double blind

I find that when I am tired I am more likely to develop a thought roll but the longer I wait to write it down, the less sense it makes, much like dreams which vanish with time

I read an article that confirmed a belief I had concerning the efficacy of self-motivation, it stated that a personal goal is more likely to be accomplished when it is not public, interestingly, I am unsure if the reason I remember this article is because it agreed with my previous concept, if I had not found this article would I be so sure about its veracity (the idea not the article) and indeed would I have been open to contrasting beliefs if the article had found scientifically otherwise?

Is it possible that my subconscious is smart enough to have realized my conscious is defective? or the other way around? I don’t believe I am schizophrenic, but I sure sound like it sometimes, especially when I take care to document my beliefs and rationalizations rather than relying purely on memory.

This is the reason that I believe that all scientific research needs to be double blind, if you know the answer, the question is not real, it is merely an opinion in question form and those can be made to say anything

Words

• Surgent:

a rising; swelling, as a flood.

Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.

• Surgency:

is a personality attribute that is part of the Big Five personality traits, or the Five-factor model (FFM). It is most commonly referred to as the quality of extraversion. Other synonyms for surgency include dominance, self-confidence, competitiveness, outgoingness, and decisiveness. Surgency involves patterns of behaviour often exhibited in group settings and generally concerned with getting ahead in life. Such behavioural patterns often appear when someone is trying to influence or control others. Individuals lower in surgency prefer to work by themselves and have relatively little interest in influencing, controlling, or competing with others.

The word does not appear in standard dictionaries such as Merriam-Webster’s and Cambridge; thus it appears to be coined by Tupes and Christal or some earlier researcher.

• Meme:

consists of any idea or behavior that can pass from one person to another by learning or imitation. Examples include thoughts, ideas, theories, gestures, practices, fashions, habits, songs, and dances. Memes propagate themselves and can move through the cultural sociosphere in a manner similar to the contagious behavior of a virus.