I recently discussed American foreign policy with an attorney over lunch. Over the years, this fellow had generally shown himself to be thoughtful on many issues. He is a meticulous lawyer, charged with parsing out bits of relevant evidence regarding the dozens of cases on which he works every day. It eventually became…
What it means is not certain. I read of this study at Mindhacks. The researchers suggest that this study supports the claim that "contagious yawning and the capacity of empathy share common neural and cognitive mechanisms.”
Here's another fun site. 15 dots walking--a walking animation. It's amazing how much emotion can be conveyed by 15 dots.
This is a good trick and a terrific experiment. Watch the video all the way through for a great illustration of "attention blindness." [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=voAntzB7EwE[/youtube]
“Whereof one cannot speak, thereof one must be silent." Ludwig Wittgenstein We are suffering greatly because too many people are incapable of saying “I don’t know.” Why can’t people simply say “I don’t know” when they don’t know? Is it because so many of us were chastised in school when…