I like your site! I found it through a comment you left on RowdyKittens. I want to say that I studied science in college, and have applied experimental mindset to my own life – if I come upon a problem or something I want to improve, I experiment, I consider different factors involved. And what gets left out? Bias and judgment. It will always be there somewhat, but I’m much more un-biased towards how I choose to spend my time and what sorts of activities I’d like to pursue. Thanks for your thought-provoking post =]

The reason why I find these examples so fascinating is that they show how “hackable” the human body and mind is, and that if you put your mind on something, it’s possible to do impossible things. The productivity part is interesting too, but like you said, not a goal in itself (sometimes a good means for getting to your goals though).

BTW, nice to see that you’re blogging too!

@Lauri: Yeah, I need to add the RSS icon somewhere in this design too. The thing is that I’m still not happy with the looks and this is sort of work in progress… Thanks for the reminder, I had forgotten all about it.

@Lauri:

Makes you think differently about life and all the “truths” you hear from every direction. What is true actually?

Today I was experimenting with Twitter and got some new Followers there. :)

It got me this long to read this post, but now I added your blog to my RSS reader. So, maybe I’ll keep up with your posts better from now on. (BTW, you don’t have link to the feed on your site)
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I tried to read through some of the links you mentioned here, and I agree that you can program yourself to do anything you wish or achieve anything you really want. On the other hand I don’t agree that pure productivity should be the measurement for success. What I seek is balance between the extremes. But maybe I’ll check them out later, seemed kinda interesting! Thanks for the info anyway.
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Yes – you can always dream. That’s how we make it reality, right? Dream about it, then make it real.
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@Brett: Thanks! The Vibrams feel great so far. I have only run a short, 4 kilometer, test run so far, but I’ve been wearing them as my main shoes ever since buying them. I’ve been surprised how quickly my feet adapted to the shoes as I was expecting much more aches and pains.

Running completely unshod is something I’d like to try too at some point. Good to hear that you’re getting used to it. And the ultra marathons, I can’t wait to be in good enough shape to give it a try. I know that for me it’s still something from the distant future, but I can always dream, right? :)

@John: True, experimenting shouldn’t be something you associate with a classroom where a teacher tells you what you should experiment with. It’s so much better when your whole life is a lab where you try out things you are truly interested in figuring out.

@Mark: Well said! Let’s keep experimenting. :)

Another key with experiments is to write down what your predictions are. It might seem simple but this act improves learning a great deal.

My father wrote a paper on teaching design of experiments which captures the power of getting people to experiment on things they care about. This reinforces the power of curiosity, experimenting about things you care about is fun and rewarding. You are curious about things you care about. Unfortunately many associate experimenting with school labs which they didn’t care about and they had no curiosity for.
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Tim and Steve are two guys I look to for inspiration and ideas, all the time – very nice people too.

I hope you are enjoying your Vibrams – I have been using a set of Sprints since 2007 and I added a pair of KSO’s late last year. I’ve been running and walking in them for over two years and it is great.

What am I experimenting with? The Vibrams were sort of the lead up to going totally unshod, and it is amazing how the feet adapt. I can now do some longish runs (10 km) completely barefoot on pavement or concrete.

When I have to put shoes on (to go to work, for instance) – well, it just feels weird :)

My goal is to do an ultramarathon eventually (like the Tarahumara, something like that – I know I will do it, slow and steady). I have not read Chris’ book yet but it is on order…

-Brett