Category Archives: Thought

Thoughts about thinking, learning, cognition, and the like.

spin depends on where you stand

Posted on September 9, 2008 by Ian

In his 2008-09-09 post entitled “Spin”, Seth Godin says: I think there’s a huge opportunity for a trusted media source that takes on spin from all quarters and throws it back in the face of the spinner. (link) I wonder … Continue reading →

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Travel, Teaching, and Intellectual Saturation

Posted on November 26, 2007 by Ian

I thrive on massive intellectual overload. I don’t mean that I like sensory overload or information overload. I mean I thrive in an environment in which I’m inundated with a huge number of ideas and relationships and categories and factors … Continue reading →

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The things we take for granted

Posted on November 21, 2007 by Ian

I think it connects to my earlier blog entries about normalcy… But it’s got a new twist: a slow evolution to our sense of what is “normal”, and therefore acceptable, can be insidious. Continue reading →

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Of Richard Dawkins, Straw Men, and Scientific Religion

Posted on October 20, 2006 by Ian

I just read Ethan Zuckerman’s summary of a Richard Dawkins talk attacking religion. It’s a classic straw man deception: mischaracterize the opposition, then demolish the mischaracterization. You should probably click on over and read it before you read the rest … Continue reading →

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Attention Wars, Episode III: Revenge of the Sensory Blitz

Posted on October 15, 2006 by Ian

Last night I watched Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith on DVD. (I was eight years old when the first Star Wars movie appeared in theaters, and for years thereafter a flashlight was never just a flashlight. So … Continue reading →

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