Collab Fund
Rare Skills
3 min · · Three rare and powerful skills: 1. Understanding how people justify their beliefs in a way that makes you respect their delusions. A rare and useful skill is understanding that people you find to be… · Shared by 5882, including Ines Bieler, Touche Theories, Morgan Housel, Rick Powell
The New Yorker
Why Facts Don’t Change Our Minds
Summary · 12+ min · · New discoveries about the human mind show the limitations of reason. · Shared by 2228, including Shelley Bonanno, MA, LLP (she/her/hers), Susan Krauss Whitbourne PhD, ABPP, Jeff Atwood, justin caouette, Braden Kelley, Liliane Ferrari ™, Anita Leirfall, Mathew Ingram, 💥 Katie Martell, Jason Silva, Stowe Boyd, Thomas Power, Howard Getson, Matthias Sala, Christina Farr, DP, Brian Laung Aoaeh, CFA, Jane, Nir Eyal, Moritz Meenen
Big Think
Will we ever define the conscious mind?
6 min · · Consciousness is something so mysterious that we still find it notoriously difficult to understand or even define. · Shared by 1409, including Rick Powell, John Hagel
Scott Young
Brain Training Doesn't Work
7 min · · Debunking an alluring (but ultimately harmful) myth about how to get smarter. · Shared by 925, including Rick Powell, Essaadi, Andy Sporring - 5️⃣0️⃣0️⃣ Essays, Andrei Luca
The Atlantic
A Famous Argument Against Free Will Has Been Debunked
9 min · · For decades, a landmark brain study fed speculation about whether we control our own actions. It seems to have made a classic mistake. · Shared by 655, including Daniel Dennett, Nassim Nicholas Taleb, George J Huba PhD, Matthias Lampe, Christopher Allen, Liv 😷, Nigel Warburton 🇺🇦 #FreeUkraine, Moheb Costandi, Vaughan Bell, Brian Ahier, Damian Madray, David Pearce, Jennifer Ouellette, Gabriele, Miguel Angel Escotet, Jane, Ed Yong has left The Atlantic, Gerd Leonhard, Timothy Lomauro, justin caouette
nature
The hidden links between mental disorders
9 min · · Psychiatrists have a dizzying array of diagnoses and not enough treatments. Hunting for the hidden biology underlying mental disorders could help. · Shared by 636, including Neil Hart 💙, Carly, Rick Powell, Vaughan Bell, Liv 😷, Ceferino Díaz, Tauno, L. Taylor Banks, Matthias Lampe, hiten.eth, Aníbal M. Astobiza, Emmy van Deurzen☀️🌍 🌻🌹🌳🇪🇺🇫🇷🇳🇱🇬🇧🇺🇸⭐️, Kevin Mitchell @WiringtheBrain@ mstdn .social, Josh Blaha, Fern
Big Think
Ask Ethan: How do fundamental particles create consciousness?
12+ min · · At a fundamental level, only a few particles and forces govern all of reality. How do their combinations create human consciousness? · Shared by 635, including Anita Leirfall, Rick Powell
Neuroscience News
A New Theory in Physics Claims to Solve the Mystery of Consciousness
6 min · · Consciousness can not simply be reduced to neural activity alone, researchers say. A novel study reports the dynamics of consciousness may be understood by a newly developed conceptual and… · Shared by 629, including Rick Powell, Matt Shaffer
Quillette
Against Authenticity
6 min · · To be human is to be artificial. · Shared by 598, including Beate Jordaan, Gabriele, Rick Powell
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
Literary Hub
Why Smarter People Might Be More Prone to Irrational Biases
7 min · · Are some people less susceptible to bias? How about those who are typically considered smart? We might like to think that people who are more intelligent can discern what is right or wrong and appl… · Shared by 552, including Rick Powell
Big Think
Why Nietzsche envied (and pitied) the stupidity of animals
8 min · · How can we be so sure that human intelligence is a good thing, when we’re not sure if intelligence even exists as a quantifiable concept. · Shared by 501, including Howard Getson, Rick Powell
The Guardian
Brain fog: how trauma, uncertainty and isolation have affected our minds and memory
9 min · · After a year of lockdown, many of us are finding it hard to think clearly, or remember what happened when. Neuroscientists and behavioural experts explain why · Shared by 489, including Fräulein Tessa, Tim McDonnell, Gabriele, jennifer daniel, Prof. Akiko Iwasaki, Jo Hemmings 🇺🇦, Dr. Marigo Raftopoulos, Jason Silva, Rick Powell, Cameron Yick ~ @hydrosquall@vis.social on mastodon, Emmy van Deurzen☀️🌍 🌻🌹🌳🇪🇺🇫🇷🇳🇱🇬🇧🇺🇸⭐️, Lynn Cherny, Guy Kawasaki, David Owen, Steve Faulkner SteveFaulkner@mastodon.social
Aeon+Psyche
The self is not singular but a fluid network of identities
13+ min · · You cannot be reduced to a body, a mind or a particular social role. An emerging theory of selfhood gets this complexity · Shared by 477, including Anita Leirfall, Stephanie A Kowalski, justin caouette, Andrzej Jóźwik, Vaughan Bell, Abeba Birhane, Marylin Delgado (@marylindelgado@zirk.us), Esther Schindler, kp, Gabriele, John Hagel, Brian D. Earp, Ph.D., Carly, Bas Grasmayer, Jason Silva, Tom Connor, Rick Powell
Scientific American
Your Brain Does Something Amazing between Bouts of Intense Learning
2 min · · New research shows that lightning-quick neural rehearsal can supercharge learning and memory. · Shared by 369, including Thomas Power, Gabriele, Chris Isak, 🇺🇦Evan Kirstel #B2B #TechFluencer, Rick Powell, Guy Kawasaki, Leonardo Sumulong, Mike Taylor, venkat - bala, Prof Patrick McGhee
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 320, 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