by Phil Braham | Jul 22, 2021 | Covid, General, Social commentary
Cognitive dissonance has been defined as the perception of contradictory information. I have written about the importance of cognitive dissonance before. In fact, I would argue that it is essential for a healthy evolution of the mind. If you hear an opinion that...
by Phil Braham | Jun 27, 2021 | General, Psychology, Social commentary
Decisions – a fork in the road Many so-called ‘self-help gurus’ will tell you that making mistakes is part of life. You have to make a mistake in order to learn. In fact I recall a business investor who invested in startups saying that he was wary of...
by Phil Braham | Jun 11, 2021 | General, Psychology, Social commentary
Problem solving an impossible maze I read that a well know entrepreneur (I think it was Elon Musk) said that schools should teach problem solving. Well, schools nowadays teach some strange subjects and have moved away from the ‘old fashioned’ three...
by Phil Braham | Jun 7, 2021 | Covid, General, Philosophy, Scepticism, Science, Social commentary
Duck / rabbit illusion I’ve written many times before about science and what is called the philosophy of science, that is the rules of science, the scientific method and assumptions that scientists make when they do experiments. Nowadays an understanding of real...
by Phil Braham | May 21, 2021 | Covid, General, Philosophy, Scepticism, Science, Social commentary
There’s an old Jewish joke of the man who sends his son to school – presumably at some expense – so that he could become successful. When the son returns home the father asks him what he has learnt: “We learnt that if I have two apples and...
by Phil Braham | Apr 29, 2021 | General, Religion and mysticism, Science, The universe
The universe as a brain The concept that the universe is like a hologram is not new. In fact it is the title of a book by Michael Talbot. A hologram is a three-dimensional photograph taken using lasers. Making a hologram A laser beam is split so that one path is...
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