Two SF Classics

Classic sci fi movies on You Tube -

Based on the Roger Zelazny book -
Damnation Alley

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YsKYJdHe4xo&ab_channel=BrunodiazIII

Richard Matheson's novel "I Am Legend" as the film -
Last Man On Earth

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nPK5rYXeOV4&ab_channel=billbellychik

CERN Scientists Break The Speed of Light

CERN scientists 'break the speed of light.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/science/8782895/CERN-scientists-break-the-speed-of-light.html

This Tape Will Self Destruct In ...

Much milder weather if less dry, but that is okay by me as long it is a dry day tomorrow as i zip over to Rainham for a charity shop visit.

The covert recording dongle is working fine. I uploaded a sample i made, and then transferred it as a file to my research company. I feel i should be wearing a trench coat , dark glasses, a code book stuffed in a jacket pocket , and some supplies such as French Galois ciggies. Plus, order martinis shaken not stirred.

Plus suitable music. Oh yes, John Barry's "Ipcress File Theme"

Sunday Musical Selection - Mixed Bag

Another eclectic collection of tunes today -

Count Ossie And The Mystic Revelation Of Rastafari - Four Hundred Years

( More music here )

( Lyrics )

I love this song and its lyrics.

Enjoy.

Reading & Comprehension

Speed Reading Promises Are Too Good to Be True, Scientists Find


http://www.psychologicalscience.org/index.php/news/releases/speed-reading-promises-are-too-good-to-be-true-scientists-find.html

I always thought that by reading different types of books , from fiction to history, science and philosophy, etc, and their level of comprehension is a far better measure of increasing your ability to speed read , and in fact the use of skimming , and selecting the crux of the material, before rereading at a deeper pace,makes comprehensions and remembrance of the material easier. As the article in the ;ink states -

"This doesn’t mean that we’re necessarily stuck reading at the same speed all the time, however. Research does show that effective skimming – prioritizing more informative parts of a text while glossing over others — can be effective when we’re only interested in getting the gist of what we’re reading, instead of a deeper, more comprehensive understanding.
In fact, data suggest that the most effective “speed readers” are actually effective skimmers who already have considerable familiarity with the topic at hand and are thus able to pick out key points quickly.
The one thing that can help boost overall reading ability, science shows, is practicing reading for comprehension. Greater exposure to writing in all its different forms provides us with a larger and richer vocabulary, as well as the contextual experience that can help us anticipate upcoming words and make inferences regarding the meaning of words or phrases we don’t immediately recognize.
Ultimately, there is no one ability or strategy that will enable us to zip through a novel in one sitting or process an inbox full of emails over the course of a lunch break."

More Members

Just a reminder to let you know that the community group positivismnow , whilst going from strength to strength, still needs more members to join and post their positive vibes, cute animal photos, salient aphorisms, funny cartoons, sketches and such like.

Have a quick gander, and i hope you too will say yes.