Brain Myth

Many animals can use their brains to do some of the things that humans can do, such as finding creative ways to solve problems, exhibiting self-awareness, showing empathy toward others and learning how to use tools. But although scientists can't agree on a single definition of what makes a person intelligent, they do generally agree that humans are the most intelligent creatures on Earth. In our "bigger is better" society, then, it might stand to reason that humans should have the biggest brains of all animals, because we're the smartest. Well, not exactly.

The relationship between brain size and intelligence isn't really about the actual weight of the brain; it's about the ratio of brain weight to the entire body weight. For humans, that ratio is about 1-to-50. For most other mammals, it's 1-to-180, and for birds, it's 1-to-220. The brain takes up more weight in a human than it does in other animals.

Intelligence also has to do with the different components of the brain. Mammals have very large cerebral unlike cortex’s, birds, fish or reptiles. 

“If I could put my brain in her body, the world would be mine for the taking.” ― Susan Elizabeth Phillips, Match Me If You Can

Tongue Twisters

Tongue Twisters are not only for light-hearted linguistic fun and games. They serve a practical purpose in practicing pronunciation. English tongue twisters may be used by foreign students of English to improve their accent, actors who need to develop a certain accent, and by speech therapists to help those with speech difficulties.

When their use is for one of these more serious reasons, then tongue twisters are generally subdivided into categories classifying them by the particular vowel or consonant sounds they exercise. The Peter Piper twister, for example, clearly provides practice for the P sound.

Tongue twister not only add the challenge of proper pronunciation of difficult words and syllables, but also have been shown to effectively help rhythm and tone, as well as adding fun, interest and humor to an otherwise dull set of drills. They boost confidence and aid with the development of a sense of humor in children, and can make sometimes stressful speech therapy more light-hearted and easier on the individual. Because of their very nature, tongue twisters are fun for not only individuals, but also for the whole family, and can easily become a game for parents and children, or even a professional practicing their skill….

If you understand, say "understand".
If you don't understand, say "don't understand".
But if you understand and say "don't understand".
How do I understand that you understand? Understand!

Cryptology

Decode this quote by Thomas Henry Huxley, address on university education delivered at the formal opening of John Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland…

                                                                               

"I ONANTC AYS HTTA I AM IN ETH TEHLSGITS GRDEEE SPEDIMRSE BY RYUO SSGEBIN, OR RYUO AILTMEAR EEURSRCSO, AS HSCU. ZSEI IS ONT RRDENUGA, DAN RYRTEITRO SEDO ONT EMKA A ITAONN. ETH TEGAR USISE BTOAU HHIWC SANHG ERTU TYBLISUMI, DAN ETH RRTREO OF NGARVEOHNIG ETAF, IS AHWT RAE UYO IONGG TO DO HIWT LAL EESTH SINGHT ?"

"I CANNOT SAY THAT I AM IN THE SLIGHTEST DEGREE IMPRESSED BY YOUR BIGNESS, OR YOUR MATERIAL RESOURCES, AS SUCH. SIZE IS NOT GRANDEUR, AND TERRITORY DOES NOT MAKE A NATION. THE GREAT ISSUE, ABOUT WHICH HANGS TRUE SUBLIMITY, AND THE TERROR OF OVERHANGING FATE, IS WHAT ARE YOU GOING TO DO WITH ALL THESE THINGS ?"

 The words were jumbled to make you jumble along;)

Mind Quotes

The eye sees only what the mind is prepared to comprehend.

ROBERTSON DAVIES, quoted in The Wordsworth Dictionary of Quotes

To know psychology ... is no guarantee that we shall manage our minds rightly.

WILLIAM GLOVER, Know Your Own Mind

The will ... is the driving force of the mind. If it's injured, the mind falls to pieces.

AUGUST STRINDBERG, The Father

Biology gives you a brain. Life turns it into a mind.

JEFFREY EUGENIDES, Middlesex

Those who exert the first influence upon the mind, have the greatest power.

HORACE MANN, 

The mind grows by what it feeds on.

JOSIAH GILBERT HOLLAND, Lessons in Life 

Nothing is at last sacred but the integrity of your own mind.

