https://www.europesays.com/uk/16810/ What Are Thoughts? Exploring the Mystery of the Mind #AI #ArtificialIntelligence #BrainResearch #cognition #consciousness #DeepLearning #MachineLearning #neurobiology #Neuroscience #Technology #TheConversation #thinking #thoughts #UK #UnitedKingdom
"Does liberation have a door, and is that door ever opened? Can life’s occupants ever bask in aspects of decision and choice, or must they be forever imprisoned behind some Jericho’s wall of dictums and theories?..."
#writing #opinions #Thoughts #liberation #society #thinking #fmdnetwork #individualism
https://write.as/for-much-deliberation/in-these-times-of-un-thinking
She stopped in the midst of placing the pin in her hair, suddenly struck by a thought that she needed to intently run through in her mind.
Have you ever done that? Needed to think something through so fixedly that you can't move anything beyond the blinking of your eyes?
Truly amazing, are the human mind and spirit.
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#Ideology May Not Be What You Think but How You’re Wired
In her new book, “The #Ideological Brain,” the #neuroscientist Leor Zmigrod outlines what makes some people prone to rigid #thinking.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/04/08/science/ideology-neuroscience-politics-zmigord.html
3:45 PM (2021) [3 min] by Alisha Liu | #USA
Second Opinions and Self-Deception
We're swift to recognize when other people need to think again. We question the judgement of experts whenever we seek out a second opinion on a medical diagnosis. Unfortunately, when it comes to our knowledge and opinions, we often favor feeling right over being right. In everyday life, we make diagnoses of our own, ranging from whom we hire to when we m
https://curtismchale.ca/2025/04/06/second-opinions-and-self-deception/
#BookClub #learning #thinking
Think Again – Adam Grant
In a world that seems to be going to hell in a hand basket maybe we need to stop valuing pure intelligence or money as a goal and instead look towards the ability to abandon ideas that are no longer valid and relearn when presented with new information.
Nico Dekens: The Slow Collapse of Critical Thinking in OSINT due to AI. “When OSINT becomes too easy, too efficient, too comfortable… you should be worried. Tradecraft isn’t just about speed, it’s about judgment. And judgment doesn’t come from a language model. If we keep going down this path without pushing back, without actively preserving the critical habits that define our […]
Everyday things that make you uncomfortable? Wait, shouldn't they be usable and make us feel comfortable. Well, surely Katerina Kamprani wants exactly this: make us think! But not only this, since her objects are going to put a smile on your face. Go and see yourself. https://beyondtellerrand.com/blog/speaker-intro-katerina-kamprani
"Bumper sticker explanations of complicated issues are usually wildly inaccurate!" - Futurist Jim Carroll
There are a lot of people with instant insight on everything and yet who are experts at nothing.
Isn't that the way it goes?
If you spend any time talking with anyone today, it would seem that they are suddenly experts on tariffs and their impact on regional, national, and local economies. Everyone is offering up concise statements of what it means, where it will go, and what will happen. I prefer to listen to global trade experts and economists - folks who are trained in this stuff. In the same way, I'd rather listen to a PhD in vaccine medicine than some quack who gets his information off an obscure conspiracy theorist's Website.
That's why ideas like "trickle-down economics will work" statements are always such a false promise. The notion that tax cuts for the wealthy and corporations automatically benefit everyone has been repeatedly challenged by economic research showing limited "trickle-down" effects and increasing wealth inequality. And yet the bumper sticker wisdom lives on.
Why does this happen?
"Bumper sticker" phrases - catchy one-liners about complex issues - sacrifice accuracy for memorability. They fail to address the multiple perspectives, historical context, systemic factors, competing values, and technical details that complex problems involve. They often aren't based on much more than opinions.
The fact is, oversimplifying leads to:
- Overlooking cause-effect complexities
- Creating false either/or scenarios
- Substituting emotion for analysis
- Reinforcing existing beliefs
Good leaders know when simplicity works and when issues demand a deeper explanation. They engage with complexity and guide others through it thoughtfully. They also know that while bumper-sticker wisdom can be popular, it causes more problems than good.
Ironically, my statement about bumper stickers is itself a bumper sticker - though one that points out its limitations!
Perhaps we need simple reminders to look beyond simplicity.
**#Complexity** **#Nuance** **#Understanding** **#Context** **#Depth** **#Oversimplification** **#Analysis** **#Thinking** **#Perspective** **#Knowledge**
Futurist Jim Carroll is willing to admit that perhaps many of his Daily Inspiration posts contain bumper-sticker wisdom. He lives and owns the contradiction.
