Akshat Jain

Cognitive Sciences
Interests: Language, Decision Making, Emotions, Behavioral Economics

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One of the best lines that stuck with me the moment I read them for the first-time, maybe 2-3 year back

Some books really changes the way you look

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@Ankx6 Am I getting my lifafa or I missed something 🫣

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Really well articulated example of how our brain functions and how quickly it segments things into right and wrong!

The Righteous Mind is a must read to understand how people form moral judgement.

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Just like breathing, these cognitive baises are involuntary. The ultimate hack is to be aware of them.

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Should be taught to all at a young age

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Just ended up listening to a debate over clubhouse on emotions and logic.
Now, I can empathize with how a Prof feels like when an undergrad starts talking about the topic after reading 2 books that the prof has been researching about his whole career.

@AcademicChatter

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On the quest to understand more about the abstract idea of religion, and how it affects masses, I started my quest with learning more about my own religion.

The above fact is shared in the video mentioned : https://t.co/MhKEQDaWYZ

@Stoic_Sadhu
Thanks for this informative video!

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Major Realisation:

In Indian tradition, Jain philosophy is considered as Nastik philosophy!
Jain doesn't believe in almighty god. They don't believe either in existence of any entity that has created this world or sustaining this world or has the power of end this world.

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3)“The critical mass of students who have come in through reservations has made it more difficult to marginalize them,”says Ajantha Subramanian, chair of Harvard’s anthropology dept.

Talk at IIMB : https://t.co/i3YeCOPBgz

Book: The Caste of Merit: Engineering Education in India

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Reservation, Discrimination and IITs

A must read article to develop a thought process and how one thing leads to the other resulting into a never ending loop.

https://t.co/VsKePdPVZa

Some noteworthy points from the article in thread below :

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2) The researchers attributed the difference primarily to a divide between Dalit and non-Dalit students in soft skills and social capital. In the lucrative private sector, recruiters looks for candidates who demonstrate curiosity, leadership, poise, or a competitive spirit.

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Diplomat Benjamin Franklin- I will speak ill of no man-and speak all good I know of everybody

OR

I look at the beautiful side of people, I try to learn from them and I appreciate them

Just read the first one and second and notice the subtle change in your gut feeling.

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Worry does not empty tomorrow of Sorrow, it empties today of strength- Corrie Ten Boom

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@nipunnyy @srthkv @bigansh_ You guys can bookmark? ( Twitter isn't even showing me the option to bookmark -_- )

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Wisdom of the crowd said
" STUDY HARD,
GET INTO IIT/ NITs,
and your life will be SORTED"

Naive me followed the pursuit relentlessly!

So did the life got "SORTED"?

In terms of what crowd consider as "Sorted", Not even close!

What it gave me is the belief to "DREAM BIG".

[Steve Silberman @stevesilberman]

This is wonderful. [I fact-checked it and it's legit.]

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@gov1ndg P.P.S: You may have made a new friend who is overhearing this conversation ;)

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Our personality is a set of arbitrary coping mechanisms that we learned in childhood with which we identify.

Thoughts?

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Metaphors not only make our thoughts more vivid and interesting but that they actually structure our perceptions and understanding.

A must Read book: - METAPHOR WE LIVE BY