Always Be Better

Hello, and welcome to "Always Be Better" with Mel Windham. Do you ever wonder how some people get to be so smart? Well, today I'm going to introduce two simple tricks I've used throughout my whole life with much success, and chances are, you may already be using these tools without realizing. First off is what is commonly called the Chinese Room. Back in the 80's, a philosopher named John Searle introduced this idea. Imagine a room full of people. The door is shut, and all they have inside is paper, pencils, and a very large instruction book. None of the people can speak Chinese, but they can follow instructions.  Outside the room, a Chinese speaker can write a sentence on a piece of paper, and pass it through a slot. Then the people inside can follow the instructions in the large book to produce a response. Now, these instructions don't teach how to read Chinese, but rather, they are step-by-step instructions on how to process the inputs in order to produce ...

Hello, and welcome back to "Always Be Better" with Mel Windham. Today we will enter the mind and learn an effective way of thinking -- a tool I've used through most of life with much success. I'm talking about the scientific method, which is not much more than being inquisitive, seeking out answers, learning more, trying new things, adapting, and coming out better in the end. Let's take a closer look at the scientific method. The beginning of our journey is to first: NOTICE something. Do we see something strange? Do we wonder if perhaps there is something new we might not understand? Or in short -- do we have a question? We then APPROACH the the question. See what we can learn. What have others already figured out? How can we look further into it? Often this will answer our question, but sometimes we may find that we've stumbled on something completely new.  We can then form a HYPOTHESIS. We state our conjecture -- what we think explains our strange observat...