Every day, inevitably, we confront the limits of our knowledge. Ignorance, in itself, simply means “not knowing.” What turns it into “the mother of all evils,” to quote Plato, is the way we manifest it.
#PhilosophyMatters #criticalthinking #society #officinaprogetti #opinion #culture #growth #politics #democracy #thinking #knowledge #ignorance #noprofit #op
One of my #favorite #genres of #photography (and also #art in general) is #SliceOfLife, #unique #perspectives on #ordinary or #mundane #scenery or #objects. I just #love the #appreciation of the #world we live in. We could all use more of that kind of #thinking ourselves, I believe.
The Ideological Brain: The Radical Science of Flexible Thinking by Leor Zmigrod, 2025
Why do some people become radicalized?
How do ideologies shape the human brain?
And how can we unchain our minds from toxic dogmas?
@bookstodon
#books
#nonfiction
#brain
#neuroscience
#thinking
#ideology
Brain scans of infants reveal the moment we start making memories - A team from Columbia and Yale University scanned the brains of 26 infants and toddlers aged 4 to 25 months as they completed a memory task. They found that at roughly a year old, a part of the brain crucial to memory formation spun into action and began generating neural signals related to things the kids remembered from the tests. #memory #brain #physiology #BrainDevelopment #thinking #ChildGrowthAndDevelopment #consciousness
https://singularityhub.com/2025/03/20/new-baby-brain-scans-reveal-the-moment-we-start-making-memories/
The phrase "stop overthinking" is a thought-terminating cliché (i.e., a thought-stopper), expecially when said by those who spend their existence constantly underthinking. How about stop underthinking, and start thinking.
A lot of what people are calling #FOMO is actually something else.
When you go to bed and within 5 seconds of not falling asleep you grab your phone for some light entertainment, thats not fear of missing out!
Its FOT - fear of thinking.
You fear that thinking will make you feel sad about the world and your part in it.
#mindfulness doesn't teach you to stop thinking. It teaches you to stop fearing your thoughts, to stop judging your emotions and to turn your negative feelings into positive actions.
Empowerment is the only antidot for powerlessness.
Miss out on the distractions and concentrate on solutions.
Webinars Are Old News.
Here Is Something New: #Webinars!
ITSPmagazine Webinars — The Future Of Thought Leadership Is Here
More Than Just a Presentation—They Are Conversations That Matter.
In this short intro episode, Sean Martin and I share why we’re redefining the webinar experience. No boring decks. No sales pitches disguised as panels. Just real, honest, expert-led conversations that dive deep into the technology, the cybersecurity, and societal topics shaping our world.
From #AI in healthcare and secure coding, to #smartcities, #space, #robots, #quantum computing—and yes, maybe even #pizza 
—these sessions bring together industry #leaders, innovators, and curious minds like you.
Join live to ask questions, share thoughts, and be part of the moment.
Or catch the replay on demand. Either way, the learning—and the #thinking—never stop.
Explore upcoming and past sessions: https://www.itspmagazine.com/webinars
Subscribe to the channel and follow the conversation.
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Join the upcoming one
AI In #Healthcare: Who Benefits, Who Pays, And Who’s At Risk? — An ITSPmagazine Thought #Leadership Webinar | Mar 25, 2025
https://www.crowdcast.io/c/ai-in-healthcare-who-benefits-who-pays-and-whos-at-risk-an-itspmagazine-thought-leadership-webinar-march-2025-3eeb9725b912
Webinars aren’t dead.
They just needed a reboot.
This is it! 
#cybersecurity, #technology, #webinars, #thoughtleadership, #AI, #innovation, #infosec, #society
A quotation from Marcus Aurelius
The happiness of your life depends upon the quality of your thoughts: therefore, guard accordingly, and take care that you entertain no notions unsuitable to virtue and reasonable nature.
[Τὴν ὑποληπτικὴν δύναμιν σέβε. ἐν ταύτῃ τὸ πᾶν, ἵνα ὑπόληψις τῷ ἡγεμονικῷ σου μηκέτι ἐγγένηται ἀνακόλουθος τῇ φύσει καὶ τῇ τοῦ λογικοῦ ζῴου κατασκευῇ]
Marcus Aurelius (AD 121-180) Roman emperor (161-180), Stoic philosopher
Meditations [To Himself; Τὰ εἰς ἑαυτόν], Book 3, ch. 9 (3.9) (AD 161-180) [tr. Collier (1701)]
Sourcing, notes, alternate translations: wist.info/marcus-aureleus/2665…
