Post No.: 0814 Fluffystealthkitten says: Biases in job interviews include judging applicants according to their accent, dialect, hairstyle, skin colour and ultimately the features of a person that (supposedly) denote their ‘class’, which in turn (supposedly) denotes their … Read More
Post No.: 0803 Furrywisepuppy says: We can remember things that didn’t happen at all, or remember things differently from the way they really were. Memories are a bit like a Wikipedia page – you can go there and … Read More
Post No.: 0787 Furrywisepuppy says: It’s sensible and right to be open-minded, at least to listening to those who offer evidence and reason for their standpoints. But understanding the true complexity of socio-political subjects can sometimes make one … Read More
Post No.: 0779 Fluffystealthkitten says: In Post No.: 0766, we said that the best way to generate new ideas if you’re struggling to find solutions to a problem or challenge is to first consciously feed your brain with … Read More
Post No.: 0775 Furrywisepuppy says: It’s better to treat your beliefs as hypotheses that are to be tested rather than to be defended. So whenever you form a belief, try to immediately think of some conditions or … Read More
Post No.: 0766 Fluffystealthkitten says: In Post No.: 0759, we looked at some general pointers when brainstorming alone or in groups. If you’re still stuck trying to come up with creative ideas for new products or businesses, or … Read More
Post No.: 0759 Fluffystealthkitten says: For the optimal conditions for creativity, we need the optimal level of constraints. Too much freedom and we’ll feel paralysed about what to do or we might get too comfortable and feel that … Read More
Post No.: 0750 Fluffystealthkitten says: Like with all animals – behaviour is communication. Thus if a student is constantly absent, complaining about something, has her/his head on the desk or is disruptive, for instance, then it’s sending a … Read More
Post No.: 0736 Furrywisepuppy says: The brain can use as much as 20% of the body’s total energy consumption but only makes up about 2% of the body’s total mass. But whereas stronger muscles will show greater activation, … Read More
Post No.: 0725 Furrywisepuppy says: Traditional unstructured or unguided job interviews are quite inconsistent and thus noisy – different interviewers might accept/reject different candidates for various personally partial reasons, or accept/reject a specific individual candidate depending on their … Read More
Post No.: 0705 Furrywisepuppy says: We don’t do hobbies for the extrinsic rewards – we do them for the intrinsic or inherent pleasures of doing them. We don’t normally get paid for doing the activities we enjoy and … Read More
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
