#LearnedToday 21 by shakeeb.in
All those who are impressive orators imo, have this one thing in common: they have normal SPEAKING tone while they speak in public. Not that painfully formal and obviously fake one.
Be it Muzaffar Master or Imteyaz bhai in Kamptee markaz, or internationally recognised like Nouman Ali Khan, Qasim Ali Shah, Mufti Tariq Masood and Dr. Israr Ahmad.
Remember: it doesn't necessarily mean they use very simple words either. Dr. Israr for example.
Tags: Public Speaking
#LearnedToday 22 by shakeeb.in
Bookmarks in browsers are not just bookmarks.🎉😄
Ever copied from Wikipedia? Those references are annoying, aren't they?
I used to remove them using regular expressions, which I'm not an expert at, but manage to do stuff I want with Google's help.
The other day, I randomly checked it on SuperUser and found that you can use a browser's bookmark to run JavaScript code.
Tada. I have a bookmark now, and when I click it, it removes all references from Wikipedia text. Will write a short blog post and teach you guys how to use it.
Tags: Technical
#LearnedToday 23 by shakeeb.in
Tags: GK
Soaps are considered as self-cleaning. So if you were not sharing it with anyone because of your hygiene, well, don't be a douche bag and let them use it.
You don't even have to wash it before use. Gross? I know, but that's how it is.
Even if some bacteria stays on the soap, it is still soap. And you're are going to use water eventually, so don't worry.
#LearnedToday 24 by shakeeb.in
Tags: Philosophy, Life
Fish-love vs True-love
To sum up, he says that it's not actually love when we love something/someone because it pleases us. Love teaches you to be selfless.
“Now that part of me has become in you, there's part of me in you that I love.” - Abraham Twerski
Ref: True love explained by Abraham Twerski [YouTube]
#LearnedToday 25 by shakeeb.in
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Tags: Life, Philosophy
Is having a complex vocabulary a sign of superior intelligence?
There is a correlation, but having a complex vocabulary won't make you more intelligent. Intelligent people are viewed as intelligent because they can communicate their ideas effectively, which requires a complex vocabulary. Intelligent thought in itself has no value, unless it can be communicated in an idea or manifested into action.
Having a complex vocabulary also shows that you're probably well-read and you have a wide range of knowledge, which are signs of an intelligent person.
So, intelligent people aren't intelligent because they have large vocabularies, they have large vocabularies because they are intelligent.
Ref: r/insightfulquestions, Michael Eric Dyson and Jordan Peterson Debate on YT
#LearnedToday 26 by shakeeb.in
Tag: Psychology
Expertise Bias
All sorts of specialized knowledge can make experts see everybody around them as morons.
You might think what you're explaining is obvious, or the work you told them to do is easy; but it is 'obvious' and 'easy' for YOU, not for them. Be patient.
If you're the expert on something, try to recognize that other people aren't experts and cut them some slack. And if you know an expert who gets frustrated when they have to field the same basic requests or questions again and again, cut them some slack, too.
Ref: Psychology Today
#LearnedToday 27 by shakeeb.in
Tag: Biology
What is exactly is the "lump" in throat before you start to cry?
Your throat, which starts as a single tube eventually splits into two tubes: one going to your lungs and the other going to your GI tract.
"The expansion of the glottis in and of itself does not create a lumpy feeling, until we try to swallow. Since swallowing involves closing the glottis, this works against the muscles that open the glottis in response to crying. We experience the resulting muscle tension as a lump in the throat."
Basically the glottis is the vocal chords and their opening.
Ref: eli5 Reddit
#LearnedToday 28 by shakeeb.in
Tag: Philosophy
Islam promotes the idea that the materialistic world is just not worth the attention we give to it. So the pain we get isn't that big of a deal tbh.
“Stoicism” has the same ideology - the fortune of pain and pleasure. And most of the world out there is basically leveraging on it to fight anxiety, stress, low self-esteem and the likes.
How much do you care about the world and people around you? All the time. And how often do you try to make yourself happy? Answer yourself.
I disagree with a few points in Stoicism, however. But that's just because we associate religion with what happens, which Stoicism doesn't require.
Ref: Wiki, YT
#LearnedToday 29 by shakeeb.in
Tag: Language, Linguistics
Had always wondered why isn't there a proper representation of letters in latin alphabets. The charts before dictionaries used to confuse me.
For example, why do they assume that "a p sound already has an h attached to it" etc.
Phew. Apparently there IS a standard. Maybe will help me someday in some project.
Quote from wiki:
"The International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA) is an alphabetic system of phonetic notation based primarily on the Latin alphabet. It was devised by the International Phonetic Association in the late 19th century as a standardized representation of the sounds of spoken language." Unquote.
P.s: Came across this going through some farsi stuff.
Ref: Wikipedia
#LearnedToday 30 by shakeeb.in
Tag: Language, Linguistics
The letter "w" is pronounced "double u" because back in the days, they literally used to write two u's in its place.
Later, they replaced uu by w. Invention of typewriter promoted it even more.
Ref: Reddit