Bringing to you the basic life skills of how to cross the street and the reason why I have failed to do so...twice.

1. How to cross the road`
Cognitive Impacts
Elizabeth Fuller
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2. Photo by sayan51Photo by James Thompson
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3. Photo by Jason Pratt
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4. The Beatles at Abbey Road
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5. Photo by Bob Jagendorf
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7. Crossing against the
light
Photo by Jonchia
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8. Photo by TheEntireMikey
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9. Photo by Andrew Grifith
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10. Camouflaged
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11. “I’m sorry.”`
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12. Rational Actors
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13. Cause and Effect
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14. Photo by John Muk
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15. Rational Actors
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16. Cause and Effect
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17. Photo by Jamie Anderson
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18. Failed World View`
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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
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20. Photo by Andre Stoeriko
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21. "We have evolved as a
species to become
exquisite pattern finders."
Charles Seife
Proofiness: The Dark Art of Mathematical Deception
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22. Clustering Illusion
The tendency to see patterns where none exist.
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23. Photo by Zoik
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24. Law
Laws of Physics vs Laws of Man
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25. Photo by OldOnliner
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26. Photo by JP3G
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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
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28. Office Space (1999)
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29. Photo by Clappstar
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30. Photo by Rosenfield Media
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31. "To err is human."
Alexander Pope
An Essay on Criticism
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32. ...to anticipate error
is practical
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33. Optimism Bias
The tendency to believe that one is less at risk of
experiencing a negative event compared to others.
Wikipedia
“Optimism Bias”
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34. [graph of types of accidents]
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35. The Sound of Music (1965)
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36. Overconfidence Bias
People tend to grossly overestimate their abilities and
characteristics.
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37. “Bicycle Repairman” Monty
Python ()
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38. “Bicycle Repair Man”
Monty Python (1969)
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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
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40. Photo by Weslie Leung
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41. But it’s not all bad!`
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42. Mean World Syndrome
Violent media viewers believe that the world is more
dangerous than it actually is.
Wikipedia
“Mean World Syndrome”
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43. Cops
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44. Steven Pinker
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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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46. Photo by Kevin H
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47. Photo by PhotoMonkey2K
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48. That randomness I was talking about...
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49. Randomness Follows Rules
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50. Photo by Doug88888
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51. Randomness coalesces
into predictability
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52. Photo by Niallsco
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53. With a set of rules, all we need
to do is look for outliers.
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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?
ELIZABETH.FULLER@RAZORFISH.COM
@JUMPINGSHIP
Photo by Roeyahram
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