How Your Mind Really Works

How is it that your mind is capable of handling new situations you’ve never previously encountered? How do you solve a problem you’ve never solved before? Is this just the magic of consciousness, or is there an underlying process — or algorithm — your mind uses behind the scenes to deal with the unique experiences you encounter each day? And if there is a process, how can you use it to improve your ability to think?

By Steve Pavlina (StevePavlina.com)

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Don’t Believe Everything You See Online

Why is our first impulse to believe something that we see, read or hear? Especially if it is in print, online or comes in an “officially” looking packaging?

How do we teach ourselves and our students, that another impulse has to follow the first one immediately: Evaluate…critical thinking… learn to listen for and to your own “gut feeling”… cross referencing…

By Langwitches

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Gullibility goes a long way, especially when people follow sites that are fictitious and when they get caught up in the hype that is associated with marketing strategies.  Take a look at this site linked to the upcoming movie of 2012, called the IHC, which claims to be an organization that is working towards the continuity of the human species.  Already a lot of gullible people have signed up for their lottery ticket from all around the world.  I’m sure Sony Pictures is having a good laugh at their expense.  This just shows how marketing and media manipulation can go a long way, and how truly gullible a lot of people really are.  Don’t believe all that you read, see and hear!

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Rapid Perception – Slowing Time Down

Your spirit operates outside time and space. When there is an emergency where danger is about to approach you faster than you can normally sense, your spirit will compel you to act quickly without pondering. It directs you through your instinct and reflexes. Think of a time when you moved out of harms way in an instant and the move was so spontaneously it seems that everything just flowed in the moment. Your awareness of what was happening and your response happened without hesitation, but so quickly that it was almost together at the same time.

By MindReality.com

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Our Conscious Mind Could Be An Electromagnetic Field

Are our thoughts made of the distributed kind of electromagnetic field that permeates space and carries the broadcast signal to the TV or radio.

Professor Johnjoe McFadden from the School of Biomedical and Life Sciences at the University of Surrey in the UK believes our conscious mind could be an electromagnetic field.

By UniSci

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Humanoid Robot Helps Scientists Understand Intelligence

A humanoid robot newly acquired by Imperial College London will lead to a deeper understanding of human intelligence, says scientists. The College’s Departments of Computing and Electrical and Electronic Engineering believe that iCub, about the size of a three year old child, will further their research into cognition, the process of knowing that includes awareness, perception, reasoning and judgement.

By Science Daily

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Why Dreams Mean Less Than We Think

Most people dream enthusiastically at night, their dreams seemingly occupying hours, even though most last only a few minutes. Most people also read great meaning into their nocturnal visions. In fact, according to a new sudy in the Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, the vast majority of people in three very different countries — India, South Korea and the United States — believe that their dreams reveal meaningful hidden truths.

By John Cloud (Time Magazine)

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Mental Illness: Is it Mind over Matter?

In many respects, mental illness can be overcome with a concerted effort that applies the mind to the task of creating change. The problem for most is they feel overwhelmed by and completely identify with whatever condition has been applied to their particular problem. Does this mean you’ve been diagnosed incorrectly? Not necessarily. It means you have more power over creating change than you might otherwise believe.

By leedman (One man can make a difference)

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Look at It From my Point of View

A Brief look at one of the basic methods to resolve conflicts and find solutions to increase Emotional Intelligence.

Wisdom lies in having the flexibility to move through different positions, to see a situation form all sides before coming back to yourself and deciding what you want.

By Suppee XX (Triond)

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My Son Might be Psychic

Thoughts on some curious psychic occurrences from my teenage years, sparked when my child spoke aloud exactly what I was thinking at that very moment while we were walking to school the other day.

By thestickman (Triond)

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