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adaptor proteins, 38, 39–40, 43, 46
ADHD (attention deficit hyperactivity disorder), x, xiv, 44
acceptance of, 29, 119, 196, 197
brainwaves and, 98–100
childhood and, 87
decision making and, 17, 101, 141, 185
gradient descent and, 139, 141
harmony/amplitude and, 92–3, 93, 98–106, 102, 105
information processing and, xi, 13, 98–9
insomnia and, 70
learning rate and, 141
memory and, 185–6
panic induced by, 77
patience and, 131, 133, 139, 225
reading and, 163–5
superpower, 29
time perception and, 13, 98, 131, 133, 139, 141
affinities (single interactions), 183
ageing, human, 148–9
agent-based modelling (ABM), 210–14, 215, 216, 219
algorithms, computer
decision making and, xii, 1–24, 8, 15, 128–30, 134, 138–41, 143, 146, 156–60, 158, 187, 188–93, 189, 195, 199, 202, 203–204
fuzzy logic and, 156–60
gradient descent algorithm, 125, 138–41, 143, 191
limitations of, 3
neural networks and, 187, 188–93, 189, 195, 198, 202, 203
supervised learning and, 4, 6, 23
unstructured, ability to be, 2
unsupervised learning and, 4, 5, 6, 10, 18, 21
see also machine learning
alienation, 98
alpha keratins, 32
alpha waves, 98
amino acids, 31–2
amplitude, 90–95, 96, 99, 100–104
anxiety
ADHD and see ADHD
ASD and see ASD
Asperger’s syndrome and see Asperger’s syndrome
attacks, 14, 70–71, 73, 83, 142
colour and, 70–71, 73, 102, 127
crowds and, 14, 70, 114–15, 121
decision making and, 12, 14, 16, 20, 51–2, 59, 61, 81, 83, 142
fear/light and, 70–71, 72–4, 74, 76, 77, 78–9, 80, 81, 82–5
GAD (generalized anxiety disorder), x–xi, 74, 197
goals and, 124, 134, 135, 137, 138, 142–3
information processing and, xi, 83
night terrors, 70
smell and, 12, 14, 70, 102, 127, 160, 164–5, 199, 201, 204
as a strength, 29, 82–4, 142–3
superpower, 29
texture and, 70
arguments, 38, 154, 156–60, 162, 183
artificial intelligence (AI), 3, 156, 186, 187, 188, 189, 215
ASD (autism spectrum disorder)
acceptance of, 197
Asperger’s syndrome and, xiii–xiv
Bayes’ theorem and, 155
crowds and, 115
decision making and, 6, 10, 12, 16
empathy and, 145
explained, x–xi
fear and, 70–71, 77, 80, 85, 86
memory and, 194
superpower, 29
Asperger’s syndrome, xiii–xiv
autism and, xiii–xiv
Bayes’ theorem and, 151–2
clubbing/music festivals and, 153, 201
empathy and, 145
fear/light and, 71–2
meeting people and, 151
memory and, 194–5
politeness and, 206
atom
chemical bonds and/atomic compounds, 165, 166, 167–71, 172, 173, 174, 176, 177, 178, 180, 181, 184
crowds and, 107, 111, 112, 114
light and, 75
autism see ASD (autism spectrum disorder)
avidity, 183
Bayes’ theorem, 151–6, 159, 162, 206
bee colonies, 36
beta waves, 98
bias, 153, 160, 162, 192, 196, 197, 202, 204
bonds, chemical, 165–84
bond length, 173
covalent, 168, 169, 170, 171, 173, 182, 183, 184
electromagnetic force, 175–6
evolution of over time, 180–83
four fundamental forces, 174–80, 179
gravitational force, 174–5
hydrophobic effect, 171–3
ionic, 169–71, 170, 173, 176, 180, 181, 184
strong (nuclear) force, 176–7
valency and, 173–4
weak (nuclear) force, 177–80, 182
boredom, xi, 41, 85, 87, 158, 163, 186, 192
box thinking, 5–12, 8, 17, 19–20, 23, 24
brainwaves, 98–100
Brown, Robert, 112
Brownian motion, 112–14, 113, 115
cancer, xii, 4, 45–7, 85, 118, 149, 219, 220
carbon dioxide, 168
cars
braking, 157
category failure, 22–3
cellular evolution, 146, 147–50, 148, 151
stem cells, 146, 147–8, 148, 149, 150
chaos, 13–15, 17, 21, 29, 48, 60
chemical bonds see bonds, chemical
childhood:
ADHD and, 87–8
neurodiversity at school, 25–8
time perception and, 126–8
Civilization V (video game), 108
compound, atomic, 167–71, 172, 180, 181
conditional probability, 153
conflict resolution, 157
