Talking to yourself
Last October I participated in the Metaverse Catalyst meeting held at he IE School of Science and Technology in Madrid. For Ikhlaq Sidhu, dean of the S&T school, #Metaverse is #Cyberspace. We already spend a lot of time on it (like, right now!) and will keep spending more and more. I agree with him. Lots and […]
You are what you read – Five articles that shaped my view of science and the world (and can shape yours too)
I read a lot, but I think even more about the stuff that I read and how to use it toconnect dots. And many times, throughout my career, in spite of the nature of the problem, I kept coming back to some of the same articles that I have read before for the explanation/solution. I […]
Superspecialization and Knowledge Mosaicism in the Brain
Comedian Will Rogers said that “Everyone is Ignorant, just in different subjects.” This was true back then but is more and more true in a world overloaded with information. But I only started to think about the concept of knowledge mosaics after reading the work of Leopoldo de Meis. In his book ‘Science and Education […]
When prejudice is worse than bad
Everyone has prejudice. And… we like them. The reason, I believe, is simple: prejudice is convenient. Daniel Willingham has shown in his book ‘Why students don’t like school’ how thinking is demanding. And that, in spite of our ability to do so, how we suck at it. Prejudice helps you ‘save’ thinking. In a given situation […]
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