Being a polymath is not just about balancing all of your passions and interest, it is also achieving a perfect balance in all areas of you life. If want to have perfect balance in your life and want to enhance your health, brain, social life, and mood you should try to laugh some more as studies has shown that having a good sense of humor brings about myriad of benefits in your life. While it is true that the passions we pursue as polymaths are very serious indeed, there are times that we need to let go of being serious and laugh from time to time as this has incredible benefits to our body and maintaining overall balance in life. So here are some advantages to humor and laughter. 1. Strengthens your immune system - I don’t need to cite the particular study, just google it and you can see that indeed a lot of Studies have shown that laughing strengthens the immune system. Laughter is great for your heart and brain as it lowers your blood pressure. 2. Sexy – Who doesn’t like a … [Read more...]
The Schlanger alternative: Understanding Cognition through a deeper understanding of the technological processes in the Levallois technique.
What mental processes run in the minds of pre-historic stone knappers when they made stone tools? Do they have already have a mental image in mind when the made their stone tools? Is their design deliberate or is the output merely a response to external circumstances and constraints? How do we hypothesize what goes inside the minds of pre-historic knappers through the stone tools that they made? (Picture courtesy of wikipedia) French cognitive Archeologist Nathan Schlanger has categorized the approaches to the interpretation of stone tools more specifically those made using the Levallois technique as belonging to the “Standard” and “reactionary” claim camps. He defines “Standard claims” as an approach that assumes that the Levallois stone knapper had a clear mental image of the product and the procedure to be realized. In other words this approach assumes a mental “pre-determination” on the design of the stone tool on the part of the stone knapper. The “Standard claims” … [Read more...]
7 tips on how polymaths can simplify their life and get more things done
Are you somebody who have just so much passion in life that you wish that you have more than 24 hours a day? Life nowadays is much more faster and complicated. The world seems to be getting a lot smaller and more interconnected because of the explosion of technology and travel. So much opportunities abound and if you are a polymath like me who wants to learn a lot of things, explore a lot of places and wear a lot of hats at all times, I wish there are more hours each day! But we are all limited to only 24 hours a day and the internet abounds with tips, tricks on how to get so much things done. There’s so much information available such that getting through all of the tips, tricks and life hacks seems to require us to use a special “hack” just to read it all! The following are some tips on life hacks for polymaths on how to get more things done each day. These are just general tips and more may be added soon in future blog post. 1.) Manage your time well and make a short … [Read more...]
What Business Plan Suits You?
With so much information floating around on the internet, it has becoming progressively more difficult, and sometimes impossible, to weed out what’s necessary from the fluff. However, most entrepreneurs are aware that the future of their startup depends investment, and seeking investment often requires a professional business plan to sway your audience to provide you with what you need. But what business plan will promote the attributes of your startup? What type of business plan will showcase your business dreams? What type do you need for your specific purpose? These are questions that must be answered before you even sit down to write your business plan, and the first question that business plan writing professionals will ask. Below you will find a list of the various types of business plans for startups. Choosing the plan that’s right for you is the first step in securing the future of your business. The Market Research Plan attends to the issues surrounding business … [Read more...]
7 Reasons why “The Prehistory of the mind” has been more influential than anything that was written before in the history of Cognitive Archeology.
In 1996, former Cambridge University Lecturer in Archeology, Steve Mithen who also has a Ph.D in Archeology from Cambridge, published a book entitled “The Prehistory of the Mind” with the subtitle “A search for the origins of Art, Religion and Science.” In many respects, this book has been touted as being more influential than anything that is written before in the history of Cognitive Archeology. So what makes Mithen’s book so influential? The following are the reasons why I think this is so: 1.) It is very easy to read - If you ask me for a list of the top five recommended books to read on Cognitive Archeology, the “Pre-history of the mind” would probably be number one on my list. Having read thousand of pages of books and articles on cognitive archeology, this is probably the best one I have come across that is so easy to read. The reason for this is because Mithen intended this to be so. In the preface he wrote “I have tried to write a book that makes evidence from prehistory … [Read more...]
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