The Benefits of Bilingualism. The Social Sciences’ ‘Physics Envy’ Karl Popper is an idiot. - Politics, Philosophy, and Religion. What do you guys think of this view taken to it's extreme as in Tegmark's mathematical universe hypothesis: I found this interesting: We discuss the nature of reality in the ontological context of Penrose’s math-matter-mind triangle.
The triangle suggests the circularity of the widespread view that math arises from the mind, the mind arises out of matter, and that matter can be explained in terms of math. Non-physicists should be wary of any claim that modern physics leads us to any particular resolution of this circularity, since even the sample of three theoretical physicists writing this paper hold three divergent views. Some physicists believe that current physics has already found the basic framework for a complete description of reality, and only has to fill in the details. Einstein-era reading vs. today’s: Is workplace ‘efficiency’ why we curl up with ‘American Idol’? “Reading, after a certain age, diverts the mind too much from its creative pursuits,” Albert Einstein said in a quotation I picked up from by jan on freedom . “Any man who reads too much and uses his own brain too little falls into lazy habits of thinking.” Einstein lived in a different age from ours, that’s for sure. I’m more worried that my students’ lives are so frantic and busy—like mine—that they hardly have time to read and reflect.
I have to schedule the time in my calendar. Reading as a task. The Art of Rejection - Manage Your Career. By Melissa Girard and Cristina Stanciu "The art of losing isn't hard to master," Elizabeth Bishop writes in her poem "One Art.
" "Lose something every day," she advises, "Then practice losing farther, losing faster. " Philosophy and Metaphysics Discussion Forum Topic List. Thought Experiments: Deep Thought Provoking Questions and Thought Experiments to Boost your Creativity! Home- IQ Tests - Creativity - Genius - Brainstorming - Self-Help - BLOG Thought experiments are simple creative ways you can begin to unleash the genius within and boost your brain power to new levels of creativity and excellence.
Albert Einstein is probably the most famous person to have used thought experiments, but plenty of other great thinkers, scientists, philosophers, artists and geniuses have employed the thought experiment technique to access their most brilliant ideas. Thought experiments are possibly the most daring and original thing you can do with your mind.
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It is not to be taken literally. Help with understanding the humor.) Psychological manipulation. Psychological manipulation is a type of social influence that aims to change the perception or behavior of others through underhanded, deceptive, or even abusive tactics.[1] By advancing the interests of the manipulator, often at another's expense, such methods could be considered exploitative, abusive, devious, and deceptive.
Social influence is not necessarily negative. Human Evolution: Are Humans Still Evolving? Recognizing Spatial Intelligence. Ninety years ago, Stanford psychologist Lewis Terman began an ambitious search for the brightest kids in California, administering IQ tests to several thousand of children across the state.
Those scoring above an IQ of 135 (approximately the top 1 percent of scores) were tracked for further study. There were two young boys, Luis Alvarez and William Shockley, who were among the many who took Terman’s tests but missed the cutoff score. Despite their exclusion from a study of young “geniuses,” both went on to study physics, earn PhDs, and win the Nobel prize. Wasted potential in human intelligence : StonerPhilosophy. Redirecting the charitable impulse. Why Interacting with a Woman Can Leave Men "Cognitively Impaired" Movies and television shows are full of scenes where a man tries unsuccessfully to interact with a pretty woman.
In many cases, the potential suitor ends up acting foolishly despite his best attempts to impress. It seems like his brain isn’t working quite properly and according to new findings, it may not be. Researchers have begun to explore the cognitive impairment that men experience before and after interacting with women. A 2009 study demonstrated that after a short interaction with an attractive woman, men experienced a decline in mental performance. A more recent study suggests that this cognitive impairment takes hold even w hen men simply anticipate interacting with a woman who they know very little about. Sanne Nauts and her colleagues at Radboud University Nijmegen in the Netherlands ran two experiments using men and women university students as participants. Tools for Living - The Chronicle Review. By Scott Carlson A friend of mine who works at Saint John's University and the College of Saint Benedict, in Minnesota, recently told me a story: Her book group read Anna Lappé's Diet for a Hot Planet, one of many recent books to focus on the vulnerabilities of the industrial food system and the threats posed by climate change.
Reclaiming a Sense of the Sacred - The Chronicle Review. How to think Philosophically. Philosophy requires a certain kind of thinking To do philosophy one must think philosophically.
This is not as simple as it first seems. It requires you to train yourself to think in a way that is specific to philosophy, rather than, say, science. Physicalism: A False View of the World. Best 20th/21st Century Philosophy Articles: Philosophy Forums. Top 10 Thinking Traps Exposed. What's Wrong With Meritocracy? Meritocracy means that those who deserve to, succeed, and those who succeed are those who deserve to. What could possibly be fairer than that? While it seems easy to agree that a functioning and successful society should endorse meritocracy to some extent, a society based on merit alone would not only be impossible to achieve - it's a conception of ideal justice after all - but also likely become more awful the more it resembled that ideal. Does good grades mean your clever? Bad grades mean your dumb? X-Phi's New Take on Old Problems - Room for Debate.
People Are Getting Dumber, and It's No Joke - Room for Debate. Are people getting dumber? Without a doubt. Can We Use Fiction to Teach Nonfiction? - Brainstorm. In a New Generation of College Students, Many Opt for the Life Examined. The Rise of the New Groupthink. Solitude and Leadership. Essays - Spring 2010 Print. Physics and the Immortality of the Soul. 'Fidelity gene' found in voles. Philosophy by Another Name.