Aeon+Psyche
Cheerfulness cannot be compulsory, whatever the T-shirts say
8 min · · Practising the Greek virtues of wisdom and courage is one thing. But being cheerful the American way borders on psychosis · Shared by 181, including Jane, Rick Powell, @ShannaPeeples@mastodon.nl
Engadget
Qualcomm's new mobile chipsets pack more features for the non-5G crowd
2 min · · In other words, they're meant for most of the world. · Shared by 38, including Rick Powell, 🇺🇦Evan Kirstel #B2B #TechFluencer
Scientific American
How Disinformation Hacks Your Brain
4 min · · The digital age has heightened our vulnerability to falsehood, but recognizing such weaknesses can help guard against them · Shared by 139, including L. Taylor Banks, Faik Ersoy, K. Williams, Katja Evertz, fnord, Thomas Power, Clemens M. Schuster, Lluís Codina, Miguel Angel Escotet, Javi Cantón @javicanton@mas.to, Silvia Rosenthal Tolisano, Rick Powell, Mark Kaigwa, ExApologist
Quanta Magazine
To Pay Attention, the Brain Uses Filters, Not a Spotlight
4 min · · A brain circuit that suppresses distracting sensory information holds important clues about attention and other cognitive processes. · Shared by 564, including Dr. Simon A. Rego, Merkstatt@troet.cafe 📯, Brian Ahier, Dr. A.S. Barwich, RACHELLE DENÉ POTH |ThriveinEDU #ARVR #AI #AIinEDU, Dr. Marigo Raftopoulos, Chris Heilmann codepo8@toot.cafe, Patricia Churchland, Rick Powell, Thomas Power, SusanaDeLeón, MD, Mark Kaigwa, Jane, Gregg Caruso, Liv 😷, hiten.eth, Chris Messina, Dr. Cheryl Arutt, Vaughan Bell, Ines Bieler
The Guardian
Galileo’s Error by Philip Goff review
4 min · · A full-on defence of panpsychism – a newly popular but difficult theory of consciousness – and its place in the material world · Shared by 96, including Rick Powell, Nigel Warburton 🇺🇦 #FreeUkraine, Philip Goff, David Pearce, John Tasioulas, ExApologist, Tauno, Marylin Delgado (@marylindelgado@zirk.us)
Aeon+Psyche
It’s impossible to see the world as it is, argues a cognitive neuroscientist
2 min · · Many scientists believe that natural selection brought our perception of reality into clearer and deeper focus, reasoning that growing more attuned to the outside world gave our ancestors an… · Shared by 142, including Anita Leirfall, 🧠 Larry G. Maguire, Faik Ersoy, Niklaus Gerber, Doug Sundheim, Gregg Caruso, Brian D. Earp, Ph.D., Ines Bieler, Rick Powell, Matthias Lampe, Vaughan Bell, Marylin Delgado (@marylindelgado@zirk.us)
Aeon+Psyche
Consciousness is neither a spooky mystery nor an illusory belief
10 min · · Consciousness is neither a spooky mystery nor an illusory belief. It’s a valid and causally efficacious biological reality · Shared by 207, including Anita Leirfall, Matthias Lampe, Rick Powell, Faik Ersoy, justin caouette, Massimo Pigliucci, 🧠 Larry G. Maguire, Dr Skye Cleary, Vaughan Bell, Marylin Delgado (@marylindelgado@zirk.us), Jennifer Hurst, Gregg Caruso, David Pearce
Scientific American
Taking Sex Differences in Personality Seriously
17+ min · · New approaches are shedding light on the magnitude of sex differences in personality and the results are so strong and pervasive that they can no longer be ignored. · Shared by 36, including Dr Jordan B Peterson, John Hagel, Dr. Craig Malkin, Rick Powell, Christina Hoff Sommers, Todd Kashdan
Nautilus Magazine
Women in Science & Engineering on Nautilus: Your Brain Is On the Brink of Chaos
· Shared by 31, including Jason Silva, Kevin Mitchell @WiringtheBrain@ mstdn .social, Anita Leirfall, Vaughan Bell, Paul Kedrosky, Jane, Rick Powell
John Brockman
The Paradox of Self-Consciousness
20+ min · · THE PARADOX OF SELF-CONSCIOUSNESS One of the central questions I'm asking myself is how to fit the human being into our current understanding of both natural scientific fact and the social and general… · Shared by 9, including Rick Powell
Quartz
A civil servant missing most of his brain challenges our most basic theories of consciousness
2 min · · Shared by 29, including Jane, John Hagel, Rick Powell, ian hollander
Aeon+Psyche
Living with ADHD: how I learned to make distraction work for me
20+ min · · An ADHD diagnosis often means lifelong medication, even addiction. But there is another way: put that distraction to work · Shared by 94, including Nir Eyal, Carly, 🧠 Larry G. Maguire, Thomas Power, Rick Powell, Brian D. Earp, Ph.D.
Aeon+Psyche
How a scientific attempt to demystify Buddhist meditation yielded astounding results
2 min · · In 1981, Herbert Benson, a cardiologist at Harvard Medical School, set out to study the ancient meditation practices of Buddhist monks on the Tibetan Plateau. With the Dalai Lama’s blessing, Benson… · Shared by 321, including Krishna, 🧠 Larry G. Maguire, Tom Connor, Jochen Burkhard, Rick Powell, Christian Müller, 瑞拿頭, Philipp Laurim, Anita Leirfall, Doug Sundheim, Gabriele, Daniel Nova, John Hagel
T. Greer
Do Not Trust Your Arguments
7 min · · A blog about history, strategy, geopolitics, and the intersections of governance, ecology, demographics, and culture. · Shared by 6, including Rick Powell
snopes.com
The Mandela Effect
7 min · · The Mandela Effect is a name given to the phenomenon of the collective misremembering of specific facts or events. Does anyone know why it happens? · Shared by 9, including Rick Powell
Aeon+Psyche
Our illusory sense of agency has a deeply important social purpose
8 min · · I’m trying to concentrate on writing this piece, but my two grandchildren in the room next door have stopped making paper aeroplanes and started arguing. ‘You kicked me,’ yells Freya. Her brother Ben… · Shared by 27, including Rick Powell, Graham Marshall, Anita Leirfall, Nigel Warburton 🇺🇦 #FreeUkraine, [B]ad omen 👻