#Cognitive

Started readingCan Quantum Analogies Help Us to Understand the Process of Thought? by Paavo Pylkkänen”It has indeed been proposed…that such analogies exist, and this paper first focuses at some length
Read more
Hi. If you don’t know me, my name is Kevin. Along with my wife Erin, we’ve decided now is the time to share the story of our 5 year old
Read more
When people don’t know what to believe, or feel like they can’t believe anything….they will attach their beliefs to bias-confirming narratives…even if they are illogical. I’ve previously used a “circuit
Read more
Personal top 10 fallacies and paradoxes in statistics1. Absence of evidence fallacy2. Ecological fallacy3. Stein’s paradox4. Lord’s paradox5. Simpson’s paradox 6. Berkson’s paradox7. Prosecutors fallacy8. Gambler’s fallacy9. Linds
Read more
How To Brainwash A Nation I'm putting this here so you can read and see yourself the mirrored actions of Trudeau's liberals in Canada since 2013, and fast
Read more
The path for Synthesis opened up six years ago when Elon Musk walked into parent-teacher conference night…Buckle up. It’s story time 1/ He asked Josh Dahn, who taught his
Read more
For Canadians who need mental health support:I'm editing an article and realize I was unaware of the amount of support available right now.*I totally agree that we need more! My
Read more
learning and teaching on YouTube, a thread https://twitter.com/conaw/status/1340351181516754945 (Disclaimer: though I work on education stuff at Google, these opinions are my own as an outside observer of YouTube) 1. Backing
Read more
𝕋𝕦𝕣𝕟𝕚𝕟𝕘 𝕓𝕒𝕔𝕜 𝕥𝕚𝕞𝕖.The first of the series, The journal.How 5-15 minutes a day can give you back lost time, and improve your mind.----------“Cheap paper is less perishable than gray matter,
Read more
COVID VACCINE 101 On Twitter, it's difficult to get a clear, objective view on the COVID vaccine. I have just had mine today, after I spent some time reading around
Read more
My own view is that gradualism followed by a final exclamation point is a very likely extinction scenario, both for dinosaurs — and for humans. Indulge me in long thread
Read more
1/ Holy crap. I tell anyone who listens that one of the greatest features of my W140 Mercedes S-Class was that you could navigate all major and sub control groups
Read more
Adult Safeguarding: It’s the law! Today’s theme for National Adult Safeguarding Week is “Understanding Legislation”. Here are some thoughts on adult safeguarding and the law (in England – other parts
Read more
"أنا مش كئيب..أنا بس خايف من الفرحة"تابع الثريد السلام عليكم ورحمة الله وبركاته..أهلًا بكم في الثريد الثمانون من"نبذة" بعنو
Read more
Amid the chaos of the last few weeks, my paper on sports betting in Uganda came out.A thread for those who’d like to know more, but don't want to download
Read more
Last month I presented seven sentences in seven different languages, all written in a form of the Chinese-character script. The challenge was to identify the languages and, if possible, provide
Read more
By continuing to use the site, you are consenting to the use of cookies as explained in our Cookie Policy to improve your experience.