The Super Mario Effect

 
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Continuing on with the video game theme, here’s another awesome Tedx talk by Mark Rober on what he calls “The Super Mario Effect” – Tricking your brain into learning more.

He shows us some of the hilarious stuff that he’s made (all in the name of science of course!), such as the world’s largest Super Soaker, the Guinness Book of World Records largest Nerf Gun, a snowball machine-gun, and a dart board where you get a bulls-eye every time!

Whilst not strictly performance improving, he does come up with some really valuable ideas in regards to learning and mindset. Well worth spending 15 minutes to sit down, have a laugh, and learn a bit along the way. Enjoy!

When 50,000 of Mark Rober's 3 million YouTube subscribers participated in a basic coding challenge, the data all pointed to what Rober has dubbed the Super M...