External Intelligence

A person who has an understanding of social norms when communicating or interacting with others.

He has external Intelligence when he greets others with respect in the apartment complex.

by jondich July 13, 2024

ETERNAINAUSEA

A popular emo on Roblox. Often seen playing Royale High. Might call you homophobic slurs if you come near her. She listens to My Chemical Romance sadly.

Val: I saw ETERNAINAUSEA today!
Mel: Omg, me too!

by 28 Reasons February 10, 2024

External locus of control

It's called "NOT BEING A SOLIPSIST."

Hym "That's literally all an external locus of control is. The absence of solipsistic delusion."

by Hym Iam March 21, 2024

Etrrnal

The unsung hero in every story. Etrrnal born in the world of Bedwars he defeated all his foes first rush getting 5 finals a game and a 3000 winstreak. He has yet to lose a game... He is know to be the "real one" as he friends would say all 500 off them of coarse. With the "opps" on he back he faces many battles in the world of minecraft. One of his biggest being a low level being named Bolish. Bolish attempts to take everything away from this true hero but no challenge will overcome him... this is the story of the true alpha sigma male ... Etrrnal.

Etrrnal faces all threats unfazed.

by Etrrnal May 3, 2024

External Gang Green (Fish Bone's): The First Juvenile Release

What I call homo-sapiens who are addicted to perianal abscesses.

Person 1: Are you addicted to perianal abscesses?
Person 2: Yes.
Person 1: External Gang Green (Fish Bone's): The First Juvenile Release

by LeSouffleDeVersailles January 29, 2025

External Variables (Scientific Research)

The chaotic, messy, and uncontrollable factors from the real world that invade a controlled experiment and ruin its beautiful, clean data. They are everything the researchers didn't think of, couldn't control for, or actively ignored to make their study publishable. If a lab study shows that people in a quiet room perform better on puzzles, the External Variables are the screaming kids, the pounding hangover, and the constant phone notifications of real life. They are the reason why a drug that works in 100% of carefully selected mice only works in 30% of chaotic, genetically diverse, cheeseburger-eating humans.

External Variables (Scientific Research) "That study saying productivity apps change your life controlled for every Internal Variable. But they didn't account for the External Variables: your battery dying, your boss adding more work, and your cat walking across the keyboard. The lab is a lie; the External Variables are always waiting outside the door."

by Abzugal Nammugal Enkigal February 22, 2026

External Variables of Logic

The chaotic, real-world factors that corrupt pure logical reasoning when it leaves the textbook and enters human brains. These are the cognitive biases, emotional states, social pressures, and physical limitations that ensure no actual human being ever reasons with perfect formal logic. You might know that A implies B, but if B triggers your childhood trauma, your brain will find seventeen creative ways to deny the implication. External Variables are why logic puzzles are easy and real arguments are impossible—because real arguments involve sleep deprivation, ego, and that thing your dad said in 1998.

External Variables of Logic "In theory, I should have accepted his apology and moved on. But the External Variables of Logic—namely, the memory of every time he'd done this before—made that rationally optimal choice emotionally impossible."

by Dumu The Void February 23, 2026