Category: Psychology & Anthropology

Moral disapproval trumps facts.

But even the results of the mom-only surveys seem to show that Americans believe the only decent way to raise a child is with a full-time mother never taking her eyes off her kids. Only June Cleaver types get a pass.

Anyone else—impoverished moms, single moms, moms with big families—are seen as putting their kids in danger simply because they cannot directly supervise every kid every second.

Source: Breakthrough Study Explains Why We Arrest Moms for Putting Kids in Nearly Non-Existent ‘Danger’ – Hit & Run : Reason.com

To help you focus, ganglion cells in the retina increase the stimulus received at the point you are looking and decreasing the stimulus from areas around the point.

Source: How to see all 12 dots in this mind-boggling optical illusion

Brett Frischmann, professor at Cardozo law school, and Evan Selinger, philosophy professor at Rochester Institute of Technology, argue that we need an inverse Turing Test to determine to what extent humans are becoming indistinguishable from machines.

Source: Instead of asking, “are robots becoming more human?” we need to ask “are humans becoming more robotic?” — Quartz

 

sometimes being human is costly

— Brett Frischmann, professor at Cardozo law school

There are tens of thousands of mental models, and every discipline has their own set that you can learn through coursework, mentorship, or first-hand experience.

There is a much smaller set of concepts, however, that come up repeatedly in day-to-day decision making, problem solving, and truth seeking.

Source: Mental Models I Find Repeatedly Useful

1. Use your memories
2. Create a pre-game routine
   1. Make it so easy you can’t say no.
   2. Include physical movement.
   3. Repeat it every time.
3. Rely on teammates
4. Put something at risk

Source: 4 ways to get motivated when you don’t feel like… – Planio Blog