Showing posts with label thinking. Show all posts
Showing posts with label thinking. Show all posts

Sunday, December 8, 2024

Bill Gates is glad he didn't grow up with smartphones, social media

"When I felt restless or bored — or got in trouble for misbehaving — I would disappear into my room and lose myself in books or ideas, often for hours without interruption," Gates wrote. "This ability to turn idle time into deep thinking and learning became a fundamental part of who I am." 

He added: "It was also crucial to my success later on."…

Friday, May 12, 2023

The thinking error that makes people susceptible to climate change denial

Close examination of the arguments made by climate change deniers reveals the same mistake made over and over again. That mistake is the cognitive error known as black-and-white thinking, also called dichotomous and all-or-none thinking. As I explain in my book "Finding Goldilocks," black-and-white thinking is a source of dysfunction in mental health, relationships – and politics…

Tuesday, May 11, 2021

Atheists Can't Think For Themselves!

I prove that being a Christian requires constant thinking, while being an atheist sheep does not. This explains why athiest are the dumbest people God ever created!
https://youtu.be/SgjGpPLCFhE

Monday, May 3, 2021

Guest Commentary: Are You a Critical Thinker? Take a Test - Business Journal Daily | The Youngstown Publishing Company

Thinking is like playing tennis, driving a car, giving a talk, dieting or speaking a foreign language. It can be done well or badly. In modern education jargon, good thinkers are called critical thinkers. Critical thinkers have a mix of attitudes, skills and habits that set them apart from sloppy thinkers. Are you a critical thinker? Test yourself by answering these questions…


Friday, May 3, 2019

How Reading Benefits Your Mental Health and Your Career - Rewire

Katerina Canyon tries to read a book a week. But it's not something she does just for fun. At a few points in her life, reading and writing were her saving graces. ....
https://www.rewire.org/living/reading-benefits-mental-health-career/

Saturday, January 19, 2019

24 Cognitive Biases stuffing up your thinking

Cognitive biases make our judgments irrational. We have evolved to use shortcuts in our thinking, which are often useful, but a cognitive bias means there’s a kind of misfiring going on causing us to lose objectivity. This website has been designed to help you identify some of the most common biases stuffing up your thinking.....
https://yourbias.is/







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