connecting with others, 163–84
avidity and, 183
chemical bonds and, 165–84, 170
four fundamental forces and, 174–80, 179
fraying and decomposing connections, 180–84
see also bonds, chemical
consensus behaviours, understanding and modelling, 110–18
covalent bonds, 168, 169, 170, 171, 173, 182, 183, 184
crowds, 12, 14, 26, 70, 107–21, 113, 201
anxiety and, 14, 70, 114–15, 121
Brownian motion and, 112, 113, 115
consensus and, 110–18
decision making and, 108, 110, 111, 112
differences/diversity and, 111, 116–17, 118
diversity and, 117–18
dust particle movement and, 107–108, 111, 112, 113, 116
ergodic theory and, 115–20
full stop and, 107–108
individuality and, 115–21
Newton’s second law (force = mass × acceleration) and, 114
stereotypes and, 117
random walk, 113
stochastic (randomly occurring) process and, 115–16
data inputs, 190
decision making
box thinking and, 5–12, 8, 17, 19–20, 24
crowds and, 108, 110, 111, 112
equilibrium and, 66, 67, 68, 69
error, learning to embrace, 21–4
feedback loop and, 199, 202, 203–204
fuzzy logic and, 146, 156–60, 158
goals and, 128–30, 134, 137, 138–41, 142, 143, 191
gradient descent algorithm and, 138–41, 143, 191
homology and, 220
how to decide, 17–21
machine learning and, xii, 1–24, 128–30, 134, 138–41, 143, 146, 156–60, 158, 187, 188–93, 189, 195, 199, 202, 203–204
neural networks and, 187, 188–93, 189, 195, 198, 202, 203
probability and, 146
proteins and, 28, 36, 37, 38, 39, 42, 43, 46
tree, thinking like a and, 5–7, 10–24, 15
deep learning, 187, 188, 189–90
see also neural networks
delta waves, 98
depression, 100–103
differences/diversity, understanding/respecting, 25–47, 226
chemical bonds and, 165–6, 168, 169–71, 181–3
collaboration/success and, 45–7
empathy and, 149
evolution and, xii, 31, 45–7, 118, 120, 146, 147, 148, 148, 149
game theory and, 219
harmony and, 104–105
hierarchy and, 36
homology and, 221–2
order and, 61
proteins and, 28–30, 31, 34, 36–8, 39, 42, 43, 45, 46, 47
see also neurodiversity
diffusion, 113
dipole, 176
driverless cars, 189, 190–91, 202
dust particle movement, 107–108, 111, 112, 113, 116
electromagnetic force, 175–6
electrons, 131, 167–8, 169, 171, 173, 178, 181, 182, 183
Elements of Physical Chemistry, The, 52
empathy, xiii, 36, 60, 61, 62, 68, 106, 144–62, 206, 226
arguments and, 154, 157–60, 162
ASD and, 145
autism and, 145
cellular evolution and, 146, 147–50, 148, 151
difference, respecting and, 149
difficulty of, 145–6
evolution and, 161–2
eye contact and, 149
fuzzy logic and, 146, 156–60, 158
individuality and, 118–20
non-verbal indicators, 149
probability/Bayes’ theorem and, 146, 151–6, 159, 162, 206
relationships and, 144–62
ENFJ personality, Myers–Briggs Type Indicator, 39
ENFP personality, Myers–Briggs Type Indicator, 39
ENTJ personality, Myers–Briggs Type Indicator, 41
ENTP personality, Myers–Briggs Type Indicator, 40–41
equilibrium
achieving, 64–7
Bayes’ theorem and, 155
feedback and, 202
fuzzy logic and, 156
game theory and/Nash equilibrium, 215, 216, 217
harmonic motion and, 89, 90, 90–91
perfection and, 50
resonance, 97
ergodic theory, 115–20
error, learning to embrace, 21–4
ESTJ personality, Myers–Briggs Type Indicator, 39
ESTP personality, Myers–Briggs Type Indicator, 41
evolutionary biology, xii
chemical bonds and, 180–84
diversity/difference and, xii, 31, 45–7, 118, 120, 146, 147, 148, 148, 149
empathy and, 146, 147–50, 148, 151
order and, 69
proteins and, 29, 31, 35, 46–7, 118, 146, 161–2
relationships and, 161–2, 166, 180–84
exercise, physical, 9, 63, 66, 81, 85, 185, 201, 226
expectations, realistic, 57–9
extroversion, 37
eye contact, 77, 80, 83–4, 149
fear, xii, 62, 70–86, 109, 114, 115, 121, 142, 172, 197, 198, 201, 208
ASD and, 70–71
Asperger’s and, 71–2
