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Michael Forbus's Blog – March 2010 Archive (2)

HOW MULTITASKING LEADS TO IGNORANCE

How multitasking leads to ignorance

By Andrew Olendzki

© Mark Harwood

When the Buddha says, “I know of no single thing more conducive to great harm than an unrestrained mind,” I think he is referring, in part, to the current penchant for multitasking. When the mind tries to do several things at once, it does not do any of them very well. This is an empirical fact proven by numerous experiments, and it is easy to test out for yourself: try texting a message while… Continue

Added by Michael Forbus on March 21, 2010 at 6:59pm — 3 Comments

CO WRITING A BOOK ON POST HYSTERECTOMY, ANXIETY DISORDER AND MANIA, SEVERE OVER PRESCRIBING ESTROGEN PELLETS IMPLANTED AND ANTIDEPRESSANTS

AS YOU KNOW BY MY MANY BLOGS, I TYPICALLY WRITE ABOUT SPIRITUAL ISSUES AND ART. I AM NOW CO-AUTHORING A BOOK WITH A DEAR AND LONG TERM FRIEND OF MINE WHO HAS HAD SEVERE ISSUES WITH POST-HYSTERECTOMY PROBLEMS. SHE HAS SEEN MANY PSYCHIATRISTS, TAKEN MASSIVE AMOUNTS OF PRESCRIBED MEDICINES, IMPLANTED OVERDOSES OF ESTROGEN PELLETS AND ALMOST LOST HER ENTIRE FAMILY, LIFE, HER CAREER, WHICH WAS VERY SUCCESSFUL, AND HAS HAD MANY YEARS OF WONDERING WHAT HAPPENED. SHE MET A DOCTOR THROUGH A FRIEND AFTER… Continue

Added by Michael Forbus on March 2, 2010 at 2:00am — 1 Comment