2013-09 The fiction of memory, Elizabeth Loftus, TED Talk

 Freedom of Speech. (Remove some wrong postings from category), Perception, fallibility, Linguistics  No Responses »
Sep 302013
 

http://www.ted.com/talks/elizabeth_loftus_the_fiction_of_memory.html?utm_source=newsletter_weekly_2013-09-28&utm_campaign=newsletter_weekly&utm_medium=email&utm_content=talk_of_the_week_button Elizabeth Loftus: The fiction of memory 17:36 minutes • Filmed Jun 2013 • Posted Sep 2013 • TEDGlobal 2013 Psychologist Elizabeth Loftus studies memories. More precisely, she studies false memories, when people either remember things that didn’t happen or remember them differently from the way they really were. It’s more common than you might […]

“The Demon-Haunted World” by Carl Sagan, Quotes

 Empowerment, Freedom of Speech. (Remove some wrong postings from category), Perception, fallibility, Linguistics  No Responses »
Sep 272012
 

I replied to a friend: From my perspective, human brains are wired to find patterns.  We need to be able to do that, in order to make sense of the world and our lives.  And, in order to survive – – recognize the patterns that lead to harm. My brain seems to be good at […]

Perception, an illustration of our fallibility and our gullibility. Dan Simons. Basketball.

 Corporatocracy or Democracy or Administrative State or WHAT?, Empowerment, Perception, fallibility, Linguistics, Why we flounder or do not flounder  No Responses »
Jun 282012
 

Watch the video:  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IGQmdoK_ZfY OR, same thing, but on Dan Simons’ blog: http://www.dansimons.com/videos.html    the top video. OR:  To the right see the menu of 8 videos.  The top right-hand one should be 19.16 minutes, of Dan’s TED Talk, demonstrating students passing basketballs.  Try that one. The work of Dan Simons is valuable.      

Our love affair with Illusion Einstein – Theory of Religion

 Culture and Ethics, Perception, fallibility, Linguistics  No Responses »
Feb 142012
 

I believe this is the growing consciousness.   Many more people are “getting it” – that we are all part and parcel of the same thing, the one, along with the rest of creation.  It’s hard getting past the idea that we are separate. http://www.pickthebrain.com/blog/einsteins-theory-of-religion/ “Everything that the human race has done and thought is concerned with the satisfaction […]

2010-03-10 Propaganda, Democracy: Imagining “the other”. Ralston Saul. The Cellist of Sarajevo.

 Epigenetics, Freedom of Speech. (Remove some wrong postings from category), Lockheed Martin, War Economy (includes Cdn Census & Trials), Perception, fallibility, Linguistics, Propaganda, Why we flounder or do not flounder  No Responses »
Mar 102010
 

Some critical components of democracy are addressed, including the ability of citizens to recognize propaganda and how it operates.   CONTENTS (1)   COMMENTARY (2)   THE CELLIST OF SARAJEVO = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = == (1)   COMMENTARY   I was asked:   Why shouldn’t I […]

2010-03-05 Love, Hate & Propaganda, the art of mass persuasion (WW2) on CBC

 George Bush war criminal, Perception, fallibility, Linguistics, Propaganda  2 Responses »
Mar 052010
 

(Nov 29, 2011:  scroll down to bottom to “Comments” regarding Bush Family history) The use of propaganda in today’s world is a serious issue. This CBC documentary sets the stage for this series of  postings about propaganda and naiveté:   (link no longer valid  http://www.cbc.ca/documentaries/lovehatepropaganda/ “ …  a six-part documentary series on the role propaganda played in […]

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