Almost Matches in Thinking
Almost matches occur when we compare concepts, ideas, patterns, or phenomena that don’t precisely match.
Category: Thought Modes
Subjective Time
Physicists can have their cesium clocks. Everyday people know that time travels at its own pace for them.
Emotions in Our Thinking
Why do we feel the way we do? How do emotions fit into our Thinking?
Reasoning by Analogy
Reasoning by analogy allows the target reasoning to skip details by starting at a high level of abstraction that is justified by the source in the analogy, not the target.
Bicycles and Probability Theory Share a Secret
Secret logic does not reveal all consequences embedded in its premises.
Natural Social Groups
In the ‘out group’, we interpret their behaviors sternly. If their choices are poor, it’s because they are lacking in a needed personality strength.
Emergence: Mind from Brain
Almost Gate. Two things, almost the same, get treated as the same.
Can we increase our IQ?
The core finding is that two years of additional education increased the average IQ by 7.5 points.