RALPH WALDO EMERSON, Essays

Only in quiet waters things mirror themselves undistorted. Only in a quiet mind is adequate perception of the world.

HANS MARGOLIUS, quoted in A Toolbox for Humanity

“Thinking Cap” - How many times I have been ambushed with this term? My simple counting skills also fail to acknowledge that. When in thinking mode will still believe I’m wearing it, cause have been so much fed on this term. A 'thinking cap' was previously known by the appealing name as 'considering cap'. The figure who comes to mind when wondering such a cap is Sherlock Holmes. There's no record of his wearing a cap to accompany the jacket though. Nevertheless, such caps possibly did exist. The 'considering cap' is explained at great length, in fiction at least, in The History of Little Goody Two-Shoes, 1765, which usefully includes an etching too. I can't find any concrete record of actual considering or thinking caps. Nevertheless, the metaphor must have arisen for a reason and the use of real thinking caps is as good a reason as any. Citations which include lines like "I must put on my thinking cap" are ambiguous as it is difficult to determine whether they refer to actual headgear. I'll pass this one over to the archaeologists. The one I wore was imaginary one although researchers have recently built something that sounds a lot like a real one. Using a simple form of electrical stimulation, it seems to speed up the brain's natural learning process. Given a chance will still go for my imaginary one as there is no end of making myself handicap to the easiest.

THINKTHINKTHINKTHINKTHINKTHINKTHINKTHINKTHINKTHINK

When two airplanes almost collide why do they call it a near miss? It sounds like a near hit to me!

Why do you press harder on the remote-control when you know the battery is dead?

Why are they called apartments, when they're all stuck together?

Why is carrot more orange than an orange?

Why are they called buildings when they are already finished? Shouldn't they be called builts?

Strangely no answers are to be awaited in this as they should only make you ponder….

Rub your eyes with your brains, I have got something new for you. Uncountable times you have used these two but failed to notice that how much more it holds for you. ‘Human’ & ‘Humor’ the first three mirroring each other than we have is ‘an’ & ‘or’, which are used as add-ons in our daily meals. The two Human & Humor reminding each other that we both stand incomplete without the other. Humorism was a model for the workings of the human body. It was systemized in Ancient Greece, although its origins may go back further still. In this theory, humors existed as liquids within the body and were identified as blood, phlegm, black bile and yellow bile. These were in turn associated with the fundamental elements of air, water, earth and fire. In short I learnt that we have a scientific stand to survive our self with Humor, the one which instantly lights your face with the others…

·        How do you make the number one disappear?
Gone

·        They come out at night without being called, and are lost in the day without being stolen. What are they?

Stars

·        You draw a line. Without touching it, how do you make the line longer?

You draw a another shorter line next to it

·        If an electric train is travelling south, which way is the smoke going?
Electric train has no smoke

·        A man was driving his truck. His lights were not on. The moon was not out. Up ahead, a woman was crossing the street. How did he see her?
It was a bright sunny day

Instead of bringing one from the many, lets walk down to understand the significance of idioms. Idioms shine out to their own light. Learning a language is hard enough! Remembering vocabulary and syntax is a job in itself. With idioms comes a whole sliding scale that can vary from person to person. A phrase where the words together have a meaning that is different from the dictionary definitions. Often metaphorical and make the language more colorful. People can use them to express something more vividly and often more briefly. Serving as an image or mental picture have a hidden meaning to it. The total number of phrases used around the world is quite staggering, yet you might only be able to name & hear a few. Phrases are interesting which adds more flavor to you. Mastering it will carve out a better you….

         ·        What comes down but never goes up?
Rain

·        I’m tall when I’m young and I’m short when I’m old. What am I?
A Candle

·        What is the longest word in the dictionary?
Smiles...Cos there is mile between both S

·        What has hands but cannot clap?
A Clock

·        What goes up but never comes down?
Age

Did I tell u if any of my above contents seems violating. 

Kindly contact Google & Flipboard. Make sure you don't leave them until you get a proper answer on the same.

Lots of laughter.....Thank You