23 days ago
deusx : [0808.3569] Offloading Cognition onto Cognitive Technology - ""Cognizing" (e.g., thinking, understanding, and knowing) is a mental state. Systems without mental states, such as cognitive technology, can sometimes contribute to human cognition, but that does not make them cognizers. Cognizers can offl
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2 month ago
deusx : Games Without Frontiers: Games Give Free Rein to the Douchebag Within - "But what happens if the second self you create inside videogames turns out to be a total dick?"
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2 month ago
deusx : Extended Mind - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia - "The Extended Mind refers to an emerging concept within the philosophy of mind that addresses the question as to the division point between the mind and the environment by promoting the view of active externalism. This view proposes that some objects
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2 month ago
deusx : The Extended Mind - "Where does the mind stop and the rest of the world begin? The question invites two standard replies. Some accept the demarcations of skin and skull, and say that what is outside the body is outside the mind. Others are impressed by arguments suggest
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3 month ago
gleuschk : Compelled to Blurt... | Ask Metafilter - I do this too. Kinship!
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4 month ago
deusx : Overcoming Bias: Mind Projection Fallacy - "Would a non-humanoid alien, with a different evolutionary history and evolutionary psychology, sexually desire a human female? It seems rather unlikely. To put it mildly."
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4 month ago
Andy Baio : xkcd's Fields Arranged by Purity -
gleuschk : xkcd - fields arranged by purity - an old joke, but still true
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5 month ago
Linkorama : This timelapse video of man trapped in an elevator for 41 hours - The end of White's story is heartbreaking. On the plus side, the article also discusses a favorite social phenomenon of mine, how strangers space themselves in elevators.
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plasticbag : You have a limited amount of willpower which you must spend wisely, although you can train yourself to develop more! - You require willpower to develop willpower. Nasty. To be honest, this connects well with my experience. I've managed to make myself more focused, and my flat's normally a tip.
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6 month ago
Linkorama : Really Achieving Your Childhood Dreams - In his moving talk, "Really Achieving Your Childhood Dreams," Pausch talked about his lessons learned and gave advice to students on how to achieve their own career and personal goals.
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7 month ago
adamrg : Why We're Powerless To Resist Grazing on Endless Web Data - Evidently I'm addicted to my own brain chemicals. Who knew?
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7 month ago
Linkorama : Vygotsky's Theories - "Every function in the child's cultural development appears twice: first, on the social level, and later, on the individual level; first, between people (interpsychological) and then inside the child (intrapsychological). This applies equally to volu
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7 month ago
deusx : PsyBlog: Why Psychology is Not <em>Just</em> Common Sense - "Ultimately what really sets psychology apart from common sense is the scientific method."
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Linkorama : Predictably / Irrational - When we make decisions we think we're in control, making rational choices. But are we? Entertaining and surprising, Ariely unmasks the subtle but powerful tricks that our minds play on us.
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gleuschk : Cover Story: The Tragedy of Britney Spears : Rolling Stone - really quite touching
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gleuschk : This Psychologist Might Outsmart the Math Brains Competing for the Netflix Prize - nifty
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Linkorama : The Power Paradox - True power requires modesty and empathy, not force and coercion, argues Dacher Keltner. But what people want from leaders—social intelligence—is what is damaged by the experience of power.
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gleuschk : Metaphilm - Fight Club - my favorite part is moe.
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9 month ago
43folders : The Autumn of the Multitaskers - voa df via rands
adamrg : The Autumn of the Multitaskers
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9 month ago
deusx : Psychology Today: The Call of Solitude - "That is the real message of alonetime, and it is through that profound self-awareness, that inner aloneness, that our lives will flower."
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9 month ago
adamrg : Dunning-Kruger effect - I've described this effect to numerous people over the last six or so years. I couldn't remember the name though.
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11 month ago
Jeremy Zawodny : Scientific American: The Secret to Raising Smart Kids - Scientific American: The Secret to Raising Smart Kids: "More than three decades of research shows that a focus on effort—not on intelligence or ability—is key to success in school and in life" interesting.. but not too surprising.
gleuschk : Scientific American: The Secret to Raising Smart Kids - we should be so lucky
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