myelin thickness

The thicker the myelin around nerve icons, the faster the signal can be transferred, and therefore increase the accuracy and responsiveness of the muscles. Deep practice thickens the myelin.

talent code

Combination of deep practice, ignition, and master coaching. Master coach can individually ignite the passion and foster deep practice.

deep practice

Chunking the skill into smaller tasks to practice. Spend the time, slow things down to be deliberate, and fail a lot. Failures mean performing outside the comfort zone.

persistent bacteria

It is bacteria that can become dormant and evade antibiotics. Those bacterias have a higher chance to become antibiotic resistant bacteria. Dangerous!

habit replacement

When trying to break a bad habit, think and find out about the underlying reason or emotional needs for the habit. Find a replacement activity that can fulfill that need. It will be easier that way.

connect to other knowledge

When using AI to learn new things, ask it to explain the new thing in terms of some old and familiar fields. E.g. explains antifragile in terms of biology and gives me three examples.

AI as opponent

When reading books, can ask AI about the ideas in the book. Set it up as an opponent and provide examples when the idea does not apply and provide other experts and evidence supporting that view.

quizzing to learn

Ask AI to use some materials that you read or videos you watch to quiz about the concepts and ideas. Tell it to give some scenarios for you to apply what you learned from the materials. Actually applying the learning will improve learning.

full spectrum flow cytometry

Use 3-5 lasers and 30-60 detectors combination to get the full spectrum profiles of the dyes. That way, can do spectral unmixing.
It is really fast: 25k cells / sec for analysis and 15k cells / sec for sorting.