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Data engineer, traveller, cat lover, and dreamer. ॐ
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"Data scientists spend 80% of their time cleaning data, and 20% of their time complaining about cleaning data." #Data #DataScience #DataScientists #DataScientist #sayings
Medios locales holandeses calificaron el concierto de @karolg en Amsterdam de ayer como un excelente show. 5/5. Excelente performance, una vibra espectacular, y la interacción de Karol con el público fue una belleza. Muy orgullosa de la bichota 😍
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Hola, soy demógrafo. en estos días de incendios forestales en Colombia empiezan a oirse las voces de quienes gritan que la culpa de la crisis climática es que hay mucha gente en el mundo y que lo mejor que podemos hacer para salvar el planeta es no tener hijos. esto no es cierto
JAJAJAJAJA que joya. Top crossovers inesperados: Mariah Carey ft Checo Acosta 🤣🤣
#SismosColombiaSGC Evento Sísmico - Boletín Preliminar, 2023-08-17, 12:04 hora local. Magnitud 5.9. #NoticiaEnDesarrollo #Temblor #Sismo ¿Sintió este sismo? repórtelo https://t.co/pgC7OC2O7j Más información: https://t.co/h4VVP0556L
What is your brain doing when you are doing absolutely nothing?
A neuroscientist wanted an answer to that question.
So she conducted the first brain-imaging study of brain activity when the brain is in a "resting state"—free of inputs/free to wander.
The results are interesting...
The neuroscientist Dr. Nancy Andreasen used a positron emission tomography (PET) scan to study brain activity when the brain is at "wakeful rest"
When you are doing absolutely nothing:
"We found activations in multiple regions of the association cortex," Dr. Andreasen wrote. "We were not [seeing] a passive silent brain during the ‘resting state,’ but rather a brain that was actively connecting thoughts and experiences.”
Essentially, Dr. Andreasen demonstrated that the brain defaults to creativity.
When you are doing absolutely nothing, the brain engages in what the researchers termed "random episodic silent thought" or REST.
And during REST, the brain "uses its most human & complex parts."
Takeaway 1: Doing nothing promotes creativity.
Raymond Chandler, Neil Gaiman, Dr. Suess, George Lucas, and many other writers all have/had a similar habit.
They gave themselves two options:
a) You don’t have to write.
b) You can’t do anything else.
@neilhimself explains:
"I go down to my lovely little gazebo at the bottom of the garden, sit down, and I’m absolutely allowed not to do anything...I'm not allowed to do a crossword, read a book, phone a friend...all I’m allowed to do is absolutely nothing, or write. But writing is actually more interesting than doing nothing after a while."
Takeaway 2: REST
Resting, Dr. Andreasen wrote, “allows the association cortices of the brain to converse in a free & uncensored manner.”
This is why ideas come to us in the shower, on walks, and when daydreaming.
A favorite example of this: @Lin_Manuel had the idea for “Hamilton” on vacation:
"I was on a pool float with a margarita in my hand and had a moment when my brain could unplug. [It was his first vacation in 7 years]. The moment my brain got a moment's rest, the best idea I've ever had in my life walked into it."
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“If a plant only gets sunlight, it’s very harmful. It needs darkness too…In the darkness, it converts oxygen into carbon dioxide. We are like that too. We need periods of doing & periods of non-doing.” — Robert Pirsig
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![bpoppenheimer's tweet photo. What is your brain doing when you are doing absolutely nothing?
A neuroscientist wanted an answer to that question.
So she conducted the first brain-imaging study of brain activity when the brain is in a "resting state"—free of inputs/free to wander.
The results are interesting...
The neuroscientist Dr. Nancy Andreasen used a positron emission tomography (PET) scan to study brain activity when the brain is at "wakeful rest"
When you are doing absolutely nothing:
"We found activations in multiple regions of the association cortex," Dr. Andreasen wrote. "We were not [seeing] a passive silent brain during the ‘resting state,’ but rather a brain that was actively connecting thoughts and experiences.”
Essentially, Dr. Andreasen demonstrated that the brain defaults to creativity.
When you are doing absolutely nothing, the brain engages in what the researchers termed "random episodic silent thought" or REST.
And during REST, the brain "uses its most human & complex parts."
Takeaway 1: Doing nothing promotes creativity.
Raymond Chandler, Neil Gaiman, Dr. Suess, George Lucas, and many other writers all have/had a similar habit.
They gave themselves two options:
a) You don’t have to write.
b) You can’t do anything else.
