Life & Brain Tips

Your brain doesn't have to be made of jello.

Don't think your brain is a poodle.

If the thought comes eventually, that's half the battle. Then all you have to do is remember it. Or, just be hyper-creative.

Some of the smartest people don't even realize it. Never take an I.Q. test, it will ruin you.

Study easy subjects and then apply them to hard ones.

Work hard on things you are sure to accomplish.

Solve big questions as soon as possible.

Make logic depend on big questions.

Ignore triviality unless you want to solve problems, or if it entertains your mind.

Write until you gain experience, then write better.

Every now and again, add new technical tools to your vocabulary.

Work at your own level unless you want to learn something.

Choose your attitude wisely.

Behave like your superiors or you will miss the show.

Orient yourself towards the most profound quest.

Identify the trouble-makers.

Avoid gambling and other poor financial choices.

Learn the harmony of your body without causing distress to your spirit.

Believe in gods, but more than that, believe in the gods' arguments and truth.

Nathan Coppedge answers: "What is life in a nutshell?"

Via Quora:

Life is meaning and morals.

Sometimes there's meaning, and sometimes ethical behavior is required.

If there's no meaning, and no ethics, then it's like there's nothing there.

Maybe art, but that's kind of like being in limbo.

We can try to preserve what we have, but if it's not meaningful, it probably has a moral.

If there's no moral and no meaning, what do we have, science?

Science is logical so it is meaningful, or it's not science.

Everything lies between art and science, and between meaning and morals.

In the middle there's logic. But logic by itself doesn't mean anything unless we know how to apply it.

Another view is the view of philosophers, which is not so different.

We can divide life into Metaphysics, Logic, and Ethics, or we can divide life into Modes, Systems, and Values.

We start with a modality, and if it isn't good, we get punished. 

Sometimes we can preserve logic in a system.

If we don't have meaning we find values.

If we don't have values or meaning we get depressed.

If we avoid depression we find philosophy.

If there are unsolved questions then science and logic get involved, or maybe existentialism. 

That's about it.

Original Link: https://www.quora.com/What-is-life-in-a-nutshell/answer/Nathan-Coppedge