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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

Section 1 Getting Started

“In preparing for battle I have always found that plans are useless, but planning is indispensable”
~Dwight D. Eisenhower~

Where do I start?

What part of the renovation can I do and what shouldn’t I do?

How do I choose a contractor? 

What is the best way to approach this project?

How long should this job take?

Who, what, why, where, when and how? The “Renovation & Home Improvement Project Planner” will answer all of these questions and much more. The educated consumer always gets the best value for every dollar spent and that will be you. This guide will not only educate you, but equip you with a proven organization tool that will build confidence and excitement for your project at hand. The “Renovation & Home Improvement Project Planner” teaches principles of project management. Once you have applied the principles you will understood the basics and be able to tackle any job. These skills are principles that you can transfer to other areas of life. The “Renovation & Home Improvement Project Planner” will provide you the essential information to ensure your success leaving you a well organized and documented project for future consideration or information.

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.