Isaac Chotiner of The New Yorker interviews Naomi Oreskes, a professor of the history of science at Harvard who has focussed much of her career on examining distrust of science in the U.S.: Chotiner: This idea that we reject science because it clashes with our beliefs or experience — how does that explain why people in Miami, whose homes are going…
Tag: Cognitive Dissonance
GM Car Executive Says Self-Driving Cars Are the Only Way Forward
jmcbain writes: In a blog post last week, Dan Amman, the CEO of Cruise Automation (General Motors’ electric self-driving car division), laments the pollution, waste of space, accidents, and cost of cars as we know them today. He says “here we are, living in a state of cognitive dissonance with exactly this — the human-driven, gasoline-powered, single-occupant car — as our…
North of Happiness – 5 States of Being That Will Launch You Past Happiness
Gary Z McGee – Many of us go through life thinking happiness is the be-all, end-all; the ultimate prize. Source: https://www.wakingtimes.com/2019/04/21/north-of-happiness-5-states-of-being-that-will-launch-you-past-happiness/…
The End Game
Elva Thompson, Contributor Waking Times Speak I of Ancient Atlantis, speak of the days of the Kingdom of Shadows, speak of the coming of the children of shadows. Out of the great deep were they called by the wisdom of earth-men, called for the purpose of gaining great power. Far in the past before Atlantis… Continue reading The End Game
3 kinds of bias that shape your worldview | J. Marshall Shepherd
What shapes our perceptions (and misperceptions) about science? In an eye-opening talk, meteorologist J. Marshall Shepherd explains how confirmation bias, the Dunning-Kruger effect and cognitive dissonance impact what we think we know — and shares ideas for how we can replace them with something much more powerful: knowledge. Source: https://www.ted.com/talks/j_marshall_shepherd_3_kinds_bias_that_shape_your_worldview?rss…