denial of, 83–4
eye contact and, 77, 80, 83–4, 149
FOMO (fear of missing out), 19, 127, 131, 137, 138
function of, 71
inspiration, turning into, 82–3
as a strength, 82–4
feedback/feedback loops, 187–205
biases and, 192, 196, 197, 202
neural networks and, 187, 188, 191–4, 195, 198, 202, 203
positive and negative, 200–202
re-engineering human, 187, 191–3, 194–205
see also memory
Ferguson, Sir Alex, 31
‘fighting speech’, 158
fire alarms, fear of, 71
fractals, 11
full stop, 107–108
fundamental forces, the four, 174–80
fuzzy logic, 146, 156–60, 158, 162
GAD (generalized anxiety disorder), x–xi, 74, 197
game theory, xii, 157, 209, 215–19, 222
gamma waves, 98
gene sequences, 31
goals, achieving, 122–43
anxiety, positive results of, 142–3
childhood and, 126–8
difficulty of, 141–2
fear of missing out (FOMO) and, 127, 131, 137, 138
gradient descent algorithm and, 138–41, 143, 191
Heisenberg’s Uncertainty Principle and, 125–6, 128, 131–2, 133, 143
learning rate and, 141
momentum thinking and, 129, 130–31, 130
network theory and, 132–8, 136
observer effect and, 131
perfect path and, 141
position thinking and, 129–30, 129, 131
quantum mechanics/spacetime and, 122–5, 123, 128, 131, 136
present and future focus, 125–32
wave packets and, 128–9
gradient descent algorithm, 125, 138–41, 143, 191
gravitational force, 174–5
haematopoiesis, 147
harmony, finding, 87–106
ADHD and, 92, 93, 98–106, 102, 105
amplitude and, 90–93, 94, 95, 96, 99, 100, 101–102
depression and, 100–103
harmonic motion, 88, 89–93, 90, 93, 96, 103
interference, constructive and, 94–7, 95
pebble skimming and, 87–8
resonance and, 96–7
superposition and, 94–5
wave theory and, 88–9, 90–106, 90, 93, 95, 105
Hawking, Stephen, 122, 127, 136
A Brief History of Time, 67, 122–3, 134–5
healthy, obsession with being, 63
Heisenberg, Werner, 125–6, 128, 133, 143
hierarchy of needs, Maslow’s, 140
Hobbes, Thomas, 108
homeostasis, 65–6
Homo economicus (economic/self-interested man/person), 218
Homo reciprocans (reciprocating man/person who wants to cooperate with others in pursuit of mutual benefit), 218
homology, 219–22
hydrophobic effect, 171–3
imitation, pitfalls of, 62–3
immune system, 5, 34, 45, 147, 161
individuality, crowds and, 115–21
INFJ personality, Myers–Briggs Type Indicator, 42
‘in phase’, being, 67, 95, 97, 104, 224
insomnia, 70
interference, wave theory and, 94–6, 95, 97, 103
INTJ personality, Myers–Briggs Type Indicator, 42
introversion, 30, 36, 37, 42, 171
ionic bonds, 169–71, 170, 173, 176, 180, 184
ISTP personality, Myers–Briggs Type Indicator, 39–40
keratin, 32
kinase proteins, 38, 39, 40–42, 43, 45, 46
learning rate, 141
l’homme moyen (average man/person whose behaviour would represent the mean of the population as a whole), 108
light
Asperger’s syndrome and, 71–2
cones, 122–5, 123, 127, 132, 135, 136, 136
prism and, 74–5, 76, 77, 78–82, 85, 91
refraction and, 72–4, 75, 76, 77–82, 83, 85, 91
loud noises, fear of, 70, 87, 198
Lucretius, 112
basics of, 3–5
clustering and, 5, 10, 16, 18, 19, 20, 22
data inputs, 190
decision making and, xii, 1–24, 8, 15, 128–30, 134, 138–41, 143, 146, 156–60, 158, 187, 188–93, 189, 195, 198, 199, 202, 203–4
deep learning, 187, 188, 189–90
feature selection, 18–20
fuzzy logic, 146, 156–60, 158, 162
goals and, 138–41
gradient descent algorithm, 138–41, 143, 191
noisy data and, 22
neural networks, 187, 188–93, 189, 195, 198, 202, 203
unsupervised learning and, 4, 5, 6, 10, 18, 21
Manchester United, 31
Maslow, Abraham: hierarchy of needs, 140
meltdowns, xi, 12, 14, 23, 25, 61, 77, 115, 155
ADHD and 185
feedback loops and, 187, 188, 191–205
neural networks and, 187, 188–93, 189, 195, 198, 202, 203
power/influence of in our lives, 186–7
