"Why do we continue to see so much decorative neuroscience? A study published in 2008 found that laypeople rate explanations that contain irrelevant neuroscience as better than those that lack neuroscience." #tok#pseudoscience#language
(https://t.co/6xPGRDM5CU)
"Your brain evolved to cut corners, and it's remarkably good at it. A psychologist's take on cognitive bias: why it exists and how awareness of it might be the most underrated mental health tool." #tok#bias#cognition https://t.co/NGZd4cxQjt
“At a time when racism and sexism are out of favor,” writes Harvard philosopher Michael Sandel, “credentialism is the last acceptable prejudice.” #bias#university#numbers#tok
(https://t.co/cSEpNZuvFD)
"When a #belief supports your identity or social standing, the mind unconsciously applies stricter standards to disconfirming evidence and looser standards to supporting #evidence." #TOK#bias
(https://t.co/zNPYMM2Has)
"...the “95 percent” figure should be treated for what it is: not #reliable. It is viral, vibey, methodologically weak and it buries its caveats. The report served some purpose, but what that purpose is, I’m not clear." #knowledge#tok https://t.co/ugZ1HE4GwE
"Most people get failure wrong—they either ignore it or let it define them. Here's how to fail productively, extract the lessons, and actually grow from your mistakes." #ibdp#failwell#learning https://t.co/ujtDejil0t
“...but she selected, adjusted and used one with notable dexterity and flexibility. Perhaps the real absurdity lies not in imagining a tool-using cow, but in assuming such a thing could never exist.” #knowledge@assumptions#tok https://t.co/nPV2AcFsbV
"Borderline ambiguity: How Google Maps removes disputed Western Sahara border for Morocco users" #reliability#TOK#maps#models#perspective https://t.co/uLpprouTA5
"Scientists criticize ‘straw man’ arguments in Bill Gates climate memo. Tech billionaire relying on ‘false binary’ with call to focus less on emissions and more on aid for poor, experts say..." #tok#ib#fallacy https://t.co/V0gnZS5sR6
"Huge swathes of human knowledge are missing from the internet. By definition, generative AI is shockingly ignorant too" #tok#iks#ib https://t.co/zyiP1VQgOi
"Memory is more than data stored somewhere—it’s what makes us who we are. It dictates our perspective on the world, our feelings, actions, and reasoning." #tok#IB https://t.co/t3KYaxvRFP
"Sometimes this mythical-mathematical reality fractures entirely: a Google map conveys me into a lake, while maintaining that this is the fastest route home." #tok#math#map#IBDP https://t.co/emksUb8BbH
"When the #knowledge structure collapses, science loses its privileged access to truth. At the final stage, it gets harder and harder to distinguish science from propaganda" #tok#technology https://t.co/3A78qxp7RP