I Think, therefore I am
This theory proposes that reality is simulated, and you're nothing more than a brain in a jar connected to a computer
Brain-in-a-Vat Theory
Make 24 using:
0,1,4,6
0+1*4*6=24
I think my brain is merely a receiver, is a something said by this man
Nikola Tesla
There are 10 evenly spaced flags on a track. I start at the first flag and run at a constant speed towards the tenth flag. I pass the fifth flag after 1 minute. How long will it take me to get to the tenth flag?
9/4*1 = 2 minutes 15 seconds
This man is credited toward the discovery that the subatomic world doesn't always behave as does our visible world.
Max Planck
Were I to be chained in this kind of cave, I wouldn't know reality from what I see
Plato's cave
What is 652?
6*7=42
652=4225
Boltzmann's brain is thought to randomly originate due to this kind of motion of particles
Brownian motion
I walk halfway to school at 4 mph, and bike the rest of the way at 12 mph. What is my average speed for the trip?
6 mph
23
I am an action potential and I want to cross the synaptic cleft into the next neuron! I need the help of this metal cation if I want to go across.
Calcium/Ca+2
What is the remainder when you divide
432,567,987,001 by 3?
1
The six senses are thought to be sight, vision, tactition, olfaction, gustation and this one
Proprioception
Two missiles speed towards each other, one at 39,000 mph and the other at 21,000 mph. They start off 1,517 miles apart. How far apart are the missiles one minute before they collide?
1,000 miles
This law predicted transistor density would double every 18 months, which is now approaching a plateau, albeit slowly.
Moore's Law
Alzheimer's disease, unlike other neuro-degenerative diseases is characterized by a buildup of this element in the cerebrum
Zinc
What's the next number in this sequence?
84, 12, 2, 2/5, 1/10...
84*1/7=12
12*1/6=2
2*1/5=2/5
2/5*1/4=2/20=1/10
1/10*1/3 = 1/30
This is the belief that the human brain is, in fact, not one whole, but a collection of discrete cells
The Neuron Doctrine
There are 10 red and 10 green skittles in a bag. How many blue skittles do I need to add so that the blue skittles are 1/5 of the total?
5
The visualization of electrons clouds was made possible by this
Mathematical equations
Though I remember who my first boyfriend (or girlfriend) was, I am not sure what their hair color was thanks to this neural phenomenon
Memory reconsolidation
What is 103 x 97?
1002-32=10,000-9=9,991
Though regarded as pseudoscientific, this is the notion that the mere physical structure of the brain is insufficient in creating the conscious mind
The Holonomic Brain Theory
You can cross out nine letters in such a way that the remaining letters spell out a single word.
NAISNIENLGELTETWEORRSD
Which letters did you eliminate?
NAISNIENLGELTETWEORRSD
grandparents - 4
great-grandparents - 8
great-great-grandparents - 16
great-great-great grandparents - 32
great-great-great-great grandparents 64