mistakes, learning from, 185–205
biases and, 192, 196, 197, 202
feedback/feedback loops and, 187, 188, 191–205
memory and, 185–7, 188, 191, 192–3, 194–205
neural networks and, 187, 188–93, 189, 195, 198, 202, 203
mitosis (division), 148–9
momentum thinking, 129, 130–31, 130
motion
Myers–Briggs Type Indicator, 37, 39–42
ENFJ personality, 39
ENFP personality, 39
ENTJ personality, 41
ENTP personality, 40–41
ESTJ personality, 39
ESTP personality, 41
INTJ personality, 42
ISTP personality, 39–40
myosin, 33–4
Nash, John, 215
network theory, 125, 132–8, 136, 143
Neumann, John von, 215
neurodiversity, xi, 85, 208–209
Newton’s second law (force = mass × acceleration), 114
night terrors, 70
noise-cancelling headphones, 71, 95–6
noisy data, 22
non-verbal indicators, 149
nuclear proteins, 38, 41–2, 43
neural networks, 187, 188–93, 189, 195, 198, 202, 203
obsessive compulsive disorder (OCD)
dating and, 197
fear/light and, 74
order and, 51
orange, fear of colour, 70–71
order and disorder, 48–69
competing visions of, 60–64
disordered orderly person, 50–54
distribution of energy in layers of order, 58
entropy (increasing disorder), 48–9, 54–6, 57–8
equilibrium and, 64–7
perfection and, 54, 57–9, 62, 65, 67–9
thermodynamics and, 48–50, 52–3, 54–60, 58, 63, 64–7, 68
oscillation, 75, 88–94, 90, 93
overfitting your model, 193
Pang, Lydia, v, 1, 109, 136–7, 149–50, 220
Pang, Peter, v, 87, 122, 127, 201, 204
Pang, Sonia, v, ix, 8, 9, 34, 48, 49, 51, 52, 59, 60, 62, 70, 72, 74, 107, 108, 121, 127, 142, 195, 198, 206, 207, 218
patience, 60, 111, 132–3, 139, 140, 155, 225
pebble skimming, 87–8
peer pressure, 25–6, 30, 44, 45, 63, 118, 138
perfection/perfectionism, 21, 54, 57–9, 62, 65, 67, 68–9, 88, 93, 137, 140, 141, 223
see also order and disorder
photonics, 72
playground swing, 89–93, 96, 103
polarities, 170, 171, 172, 174, 175, 176, 181
politeness/etiquette, 206–23
agent-based modelling (ABM) and, 210–14, 215, 216
homology and, 219–22
position thinking, 129–30, 129, 131
probability, 137, 146, 159, 161, 162, 206
empathy and, 151–6
difference/diversity and, 28–30, 31, 34, 36–8, 39, 42, 43, 45, 46, 47
function of, 31
homology and, 220–21
kinase, 38, 39, 40–42, 43, 45, 46
model of teamwork, 27–31
personalities and teamwork, 35–47, 38, 171
receptor, 38–9, 38, 41, 42–3, 46, 172
quantum mechanics, 72, 122–6, 123, 128–30, 129, 131, 142
Quetelet, Adolphe, 108
random walk, 113
realism filter, 82
receptor proteins, 38–9, 38, 41, 42–3, 46, 172
refraction, 72, 73, 74, 75, 76, 77, 79, 80, 81, 82, 83, 91
resonance, wave theory and, 94, 96–7, 103, 105–106
routine, 14, 16, 41, 51, 52, 85, 115, 155, 195, 198
shavasana (corpse) pose, 130
smell
anxiety and, 12, 14, 70, 102, 109, 121, 155, 160, 164–5, 199, 201
box thinking and, 7
sodium chloride (NaCl), 169, 180
stem cells, 146, 147–8, 148, 149, 150
stereotypes, 117
stochastic (randomly occurring) process, 115–16
strong (nuclear) force, 176–7
subclones, 118
superposition, 94
synaesthesia, 73
teamwork
protein model of, 27–31
protein personalities and, 35–47, 38, 171
telomere, 148
equilibrium, 64–7
first law of, 54
second law of, 48–9, 54–6, 57–8, 90
theta waves, 98
tidiness, 48–50, 51, 52–3, 56, 59, 60–61, 62, 68
see also order and disorder
time perception, 13, 122–5, 128, 131, 133, 139, 141
trees, thinking in, 6–7, 10–24, 15
decision making and, 17–21
error, learning to embrace, 21–4
Uncertainty Principle, Heisenberg’s, 125–6, 128, 131–2, 133, 142, 143
water (H2O), 171
wave theory, 88–106
harmonic motion and, 90, 90–93
resonance, 96–7
wave packets, 128–31, 129, 130
wavelengths, interacting with other, 98–106, 102, 105
weak (nuclear) force, 177–9
weightings, neural networks and, 190, 191, 192, 193, 196, 199, 200, 202