Lenka Otap 🚢 @lenkaotap

I write about curiosity, creativity, courage to play and experiment & critical thinking for 40+ who feel stuck in life | Astrophysicist and computer scientist. lenkaotap.medium.com Denmark Joined March 2009

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Lenka Otap 🚢 @lenkaotap

2 years ago

I just published The Many-Worlds Interpretation’s Influence on Quantum Computing link.medium.com/m88w3klpdHb

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Lenka Otap 🚢 @lenkaotap

2 years ago

10 days of fever up to 39,5-40C (103-104F) 18 days of sickness (now still in recovery mode, 3 weeks after) 1x influenza. 1x treatment for pneumonia with penicillin. 1x treatment for atypical pneumonia with antibiotics, when the penicillin didn't work. I'M HUMAN(ish) AGAIN!

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Lenka Otap 🚢 @lenkaotap

2 years ago

Flu with fever and all of the symptoms, day 7 😣 Been to the doctor yesterday, nothing to get there. I feel like I will be in this form forever, becoming part human, part virus. Human is not amused, but getting too weak to protest. WE, FOR ONE, WELCOME OUR VIRUMAN OVERLORDS

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Lenka Otap 🚢 @lenkaotap

2 years ago

I was supposed to start a new 30-day atomic essay writing challenge today. Instead, I got the man flue (apparently possible for a woman). So this is my #ship30for30 day 1 of SUB-atomic essays. I wonder about the quantum effects of this. #heisenberg

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2 years ago

I have somehow fallen into an X echo chamber and lost my space and science somewhere along the way. Because getting lost in space and time doesn't seem to solve any problems. I'll need to have a heart-to-mind talk with myself again.

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Lenka Otap 🚢 @lenkaotap

2 years ago

What if ... you're not stuck in traffic, but you are the traffic? What if ... creativity is like entropy, it increases over time but is chaotic? What if ... life's not about finding the answers, but formulating better questions? Challenge conventional thinking with what-ifs.

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Lenka Otap 🚢 @lenkaotap

2 years ago

#creativity tip: The older we get, the bigger the reservoir of experiences, knowledge, and skills. Connect your previous experience to new areas in life. Using what you already know in unfamiliar domains can lead to fresh insights and new solutions.

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Lenka Otap 🚢 @lenkaotap

2 years ago

Skill #3 for a more curious mindset: Listen actively when someone speaks, don't just wait for your turn with a fixed argument. Focus on the speaker, and on understanding the content first and foremost. Even though you don't agree, other people's ideas might be "interesting".

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Lenka Otap 🚢 @lenkaotap

2 years ago

Skills to develop when cultivating a more curious mindset in later years: #2: Question your current beliefs and how they came to be. Do they align with your true values? Or are they a result of opinions and influences of family teachers, friends, and societal expectations?

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Lenka Otap 🚢 @lenkaotap

2 years ago

Skills to develop when cultivating a more curious mindset in later years: #1: Align with your core values and interests when following your curiosities. First step? Ask yourself what truly excites you. (And keep asking. It's an ongoing process)

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Lenka Otap 🚢 @lenkaotap

2 years ago

Tip #3 for enhancing your openness to new ideas and experiences: Play devil's advocate and try to argue the other side of your opinions. Or, on the other hand, why bother?

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Lenka Otap 🚢 @lenkaotap

2 years ago

#2 for being more open to new ideas and experiences: Do something out of your comfort zone once in a while. * Strike a conversation with someone of a different opinion * Take a random turn on your way home * Be alone with your thoughts without other activities or drugs

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Lenka Otap 🚢 @lenkaotap

2 years ago

Chill and let go. "To a mind that is still, the whole universe surrenders," said Lao Tzu. The universe seems to be like a cat. It ignores you when you call but shows up when you chill, and forget about it.

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Lenka Otap 🚢 @lenkaotap

2 years ago

Schrödinger’s thoughts: Are there uncertainties or beliefs you're simultaneously holding onto and questioning? Note them down. The act of observation might just determine their state.