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Implicit Knowledge
Translating subconscious skill into conscious action
A substantial portion of the knowledge one acquires over the course of a lifetime is implicit, meaning that is stored and recalled subconsciously.
This includes most motor patterns used throughout the spectrum of physical activities, from pedaling a bicycle to shooting a... -
Self Herding
"Such as are your habitual thoughts, such also will be the character of your mind; for the soul is dyed by the thoughts." - Marcus Aurelius
In The Upside of Irrationality, Dan Ariely talks about a concept called self herding.
Herding refers to the tendency... -
Little White Lies
John Ioannidis is a professor at a university in Greece. He leads a group of Ph.D.s and doctoral candidates who specialize in a field of study called meta research, which is the study of the quality of scientific research itself.
His papers are among the most highly cited in... -
The Beginning
I was giving a talk at a VA hospital one day and as people began trickling into the room one of them looked vaguely familiar. She walked up to me and said, "Remember me?"
As it turned out, we grew up in the same small town in South Dakota...