The presentation of the TIDAL Approach to Decision Making. The TIDAL approach is designed to mitigate the perceptual limitations caused by the way our brain works. Selective perception, confirmation bias, motivated reasoning, and cultural/linguistic biases are real things that affect our decision-making.
Using The Social Dilemma Transcript this lesson tries to understand the influences Social Media has on the community and what should we do about it. Updated March 27, 2023
[pdf-embedder url="https://atlantisschoolofcommunication.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/HarpersMagazine-The-Origins-of-Speech.pdf" title="HarpersMagazine-The Origins of Speech"] The Origins of Speech In the beginning, was Chomsky by Tom Wolfe Nobody in academia had...
Louder than words: The new science of how the mind makes meaning. By Benjamin K. Bergen. New York: Basic Books, 2012. Pp. 312. ISBN 9780465028290. $27.99 Imagine that you are a participant in the following psycholinguistic experiment. You are seated in front of a...
People who appreciate the beauty of mathematics activate the same part of their brain when they look at aesthetically pleasing formula as others do when appreciating art or music, suggesting that there is a neurobiological basis to beauty. There are many different...
Quarantine Fatigue Instead of an all-or-nothing approach to risk prevention, Americans need a manual on how to have a life in a pandemic. In the earliest years of the HIV epidemic, confusion and fear reigned. AIDS was still known as the “gay plague.” To the extent...
The Cognitive Science of Free Will How to make the best decisions is one of the "Key Questions" the @lantis Learning Community is interested in. This lesson is focused on how the brain constrains our decision making by fooling us about Free Will One of the main...
The new discipline of network neuroscience yields a picture of how mental activity arises from carefully orchestrated interactions among different brain areas. Networks pervade our lives. Every day we use intricate networks of roads, railways, maritime routes and...
Neuro-linguistic programming (NLP) is one of many self-help programs that emerged in the 1970s and '80s but whose popularity has waned somewhat in recent years. NLP might be seen as a competitor with Landmark Forum, Tony Robbins, and legions of other enterprises...
Herodotus mentioned whistled languages in the fourth book of his work The Histories, but until recently linguists had done little research on the sounds and meanings of this now endangered form of communication. New investigations have discovered the presence of...
I think the more you want to become more and more creative you have to not only elicit other peoples' (plural) strategies and replicate them yourself, but also modify others' strategies and have a strategy that creates new creativity strategies based on as many...
A Basic Introduction To Neural Networks http://pages.cs.wisc.edu/~bolo/shipyard/neural/local.html What Is A Neural Network? The simplest definition of a neural network, more properly referred to as an 'artificial' neural network (ANN), is provided by the inventor of...
[ted id=2265] Great Video of how we think. Specifically the comments about how we can take very little information and create huge conclusions. 00:12 Imagine that you invented a device that can record my memories, my dreams, my ideas, and transmit them to your...
This lesson on the Neurophysiology of Religion looks at the cognitive science that tries to understand how we process Religious Information.
Iran J Neurol. 2014; 13(1): 52–55. PMCID: PMC3968360 PMID: 24800050 Neurotheology: The relationship between brain and religion Alireza Sayadmansourcorresponding author Author information Article notes Copyright and License information Disclaimer This article has been...
Evidence Karen Handel is not bipartisan can be found in a Lugar Center and Georgetown University's McCourt School of Public Policy report. The study found Karen Handel to be one of the least bipartisan House lawmakers. She was 435 out of 438 in terms of her ability to...
How to Hack Your Biased Brain You, and everybody you know, is biased, and it impacts the decisions you make. We spoke with an unconscious bias expert about how you can break free and make better decisions, for yourself and for your company. The idea of workplace...
Conservative-Cartoon-Hitler-Trump-Liberals This is how we process information today. Dan Adams+1 Obama, the Democrats and Trump Derangement Syndrome Liberals are completely f***ed up in the head. Frank RobertsBrad, Clearly you miss the point of Fascism. Jews can be...
The case of Nydia Tisdale, a Georgia citizen journalist, illuminates the power of the State to force behavior. But, while they may be able to force behavior, they cannot control information. Once the guilty verdict was announced it was posted on the Internet. Then...
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The facts reported in this new study are absolutely the most important facts that have come across my desk in awhile. The facts I'm talking about come from a new study by the Pew Research: Sharp Partisan Divisions in Views of National Institutions. Republicans...
Jay Caruso, in this post on RedState, attempted to smear Liberals by using a Washington Post story. The Headline of the Washington Post story is "In Alexandria shooter’s hometown, rage-filled radio host channels middle America’s inner frustration." The Headline for...
George Lakoff has a lot of important insights into our current civil disfunction. His theory, which I happen to fully agree with, says liberals like the Nurturing Mother world view, while, conservative like the Strong Father world view. For liberals, the community...
More specifically, “In 2016, Pew reported that 45 percent of Republicans and 41 percent of Democrats felt that the other party’s policies posed a threat to the nation.” Democrats and Republicans tended to view people who supported the other party as “exceptionally...
Karen Handel's comment that she does not support a "Livable Wage" supports the narrative that Conservatives in general do not support the idea that poor people deserve any respect or consideration. This post from George Lakoff articulates the notion that how we view...
Review Tools and a Process For Making Decisions As everyone says, "Work smarter, not harder." In Winning Decisions: Getting It Right the First Time , authors J. Edward Russo & Paul J.H. Schoemaker, two experts and professors in the field of decision making,...
