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Self-Introspection: thinking about how oneself thinks

by thecounterpunch

I often think about how I think because I believe that's the way I can improve my mental process. So I was surprinsingly happy to discover that Henri Poincaré - the great French Scientist who was the... published 17 months ago

3 comments    education politics science

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OBE: Outcome Based Education, Cult of Death of New Age and the Columbine High School massacre

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Outcome Based Education (OBE) is under attack both in the U.S. and Europe for promoting illiteracy and other scholastic deficiencies. William Spady, a sociologist, is the self-proclaimed father of OBE. He is... published 17 months ago

4 comments    education politics religion

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[Video] Can the Standford Experiment "explain" Abu Ghraib Tortures ?

by thecounterpunch

The video shows an old [many years before Abu Ghraib] psychological experiment about "normal" people who are paid and asked to endorse either the role of prison guardian or the role of prisonner. As for me one... published 17 months ago

2 comments    politics psychology torture

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What I learnt from Stock Market about the Psychology of the Crowd and how it also applies to Politics

by thecounterpunch

Hearing What they Want to Hear – Seeing What they Want to See: this is called Preferential Bias. Once novice traders have entered a trade they will distort additional information to support their point... published 17 months ago

1 comment    education politics psychology

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Can animals do abstract thinking ?

by thecounterpunch

In a research article, it has been concluded that baboons can think abstractly, in the first study to show that animal shares a central aspect of human. But reading the article, it is a rather primitive... published 18 months ago

6 comments    education war science

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Once upon a time I met a strange guy who wanted to make some psychic revelation to me ...

by thecounterpunch

Well as you know I'm a strong rationalist and really not a psychic. If you do not believe me but prefer to believe Numerology, well even my Numerology does assert it :) "You are so rational that the... published 13 months ago

4 comments    psychology story spirit

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PI the movie

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π (Pi) is a 1998 American psychological thriller directed by Darren Aronofsky. The plot: Maximillian Cohen, a mathematical prodigy, believes that everything in nature can be understood through numbers. Max... published 18 months ago

1 comment    entertainment finance movie

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MK ULTRA Survivors Shocking Testimonies: must see video about Unhuman Experiments on Kids !!!

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During The President's Advisory Committee on Human Radiation Experimentation, Washington D.C., March 15, 1995 testimonies of many children have been filmed (there are several on youtube that I didn't see all... published 17 months ago

1 comment    family education children

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The Revolutionary IADC Therapy: Induced After-Death Communication Therapy

by thecounterpunch

The method of inducing this experience, called "induced after-death communication" or IADC®, was discovered in 1995 by Allan L. Botkin, Psy.D. Consistent, robust clinical observations by a growing number of... published 13 months ago

2 comments    religion spirituality death

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[Free Videos] Daniel Tammet: meet the autistic savant

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Meet Daniel Tammet, a 27 year-old math and memory wizard. He can do things with numbers that will truly amaze you. Daniel Tammet is an autistic savant with Asperger's syndrome. Unlike other savants, who... published 11 months ago

0 comments    science psychology brain

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