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“Each of us believes himself to live directly within the world that surrounds him, to sense its objects and events precisely, and to live in real and current time. I assert these are perceptual illusions. Sensation is an abstraction, not a replication of the real world.” Vernon Mountcastle

Quote from YouTube Video: Kavli Prize Laureate Lecture – The Restless Brain

The Home Renovation Planner

Table of Contents

Section 1 Getting Started

Benefits to you:

What you can expect:

The principles of the renovation project and management:

Section 2 Planning the Project

The Importance of planning:

Pre-planning Work Stages:

Apartment Remodel Sample Plan:

Section 3 Sourcing Materials

How to find the products you want to use:

Sample Specifications Sheet:

Section 4 Choosing a Contractor

What work to do and what not to do:

Choosing a contractor:

Contracts & Responsibilities:

Contractor Payments:

How to bring the best out of the trades people:

Forms for hiring a contractor and changing work orders:

Section 5 Time Management

Making the most of your time:

Scheduling your time:

Section 6 Finances & Costs

Financing and your Project:

Cost Analysis for the Budget:

Project Documentation:

Section 7, Resources

Key Contacts and Associations:

Licensing and permits:

Builders Lien Act in BC:

Helpful tools for the job:

The Floor Plan:

The Project Plan

Blank Plan Template:

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Science-fact-theory-hypothesis

Definitions key to discussions:

Fact: A fact is a statement that is true and can be proved with evidence.
Hypothesis: A hypothesis is a proposed explanation for a phenomenon that can be tested by the scientific method. A hypothesis has not been tested.
Theory: Scientific theories are distinguished from hypotheses, which are empirically testable conjectures, and from scientific laws, which are descriptive accounts of how nature behaves under certain conditions. Theories have been rigorously tested and widely accepted by the scientific community who agree the theory best explains the observations or phenomenon we experience.
Scientific Method: The scientific method is a body of techniques for investigating phenomena, acquiring new knowledge, or correcting and integrating previous knowledge.
Empirical Evidence: Empirical evidence is the knowledge received by means of the senses, particularly by observation and experimentation.
Reality: Reality is the state of things as they actually exist, as opposed to an idealistic or notional idea of them.
Delusion: A delusion is a belief that is held with strong conviction despite superior evidence to the contrary.
Insanity: Insanity, craziness, or madness is a spectrum of behaviors characterized by certain abnormal mental or behavioral patterns.

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