This feeds the narrative that we are moving more to the "Alt-Right." MADISON, Wis. (AP) – Assembly Republicans moved closer to creating tougher penalties for University of Wisconsin student protesters Tuesday, advancing a bill that would suspend or expel students who...
I just learned a new term – Streaming analytics. Apparently streaming analytics is the application of analytics to data while it’s in motion, and before it’s stored – and includes data manipulation, normalization, cleansing and pattern of interest detection. Streaming...
I find this post from a Christian Media Outlet to be very important. I particularly thought the following quote interesting. Political candidates have proven they are able to motive their colleagues to strategize, work, and give to accomplish their goals more than the...
Since the election of Trump to POTUS I have questioned my ability to see reality. I struggle to understand the Trump Narrative. I completely agreed with Obama when he said, "Americans do not elect Donald Trump." And, wow, were we wrong! I just came across a story...
This email came across my desk today. It is from Ron Paul's Homeschool Business Here is what it say's: This college professor at a tax-funded university has advice for conservative parents about college. "Your sons and daughters should go to college and take the full...
I found a new term, "Political Motive Attribution Asymmetry" that adds to, "Confirmation Bias," "Selective Perception," and "Motivated Reasoning" as the reason our political problems seem to be so intractable. The term came from a Study called "Motive attribution...
Motivated Reasoning is where you know the answer you want and then you line up facts to support your answer. A great example of motivated reasoning was provided by Sen. Marco Rubio (R-Fla.) (See Full Story Here). He is motivated to blame liberals for the divisions in...
This list of the 7 keys to being better understood is intended help you succeed more by helping you focus more on how you say something than what you actually say. A fundamental intent of most of us is being better understood. But, in reality, mutual understanding is...
Here are 5 important things to discuss about the Oregon Uprising by Armed White Folks (AWFs). First, let's be clear, this latest uprising by AWFs should come as no surprise to anyone that's paying attention. When Sharon Angle, Nevada Senate Candidate in 2008, said...
The Republicans base their entire philosophy on a number of conclusion that all the “experts” in the world would see as completely false. Man has had no impact on Global Warming. - 97% of "Climate Scientists" disagree More guns would reduce deaths by guns. - No...
I can show you a fact on how the Dems and the GOP are different. The Republican Candidate for office in Georgia must sign a "Loyalty Oath" to the National GOP Platform. The Democratic Candidate for office does not. Here is the Fact: The Official Georgia Qualifying....
In the past, it was sufficient to model Knowledge as a tree. Today, it is better to model knowledge as a network, not a tree. Sometimes it begins with one insight and grows into many branches; other times it grows as a complex and interconnected network. Infographics...
Here is what Restate wants to say: WOW! According to Restate John Boehner is not conservative enough. According to Restate he has 'betrayed the values" they believe in. The GOP is in huge trouble.
Here is what Restate wants to say: WOW! According to Restate John Boehner is not conservative enough. According to Restate he has 'betrayed the values" they believe in. The GOP is in huge trouble.
Three months after I graduated from college and following a summer journalism fellowship at the Arizona Republic in Phoenix, I had my first interview for a full-time newspaper reporting job. It was in Wilmington, N.C. The managing editor of the newspaper picked me up...
Three months after I graduated from college and following a summer journalism fellowship at the Arizona Republic in Phoenix, I had my first interview for a full-time newspaper reporting job. It was in Wilmington, N.C. The managing editor of the newspaper picked me up...
In a recent Opinion piece in IJReveiew, our Congressman Tom Price, offered yet another vague response to one of most important social issues of our day; how do we achieve a healthy community? He clearly offers no solutions to achieving a healthy community. As is...
Now that the GOP has nine declared candidates for President of the United States in 2016, it would be a good time to see how much they lie. (Hint: it’s much more than the Democrats). Based on statements that were fact-checked by Politifact, a non-partisan...
[ted id=2265] Great Video of how we think. Specifically the comments about how we can take very little information and create huge conclusions.
The former Governor of Arkansas appeared on Christian television show, Life Today, to deliver his message that our nation would be so much better off if we all just believed in God. I put together a short video of my reaction to it. I really don't get it. If God makes...
The former Governor of Arkansas appeared on Christian television show, Life Today, to deliver his message that our nation would be so much better off if we all just believed in God. I put together a short video of my reaction to it. I really don't get it. If God makes...
Solution Aversion - Why People Believe What They Believe In order to thrive in a rapidly changing world the better we learn the better we can adapt to the changes. So, the Learning Community is always interested in what are the barriers to learning. A recent...
Is Spanking Effective? I am not a fan of hitting a kid. There are a lot of ways to discipline a child. Parents are big, children are small. Parents should have no problem excerpting their power without responding to physical violence. However, I know that many...
Bill Maher asked this question, "Do you think social media made us bigger assholes, or we were bigger assholes and it just exposed us as being that?" Maher posed the question to Nerdist Industries CEO, and host of @Midnight on Comedy Central, Chris Hardwick, after...
A interesting post from the Religion New Service (RNS) about the "Edit Wars" on the Religious Pages of Wikipedia clearly demonstrate the difficulty to Building Consensus. But, there is a solution. Clearly identify what are facts and what are conclusions. Then...
Someone, most probably a Creationist, at the Henry Grady High School in Atlanta tried to use a cartoon in a freshman biology class that showed evolution, humanism, homosexuality, pornography, racism, euthanasia, divorce and abortion as the work of Satan and at war...