Post No.: 0688 Furrywisepuppy says: Some people have more exceptional memories than others – but it’s largely down to the use of mnemonics or techniques that aid information retention and retrieval. Plus ample practice. Under formal scientific … Read More
Post No.: 0678 Furrywisepuppy says: Here are some tips if you’re preparing for a speech or presentation… Presence is what actors/performers have that leaders also need. Leadership presence is the ability to connect with the hearts and … Read More
Post No.: 0666 Furrywisepuppy says: It’s said that the ‘fox’ knows many things but the ‘hedgehog’ knows one big thing. For some, this means that the ‘fox’ is a jack of all trades, master of none, whilst the … Read More
Post No.: 0651 Furrywisepuppy says: Our ‘system one’ counts on simple inborn, and adapted, instincts or heuristics, like ‘fat is delicious so gimme more’. And, unfortunately, even when we try to apply our conscious ‘system two’, we can … Read More
Post No.: 0631 Furrywisepuppy says: Philosophers believe that there’s sentience (being receptive to one’s surroundings and acting in an intelligent way), wakefulness (being neither asleep nor incapacitated), access consciousness (having thoughts that guide our actions), and phenomenal consciousness … Read More
Post No.: 0621 Furrywisepuppy says: We should understand that the web isn’t regulated by or for the truth. A web search can bring up dodgy health advice, legal advice and other falsehoods that affect our beliefs, values and … Read More
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: The right and left hemispheres of the brain are linked with different specialisations (although the brain can adapt to a degree if one part is damaged, especially if this damage is sustained when … 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
