Psychologists call this the doorway effect. Moving from one place to another prompts your brain to update its mental context....
BITS ‘N’ PIECES
Narrated Abu Huraira (R.A):
Allah’s Apostle (S.A.W) said, “Angels come to you in
succession by night and day and all of them get together at the time of the Fajr and prayers. Those who have passed the night with you (or stayed with you) ascend (to the Heaven) and Allah asks them, did you leave my slaves?” The angels reply: “When we left them they were praying and when we reached them, they were praying.”
Sahih Bukhari, Volume 1, Book 10, Number 530
The library that stores humanity’s future is called the “Doomsday Vault”.
Deep inside a mountain on the Arctic island of Spitsbergen, Norway, lies the Svalbard Global Seed Vault, often called the “Doomsday Vault”. Opened in 2008, it safeguards more than 1.3 million seed samples from almost every country. If war, climate disasters or disease were to destroy crops elsewhere, these seeds could help restore agriculture and protect food security for future generations.
The vault is built hundreds of metres inside solid rock and remains naturally cold because of the Arctic permafrost. Even if power were lost, the freezing temperatures would help preserve the seeds for many years. Rather than replacing national seed banks, the vault serves as a global backup, ensuring that the world’s agricultural heritage is never entirely lost.
Why do we forget why we entered a room?
Have you ever walked into a room and suddenly forgotten why you went there?
Psychologists call this the doorway effect. Moving from one place to another prompts your brain to update its mental context.
In the process, the thought you were holding can temporarily disappear. Interestingly, returning to the previous room often helps trigger the forgotten memory because your brain reconnects with the original context.
Ephemeral (adjective)
Meaning: Lasting for a very short time.
Origin: From the Greek ephemeros, meaning “lasting only a day”.
Example:
The beauty of a rainbow is ephemeral, but the memory of it can last forever.
“The important thing is not to stop questioning. Curiosity has its own reason for existing.” Albert Einstein
