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“I am on a drug. It’s called Charlie Sheen. It’s not available because if you try it, you will die. Your face will melt off and your children will weep over your exploded body.” – Charlie Sheen “We put our fingers in the eyes of those who doubt that Libya is ruled by anyone other than its people.” – Muammar Gaddafi You don’t have to look far for instances of people lying to themselves.
People don’t know when they’re lying to themselves | Not Exactly Rocket Science
Self Knowledge
Behavioural Economics
Behavioural Economics / Finance
Psychology
Neuroscience
Scientists Manipulate and Erase Memories
Mind & Brain :: Features :: January 26, 2012 :: :: Email :: Print See Inside Drugs and other therapies may soon be able to alter or even delete recollections selectively By Adam Piore Image: Photoillustration by Aaron Goodmanempathy
Think inside the (restless, curious, eager) minds of highly accomplished company builders. Getty 4,111 in Share Connect with Evernote: Please Login to Connect Your Account with Evernote What distinguishes great entrepreneurs?
How Great Entrepreneurs Think
Your Brain Knows a Lot More Than You Realize | Memory, Emotions, & Decisions
Meanwhile, a similar story was unfolding oceans away. During World War II, under constant threat of bombings, the British had a great need to distinguish incoming aircraft quickly and accurately. Which aircraft were British planes coming home and which were German planes coming to bomb? Several airplane enthusiasts had proved to be excellent “spotters,” so the military eagerly employed their services. These spotters were so valuable that the government quickly tried to enlist more spotters—but they turned out to be rare and difficult to find. The government therefore tasked the spotters with training others.
Illustration by Guy Billout "Dave, stop. Stop, will you? Stop, Dave. Will you stop, Dave?” So the supercomputer HAL pleads with the implacable astronaut Dave Bowman in a famous and weirdly poignant scene toward the end of Stanley Kubrick’s 2001: A Space Odyssey .
Is Google Making Us Stupid?
There's no gentle way to put it: People who give in to racism and prejudice may simply be dumb, according to a new study that is bound to stir public controversy. The research finds that children with low intelligence are more likely to hold prejudiced attitudes as adults. These findings point to a vicious cycle, according to lead researcher Gordon Hodson , a psychologist at Brock University in Ontario. Low-intelligence adults tend to gravitate toward socially conservative ideologies , the study found. Those ideologies, in turn, stress hierarchy and resistance to change, attitudes that can contribute to prejudice, Hodson wrote in an email to LiveScience . "Prejudice is extremely complex and multifaceted, making it critical that any factors contributing to bias are uncovered and understood," he said.
Low IQ & Conservative Beliefs Linked to Prejudice
Spoilers Don’t Spoil Anything | Wired Science
<img class="alignnone size-full wp-image-70292" title="dumbledore-dies-page-596" src="http://www.wired.com/images_blogs/wiredscience/2011/08/dumbledore-dies-page-596.jpg" alt="" width="660" height="292" /> I’ve got a weak spot for pulp fiction, especially when it involves a mysterious twist. I like unironic thrillers and mediocre Agatha Christie imitations. Basically, I like any kind of fiction that lets me forget for vast stretches of time that I’m sitting in an airport terminal. I read these books in an unusual way: I begin with the last five pages, seeking out the final twist first.
Thinking
Corrected Thinking
DISTORTED THINKING
illusion and fallacy
Cognitive Biases
The human mind is a wonderful thing. Cognition, the act or process of thinking, enables us to process vast amounts of information quickly. For example, every time your eyes are open, you brain is constantly being bombarded with stimuli. You may be consciously thinking about one specific thing, but you brain is processing thousands of subconscious ideas. Unfortunately, our cognition is not perfect, and there are certain judgment errors that we are prone to making, known in the field of psychology as cognitive biases. They happen to everybody regardless of age, gender, education, intelligence, or other factors.
Top 10 Common Faults In Human Thought - Listverse
Many cognitive biases have been demonstrated by research in psychology and behavioral economics . These are systematic deviations from a standard of rationality or good judgment. Although the reality of these biases is confirmed by replicable research, there are often controversies about how to classify these biases or how to explain them. [ 1 ] Some are effects of information-processing rules, called heuristics , that the brain uses to produce decisions or judgments. These are called cognitive biases . [ 2 ] [ 3 ] Biases in judgment or decision-making can also result from motivation , such as when beliefs are distorted by wishful thinking .
List of cognitive biases
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