@neilhimself explains:
"I go down to my lovely little gazebo at the bottom of the garden, sit down, and I’m absolutely allowed not to do anything...I'm not allowed to do a crossword, read a book, phone a friend...all I’m allowed to do is absolutely nothing, or write. But writing is actually more interesting than doing nothing after a while."
Takeaway 2: REST
Resting, Dr. Andreasen wrote, “allows the association cortices of the brain to converse in a free & uncensored manner.”
This is why ideas come to us in the shower, on walks, and when daydreaming.
A favorite example of this: @Lin_Manuel had the idea for “Hamilton” on vacation:
"I was on a pool float with a margarita in my hand and had a moment when my brain could unplug. [It was his first vacation in 7 years]. The moment my brain got a moment's rest, the best idea I've ever had in my life walked into it."
---
“If a plant only gets sunlight, it’s very harmful. It needs darkness too…In the darkness, it converts oxygen into carbon dioxide. We are like that too. We need periods of doing & periods of non-doing.” — Robert Pirsig
Follow me @bpoppenheimer for more content like this!](https://pbs.twimg.com/media/Fr_l8F9WwAAyaFB.jpg)
Nodal officer and appellate authority as @IndiGo6E customer relations is not listening to my request for CASH COMPENSATION & TRYING TO CLOSE MY CASE WITH A LOUSY 5000RS VOUCHER! Answer me! I want justice! ⚖️ @IndianConsumerF Is this the standard of Indigo airlines?? @JM_Scindia
Reaching new lows @IndiGo6E ! 😡 I TOLD YOUR CUSTOMER RELATIONS THAT TRAVEL VOUCHER IS USELESS FOR ME! Still that's what they offer? UNBELIEVABLE, thats the best they can do! Do better! STOP EXPLOITING CUSTOMERS! GIVE CASH COMPENSATION! #PeopleVsIndigo @IndianConsumerF
Where is my luggage? 🧳@TurkishAirlines you can't wash off responsibility!!😠 ATLEAST CONFIRM IF MY LUGGAGE WAS BOARDED FROM AMSTERDAM & REACHED ISTANBUL!! @IndiGo6E has not found the bag in Istanbul, how can you deny help before doing any investigation! ⚖️ @igairport @Ksamsunlu
Where is my luggage 🧳 @TurkishAirlines? It's my right as a costumer to know WHETHER MY LUGGAGE WAS BOARDED FROM AMSTERDAM AND REACHED ISTANBUL!!! Is this so hard to tell me? WHY DON'T YOU WANT TO HELP A CUSTOMER??! Why was my case closed? @Ksamsunlu please help to find my bag!
My friend is struggling a lot with her missing luggage with little or no support from @IndiGo6E
It's not the first time I read these stories....
Where is my luggage 🧳 @IndiGo6E ? "We're working on it" , "We will call you in 24 hours". Hearing this everyday from your customer/ baggage service for the last 3 days! I'm stressed, got no stuff 😠I need an interim compensation to pay for the incurred expenses! ⚖️ @JM_Scindia
Dancing is one of my favorite things to do. Along with gravedigging, conducting autopsies, and glaring uncomfortably.
Thanks @imaginedragons for spending 1,138 minutes with me in 2022. I couldn’t stop listening to Bones. #SpotifyWrapped https://t.co/dHON9nILeg
Aquí estamos listas, con el corazón en la mano, apoyando a nuestra @FCFSeleccionCol Femenina Sub17 y a nuestra Selección Femenina de Fútbol de Salón. 🇨🇴⚽
¡Buena suerte campeonas!.
Me alegra ver a mi país unido por la pasión del fútbol, ojalá logremos ser así siempre. 🕊️💪🏿
En mi visita a la @NASAKennedy, tuve la oportunidad de compartir con @AlondraNelson46 y @EUzoOkoro46. Es un orgullo para mí poder conocer a otras mujeres afro que lideran desde el conocimiento y la ciencia, procesos transcendentales para la humanidad.
En el #DiaInternacionalDeLaJuventud envío un abrazo a toda la juventud de Colombia. Hoy resaltamos sus luchas y valentía, como motor para la construcción de un país en paz, con justicia social, racial y de género. Ustedes son el presente y sin uds no hay futuro.
Un encuentro fraterno y constructivo con @LulaOficial quien expresó su amor por Colombia y su deseo de apoyarnos en el logro de la Paz y el bienestar del pueblo Colombiano.
Gracias Lula, gracias Brasil por su hermandad.
My thoughts on the Supreme Court's decision to overturn Roe v. Wade.
Votamos por nuestro futuro ✊🏼
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