of nuts. ...2 minutes later. Ah, that's better. You see, I can't think straight if I'm too hungry. The little mouse in the wheel in my brain doesn't have enough energy to run. So I need to eat - recharge the batteries with food. And food, is of course, energy. Not just "converted to ener...

There are some people who would see every element of humanity as a result of natural selection. Currently, I am one of them. If something is unexplicable in terms of natural selection, I will simply assume all that is missing is a good explanation and some supporting data to show that it probably does exists as a result of natural selection. "Opposable thumb?" Good for climbing trees and grasping tools. "Language?" Great way to communicate with members of the group who you are probably working with to help proliferate common genes. "Consciousness?" Ahh, that holiest of human traits. "There's ...

Yes, a new term only a Quanologist could come up with. GPP - Genetic Proliferation Potential. GPP is a variable which obviously denotes an individual's potential in genetic proliferation. For those of you just joining us, here's a bit of background. As nature sees it, we are here to pass on our genes. There are different ways to do this - some men sleep around, some men are loyal fathers, some women seek the support of multiple men, and some women seek out one man for a long-term relationship. It's all part of the Universe. But in this quest for genetic proliferation, some are better equipped ...

Everywhere you look there are people underachieving, living dreary lives, or just not living the life they want to live. So why aren't they? In the age we live in, there should be no excuse.  There is one example after another of someone whose life has quickly gone from crappiest to happiest. Here are the 4 reasons why people aren't getting the good stuff.   1. They don't really want them Ask people what they want in life and they tell you all kinds of standard things: a cool job, lots of money, good friends, plenty of free time, and good relationships. Dig a little deeper and you mig...

Often pain and frustration are the womb of progress. Since pain and frustration are undesired states, it is natural that men will push to leave them. “It is always darkest before the dawn” they say. This is just that people cannot stand the “darkness” and so are inspired to invent light. Notice in history that so much good was preceded by so much bad. Personally, Quanology comes out of the frustration not having a proper definition of a life science - not that that's so horrible... “How should we live our lives?” “Where is the manual for this car?” There seem to be many scienc...

Here, we'll discuss why Michael Jordan and Eminem are smart, but their IQs might not reflect this. Who cares about intelligence anyway? What you want is to succeed in life. This article will explain that you have to be intelligent to succeed, but you don't need a high IQ. And since there are an infinite number of ways of succeeding, there is an infinite number of intelligence definitions. And of course, we cannot measure success without knowing what it is. If intelligence is the extent to which someone is successful (not their capability to be successful), then we must define what success is b...

Be forewarned, for those looking for some new romantic, intangible definition of this deified emotion, this article will leave you with a sneer. The definition of love is so clear in my head, that I can hardly imagine the time when it wasn't - when pop songs trying to crystallize it would almost make sense to me. I used to love those songs. Now I can only think about how the singer has no idea what he's talking about. Indeed I too wear a sneer. The Moral Animal  A book on evolutionary psychology called The Moral Animal changed my life.  It convinced me how all-powerful and all-encompassing...