Your Brain, the Final Frontier
Posted on08 Apr 2013
Tagsbehavioral economics, biology, brain, conditionality, context, emotions, free will, genetic code, humans, knowledge, management, Management by objective, rational actor theory, Star Trek, technology, The Economist, Brain Mapping Analogy, American Association for the Advancement of Science, Human Genome Project
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“Space, the final frontier” introduced Star Trek’s original series, but assessments of our human knowledge indicate that the space between our ears... Read More
Illusion of Free Will Revisited
Posted on22 Sep 2011
TagsThe Economist, The Atlantic, technology, evolution, subconscious, rationale, rational actor theory, psychology, Personality, nature/nurture, genetic code, free will, decisions, David Eagleman, biology, behavior
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I decided to revisit the illusion of free will after running across two other articles reinforcing it. As technology and research methodologies... Read More
Positive Thinking as Myth
Posted on19 Sep 2011
Tagsattitude, biology, biotechnology, business, Hal Arkowitz, Influence, motivation, negative thinking, optimism, pessimism, Pollyannaism, positive, positive thinking, problem solving, Scientific American, Scott O. Lilienfeld, subconscious, thinking process, who we are, who we think we are
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I’ve seen positive thinking do much harm to some folks; if they can’t keep their smiley face on, they feel they’re failing.... Read More
