Post No.: 0598 Furrywisepuppy says: Why is anything the way it is? The ultimate level explanation will come from the fundamental laws of physics and raw mathematical descriptions of the universe. But that level of explanation or … Read More
Post No.: 0587 Furrywisepuppy says: Time is our most valuable asset in life because no matter how financially rich we are, we all only have 24 hours to personally spend each day. (Having money does mean that we … Read More
Post No.: 0578 Furrywisepuppy says: Often, being forgetful is the result of not being conscientious enough to encode (properly pay attention to something in the first place), store or revise (including writing something down or similar so that … Read More
Post No.: 0563 Furrywisepuppy says: We should always remain humble when making predictions. But there’s an ‘illusion of skill’ in stock market trading that’s often hubristic, even though it all essentially boils down to gambling (unless an investor … Read More
Post No.: 0552 Furrywisepuppy says: When it comes to making predictions, algorithms – at least decent ones, that have been trained with sufficiently accurate and complete datasets if machine learning – beat or do no worse than the … Read More
Post No.: 0543 Furrywisepuppy says: Since most people are biased in thinking they’re great judges of character and honesty – job interviewers think that if they just spend a few minutes with someone, they can predict exactly what … Read More
Post No.: 0525 Furrywisepuppy says: A lot of us think that our words of wisdom are always correct – but our words of wisdom frequently contradict each other and we’ll pick out the apparently correct words depending on … Read More
Post No.: 0513 Furrywisepuppy says: Some say that people are either more predominantly ‘right-brained’ or more predominantly ‘left-brained’ – ‘right-brained’ people are said to be more intuitive, visual and creative, while ‘left-brained’ people are said to be more … Read More
Post No.: 0490 Furrywisepuppy says: It’s smarter to assume that one isn’t one of the smartest in the world. This should compel one to learn more and never become complacent or arrogant… We don’t know what we … Read More
Post No.: 0478 Furrywisepuppy says: Many investors and businesses are more interested in hearing the forecasts they want to hear than understanding whether such forecasts are dependable or not – hence all these 2, 3, 5-year turnover and … Read More
Post No.: 0463 Furrywisepuppy says: We learn about the world through copying, through direct observation, through tuition or instruction (e.g. via teachers in school), and through stories. A story – or basically a lesson wrapped within a … Read More
Post No.: 0459 Furrywisepuppy says: A fantastic way to discover things or create something new is to experiment. We can conduct an experiment or two to check to see if what we or other people claim is true, … Read More
Post No.: 0445 Furrywisepuppy says: Some people think that they can only be creative in the mornings, after they’ve drank a few beers, a few coffees, if it’s quiet, if it’s noisy, or some other ‘perfect conditions’ – … Read More
Post No.: 0430 Furrywisepuppy says: Due to general declining brain neuroplasticity as we age – which means that we’ll find it harder for new lessons to stick in our brains – it generally doesn’t get easier to learn … Read More
Post No.: 0401 Furrywisepuppy says: We are generally overconfident in our ability to do multitasking. Doing a lot of media multitasking is actually related to lower performances in formal tests of concentration and task-switching. There are auditory-verbal, … Read More
Post No.: 0395 Fluffystealthkitten says: The animals that (need to) learn the most, and that are the most creative, are those animals that play the most. Playing is essentially about learning – about experimenting and mastering – whether … Read More
Post No.: 0388 Furrywisepuppy says: The more you know, the more humble you actually become because the more you will know how much the entire human species in total yet understands so far, never mind any single person … Read More
Post No.: 0373 Fluffystealthkitten says: Some intuitive predictions draw primarily upon genuine expertise and skill acquired via repeated experiences (‘skilled intuitions’), but other intuitions employ heuristics such as stereotypes, anchoring or substitution (‘heuristic intuitions’). Both are quick, automatic, … Read More
Post No.: 0363 Furrywisepuppy says: If you’ve been reading this blog regularly then I guess you’ll recognise by now that I will always be promoting the furry value of education! With a lot more understanding and education, we … Read More
Post No.: 0348 Furrywisepuppy says: A genius is commonly regarded as someone who demonstrates extraordinary intellectual ability and creative productivity, to an extent that it’s associated with an achievement that significantly advances our collective knowledge in a particular … Read More
