Most of the time we as humans make snap judgements. We do this for a variety of reasons: its familiar, its routine, its easy, and it saves time. And . . . most of time this works for us.
Examples: Reaching for a carton of milk. We know what a carton of milk looks like. There …
Mind Trip of the Week #49: Too Quick to Judge
Mind Trip of the Week #45: Sneaky Game
Here is a quick fun game that leaves your friends scratching their head, until they figure out that you have . . . altered the conditions of the test!
Take three empty cups and arrange them in a row like this:
Then tell them that you get three turns. You must turn over two cups at …
Mind Trip of the Week #43: No really, it is my original idea.
Have you ever known someone who thought that they had just come up with the most brilliant idea only to be stunned later when they found out that it had already been discovered or said or done? And after you tell the person that the idea is not original, they insist that they came up …
Mind Trip of the Week #41: Making a Mind Trip
So, we here at the Mind Tripping Laboratories decided to try a little experiment with Mind Trippery since that is what we do! Take a look at the picture below.
This picture looks impossible, doesn’t it? I assure you this is not trick photography or image altering. This is how it looks . . . . …
Mind Trip of the Week #35: Sound Localization Confusion
Christian showed me a very interesting phenomenon. It involves you being able to do two things: snapping your fingers and finding another person to play along with your experiment. So go get a family member, friend, or co-worker.
Have the other person either stand relaxed with their arms by their side or sitting on a chair, …
Mind Trip of the Week #31: Dunkin Donuts Flavor Radio Experiment
In our Mind Tripping Show, we talk about influence, specifically subliminal influence. So when I saw an article about what Dunkin Donuts (DD) was doing in Seoul South Korea, I had to share it with everyone. Here is a summary of what DD has done:
On some of the commuter buses, DD installed air fresheners that …
Mind Trip of the Week #22: Sensing Color
It is said that some people can feel color just by touch. To try and see if this is something you can do, get a few different sheets of colored paper. I would start with only a few. Put them somewhere where you can’t see them and just by feeling them, see if you can …
Mind Trip of the Week #11 : Door to Paradise
As you know there is a part in our show where we talk about lying. Audience members are on stage with us trying their best to lie about their drawings. It is a very fun part of the show. This is a picture that was drawn this weekend:
So based on the concept of lying, I …
Mind Trip of the Week #3: Let’s Go Shopping
I want you to think about going shopping. You are very excited to buy some of your favorite items. You are going to drive to the mall and because of this you will drive through a few intersections. Picture the drive to your local mall in your mind and as you do spell …
Indy Reads Spelling Bee Fun
We had a fabulous time at the Indy Reads Spelling Bee. Here we are with Jeff Knurek (cartoonist for the Jumbles puzzle) and Tambra (a figure fitness competitor). Lou Harry from the IBJ was the Master of Ceremonies.
I am just happy that we did not have to try and spell these words. We even had …
