Thought Provokers: 10/2/2024

It’s more socially acceptable to spread misinformation than to correct someone for spreading misinformation.

Optical illusions are malicious compliance between your eyes and brain.

A picture is worth 1000 words, but moving pictures can miss half the story.

Imagine how many masterpieces from unknown artists were lost to history - art we’ll never even know existed.

When you look up at the stars, you might be making inadvertent eye contact with an alien who’s also looking up at the stars.

For some, a grave is the only property they’ll ever own.

You’ve probably seen the same animal many times without realizing it.

It’s easy to be selfless when you don’t value yourself.

New Year's falling on the first day of spring would make more sense - with the whole death and rebirth cycle.

Humans generally tend to generalize our experiences as universal.

Crime scene investigators must love dust. Its slow buildup on practically every surface can tell them a lot about when events happened, and it only gets removed by very intentional human activity.

A bowl can hold everything a plate can, plus more stuff that a plate can’t. So, plates are unnecessary and just for looks.

Every innovation has a hidden cost. Perhaps the true challenge of progress is balancing advancement with the preservation of what we value most.

Thinking of a glass as half-full or half-empty isn’t nearly as important as realizing that you have the wrong glass size.

It’s a miracle there hasn’t been any attempt to remake “Back To The Future.”

Breadwinners lose the most.

The person you are today is indispensable to the person you want to become.

House would make an epic Doctor Who.

It is unclear whether someone who spends too much on loot boxes should seek help for a gambling or shopping problem.

It must be very stressful for a Geisha, who is in her kimono, which has many layers tightly wrapped together, to suddenly have to use the restroom.

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