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Pareidolia in T-shirts

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a non-existent face in some tee-shirts

Amazing pareidolia!
Feb. 27, 2014
http://richardwiseman.wordpress.com/2014/02/27/amazing-pareidolia

Willpower And The ‘Slacker’ Brain

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Willpower And The ‘Slacker’ Brain
January 26, 2010
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=122781981

the limits of our rational minds to help us make decisions.

According to British psychologist Richard Wiseman, 88 percent of all resolutions end in failure. Those are his findings from a 2007 University of Hertfordshire study of more than 3,000 people.

How come so many attempts at willpower lose both their will and their power?

c.f. mindfulness