Archive for the ‘The Brain’ Category

There is no Law in the ‘Law’ of Attraction

Laws are not selective, unless you’re either rich, powerful, a celebrity , politically connected, or know someone who is when you break one. Gravity is a law. It works 100% of the time with no excuses whether you like it or not.  In fact, you don’t have to buy a book or movie to see ...Read more.

Are You a Success? …How Do You Know?

Yesterday I attended a conference called the Thin Air Summit.  Most of the participants are bloggers and people into social media.  Interestingly enough, the panel that seemed to affect the audience the most was not on these topics.  The panelists were  Gail Goodwin, Dave Taylor,  and Brian Ibbott.  The topic was the question of what ...Read more.

The Drunkard’s Walk: How Randomness Rules Our Lives

This book review was contributed by Lena Phoenix: The Drunkard’s Walk: How Randomness Rules Our Lives is a book about randomness, a topic that most people, unless they happen to be mathematicians or have a strange fascination with statistics, probably don’t think too much about. As a species, in fact, we generally prefer not to ...Read more.

Everything is Great …Until it’s Not

Yesterday Alan Greenspan told congress `That is precisely the reason I was shocked because I’d been going for 40 years or more with very considerable evidence that it was working exceptionally well.” This is a great example of how we are blindly influenced by the way our brains make meaning in the world.   What ...Read more.

Kluge: The Haphazard Construction of the Human Mind

This book review was contributed by Lena Phoenix: Kluge is a slang term for “a clumsy or inelegant solution to a problem.” In this new book, Kluge: The Haphazard Construction of the Human Mind, psychologist Gary Marcus argues that the human mind itself is a kluge, and then goes on to discuss how this explains ...Read more.

Are Political Scare Tactics Becoming Impotent?

Something very cool seems to be happening in politics.  It seems like the old politics of fear aren’t working as well as they used to in the current presidential election campaigns.  Maybe people have finally been so pummeled with lies in such a short period of time that they’re less inclined to swallow a mouthful ...Read more.

A Good Night for a Presidential Debate is a Good Day to Launch a Blog on Marketing Spin

Tonight is the night of the second presidential debate.  This seems like as good a day as any to launch a blog on how you are marketed to by advertisers, politicians, experts, media, and sometimes even your friends. If you think you might hear at least one lie, fabrication or stretching of the truth by ...Read more.