Reconfigurable Expert

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A Passionate Life

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If you name your emotions, you can tame them, according to new research that suggests why meditation works. Brain scans show that putting negative emotions into words calms the brain’s emotion center. That could explain meditation’s purported emotional benefits, because people who meditate often label their negative emotions in an effort to “let them go.

— Brain Scans Reveal Why Meditation Works

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Isn’t that the whole _idea_ behind Chrome? :) (via jluster)

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Just because you know a statement and proof of Fundamental Lemma X, you shouldn’t take that lemma for granted; instead, you should dig deeper until you really understand what the lemma is all about: Can you find alternate proofs?
If you know two proofs of the lemma, do you know to what extent the proofs are equivalent? Do they generalise in different ways? What themes do the proofs have in common? What are the other relative strengths and weaknesses of the two proofs?
Do you know why each of the hypotheses are necessary?
What kind of generalizations are known/conjectured/heuristic?
Are there weaker and simpler versions which can suffice for some applications?
What are some model examples demonstrating that lemma in action?
When is it a good idea to use the lemma, and when isn’t it?
What kind of problems can it solve, and what kind of problems are beyond its ability to assist with?
Are there analogues of that lemma in other areas of mathematics?
Does the lemma fit into a wider paradigm or program?

— Learn and relearn your field