Dozens of leading experts answer: “What scientific concept would improve everybody’s cognitive toolkit?"

post by XFrequentist · 2011-01-23T21:51:39.130Z · LW · GW · Legacy · 3 comments

From Edge.

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comment by XFrequentist · 2011-01-23T22:26:56.191Z · LW(p) · GW(p)

Oops! Accidental post alert!

comment by Normal_Anomaly · 2011-01-23T22:19:28.341Z · LW(p) · GW(p)

I saw this on another blog, some of the ideas are quite good. Sam Harris' post about not being able to concentrate on one thing for a long time, and how people should notice that, was especially thought-provoking, but I'm not sure what the use of everyone knowing that would be.

comment by Dorikka · 2011-01-23T22:15:38.094Z · LW(p) · GW(p)

This is all I see:

From Edge.

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