19. The umwelt
"Different animals in the same ecosystem pick up on
different environmental signals...each organism
assumes its umwelt to be the entire objective reality
out there...[it is] limited knowledge, of unobtainable
information, of unimagined possibilities"
David Eagleman
Wednesday, July 3, 13
21. "We have evolved as a
species to become
exquisite pattern finders."
Charles Seife
Proofiness: The Dark Art of Mathematical Deception
Wednesday, July 3, 13
27. "Without an understanding
of randomness, we are stuck
in a perfectly predictable
universe that simply doesn’t
exist outside our heads.”
Charles Seife
Proofiness: The Dark Art of Mathematical Deception
Wednesday, July 3, 13
33. Optimism Bias
The tendency to believe that one is less at risk of
experiencing a negative event compared to others.
Wikipedia
“Optimism Bias”
Wednesday, July 3, 13
39. Nexus Causality
"For enlarged understanding, it is more accurate to
represent outcomes as caused by an intersection, or
nexus, or factors"
John Tooby
Nexus Causality, Moral Warfare, and Misattribution Arbitrage
Wednesday, July 3, 13
42. Mean World Syndrome
Violent media viewers believe that the world is more
dangerous than it actually is.
Wikipedia
“Mean World Syndrome”
Wednesday, July 3, 13
45. Fundamental
Attribution Error
Tendency to attribute other people’s behaviors to
their dispositional factors while attributing one’s own
actions to situational factors.
Wikipedia
“Attribution”
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55. "We are part of
the unfolding
world, surfing
the chaotic
waves."
Rudy Rucker
Jim and the Films
THE END
QUESTIONS, CORRECTIONS, OR DEVASTATING CRITICISM?
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Wednesday, July 3, 13