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We're curious minds, hackers and tinkerers. We love to tweak our tools. But our most important and wonderful tool is our own brain. How can we understand what's going on so we can hack it? This is the full-text slide deck for "Hack Your Brain". You can find all the trivia in "Hack Your Brain - Trivia" and a french (lighter) version in "Hack Your Brain - FR".

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@abelar_s - maitre-du-monde.fr

hAcK yOuR brAin

These are full-text slides for « Hack Your Brain »

The talk’s slides are lighter because too much text annoys and distracts the audience.You will find more details here.

@HumanTalks 12/02/2013

Trivia: https://speakerdeck.com/abelar_s/hack-your-brain-triviamercredi 13 février 2013

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‣EPITA, Faveod, ParisRB‣Ruby depuis 2006‣Rails depuis 2007

GMathieu

Who am I ?

mercredi 13 février 2013

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Who am I ?‣EPITA, Faveod, ParisRB‣Ruby since 2006‣Rails since 2007

And I have some heroes. For Science.‣ they’re in no particular order‣ they may have much, much more trivia‣some of these fun facts might be myths

mercredi 13 février 2013

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iNtelliGence

Leonardo da Vincimercredi 13 février 2013

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What is it?

Sorry, I can’t and won’t define it

‣ is it some quantity?‣ you’re smart‣ he’s talented‣ she has a gift

‣or a kind of muscle?‣ you worked hard‣ he spent hours on this!‣ she’s put a lot of effort

Albert Einstein

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The problem is Kurt Gödel

when you’re at a limit

‣you’re not smart‣ you’re ashamed‣ you will never succeed‣ your ego will not want to try

hard things you might fail

‣work on it!‣ I failed? I didn’t work enough‣ Get out of comfort zone‣ Seek challenges, get better!

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Genius! Évariste Galois

geniuses don’t exist

‣ that’s about respect‣ he’s smart? he earned it‣ don’t dismiss his hard work

‣and self-respect‣ you can be a genius too!‣ it’s never too late

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QED Karl-Friedrich Gauss

the sky’s the limit

‣self-fulfilling prophecy‣ the first step is believing‣ think you can’t? you won’t!

‣put the extra effort‣ go from good to great‣ rate yourself on 10‘000 not 10

‣ form habits‣ make 110% become your 100%‣ don’t let 80% become 100%

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eXpertiSe

http://www.smbc-comics.com/?id=2722

SMBC, by @ZachWeiner

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Mastery Grigori Perelman

Guess what? I can’t and won’t define it

‣Beginner‣ knows some rules

‣Skilled‣ knows and applies the rules

‣Expert‣ understands the rules‣ combine them into new stuff

‣Master‣ innovates, teaches‣ breaks the rules, innovates‣ « feels », has a trained instinct

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10‘000 hours‣will 10‘000h make me an expert?‣deliberate practice‣ explorations‣ serendipity‣ questions

Bobby Fischer

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Read more...‣Terrence Tao : http://terrytao.wordpress.com/career-

advice/there’s-more-to-mathematics-than-rigour-and-proofs/

‣SMBC ! http://www.smbc-comics.com/?id=2722 ‣Google « 10‘000 hours »

Srinivasa Ramanujan

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MemORy

Archimedesmercredi 13 février 2013

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Memory Benjamin Franklin

I won’t define it either ;)but there’s lots of research and it’s

getting better understood

‣ It’s actually a graph

‣we’re storingmany, many bits of knowledge

‣we’re retrievingbetter if they’re woven together

‣ similarities / differencesto what we already know

‣ works better if it’s personal

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Forgetting‣Reinforcement ‣Spacing

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Experiences

‣ themes and categories‣ relate new things to known stuff

‣add emotions‣ how does this make you feel?

‣add examples‣ remember abstract stuff

by their concrete examples

‣Look at ankisrs.net‣ also used in duolingo et al.

« Rasta » Liebniz

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tOOlbOX

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Be stupid!http://www.scotthyoung.com/blog/tag/studying/

‣Feynman Technique‣ ask « stupid » questions‣ don’t get lost at the start!‣ use simpler words‣ add analogies / metaphors‣ you might find errors

in the common wisdom

‣Subtle variationsisn’t this ringing a bell?‣ Lean Startup‣ Fail fast

Richard Feynman

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Hirschfield’s rules‣ http://blog.creativethink.com/2006/11/tom_hirshfields.html

1. set targets: not too small, nor too big2. don’t look at details first3. rephrase4. try another direction5. explain to other people6. transforming a problem into another problem7. if it’s surprising, it’s useful8. study the inverse problem9. analyze your own methods10. ask « why this? »

Marie Curie

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QED Grace Hopper

Have you noticed?these are actually tips to:

‣ time management‣ like setting priorities

‣hacking motivation‣ getting results is a key

‣better health‣ hacking yourself is

caring about yourself

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Questions ?

Thanks!

maitre-du-monde.fr

@abelar_s: - twitter

- slideshare-speakerdeck

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CreditsEntrepreneur Infographic: Kanjishttp://www.kickstarter.com/projects/annavital/becoming-an-entrepreneur-infographic-book

Zach Weiner: Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal, « 11 lives » comic: http://www.smbc-comics.com/?id=2722

Gotlib: La Rubrique à Brac : Isaac Newtons

GMathieu: Normalien / Centralien / Alien

Unknown: Archimedes & Rasta Liebniz...

Alan Turingmercredi 13 février 2013