The Fittest Brains QCQ

"But for now the takeaway is clear. "More aerobic exercise!" for young people, Kuhn said."

I personally have felt an improvement in cognitive skills after a good workout and I feel like a lot of students in the school would be happier in school if we had a designated time for physical activity. And not just working out but for whatever makes exercise fun for that person.

I had to give up that time for myself to fulfill another obligation of mine and I have lacked energy I used to have.  And when moving during lectures I can stay awake longer, I know Rachel's class she has yoga balls for her students.



If this is so important why isn't more done to help the students in our school to make the time to have this kind activity? And if not, why are we not looking into other alternatives i.e. standing desks, yoga balls, etc.

The Book Of Numbers CQC

A.D.  stands  tor Anno  Domini which means "ln the  year of Our Lord"' but  by starting  at 1, the calendar is incorrectly celebrating  the first  birthday  of Christ  on the day he was  born.  On 2 A D , Christ was 1 year old' On 3 A.D.  he was 2 (ln fact the calendar is probably much more inaccurate than this' for according to Matthew  2, King Herod  was  alive when  Jesus was born, and historical  records show that Herod died in 4 B C' according to our calendar.)  So our calendar is in a bit of a mess.

This reminds me of how schools don't teach how Christopher Columbus tortured natives during his travels. It's like ignoring that a microwave doesn't actually heat up your food and not fixing it... well not really. But it's interesting how we don't change things when we know they're wrong. It's like running from the truth, and we have to face the truth to make progress. I'm probably talking crazy but if we fixed mathematical fallacies like our calendar I think it would incline children to think more mathematically and break that dislike for math many of the students in America have.

The Mindset Of A Champion CQC

"Finding #2: Those with the growth mindset found setbacks motivating. They're informative. They're a wake-up call"

When I read this I laughed out loud. I always thought it was logical and normal to learn from bad experiences in life instead of letting them take you down. But then I remembered a lot of people either have not the common sense, or haven't been taught to think that way about life. And what I observe is the mindset of "If it doesn't go my way I'm giving up" and I think that's a stigma plaguing our generation. A lot of mainstream music says screw the world if things aren't going perfectly. And it should really be the contrary, to be thankful that you have the opportunity to use bad experiences to enrich the future for the better.

What stops our culture from cultivating this mindset?

Lost in the Cosmos QCQ

"A few astronomers continue to think there may be a Planet X out there"

The section before it talks about a man's search for such a planet. But it also makes me curious. Is it not possible to say something could exist and when we find evidence that may not actually be it, craft it to fit anyway? The same concept applies with fortune telling as if the prediction is "He'll be tall" well that's very general and could fit many tall people. And finding a giant planet hovering just out of eye shot is also very general, there could be trillions of them. And who knows if we're doing this with hypotheses.

Bryson CQC

Bryson writes: "I am very pleased to tell you that until the late 1970's scientists didn't know the answers to these questions either. They just didn't talk about it very audibly.)"

This makes me wonder if scientists do the same thing today that when something very important is unknown it stays hushed until a possible answer is found. And when old information is proven false does it mean that because that old information that worked is replaced with the newest finding make things more accurate or is it just the same goal with many paths?