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The other conclusion is what makes these superforecasters so good. It’s not really who they are. It is what they do. Foresight isn’t a mysterious gift bestowed at birth. It is the product of particular ways of thinking, of gathering information, of updating beliefs.
Superforecasting
Philip E. Tetlock, Dan Gardner
Consider Laurentian University neuroscientist Michael Persinger’s God Helmet.16 More than fifty years ago, researchers discovered that electrical stimulation of the right temporal lobe can produce visions of God, sensed presences, and other notable altered states. Persinger built a helmet that directs electromagnetic pulses toward this brain region. More than two thousand people have tried out the device, and the majority have had some form of nonordinary experience.
Stealing Fire
Steven Kotler, Jamie Wheal
A is for Analogy | Finding the general principle
B is for Belonging | Silencing anxiety and buying in
C is for Contrasting Cases | Discerning critical information
D is for Deliberate Practice | Becoming an expert
E is for Elaboration | Making memories meaningful
F is for Feedback | Supporting self-improvement
G is for Generation | Building lasting memories
H is for Hands On | Recruiting the body's intelligence
I is for Imaginative Play | Developing cognitive control
J is for Just-in-Time Telling | Making lectures and readings work
K is for Knowledge | Essay on efficiency and innovation in knowledge
L is for Listening and Sharing | Learning more together than alone
M is for Making | Producing interest and practical knowledge
N is for Norms | Cultivating the rules of the game
0 is for Observation | Imitating feelings and procedures
P is for Participation | Getting into the game
Q is for Question Driven | Creating a reason to inquire
R is for Reward | Motivating behavior
S is for Self-Explanation | Going beyond the information given
T is for Teaching | Taking responsibility for others' understanding
U is for Undoing | Overcoming misconceptions and misplaced reasoning
V is for Visualization | Inventing structure for complex information
W is for Worked Examples | Acquiring skills and procedures
X is for excitement | Turning up attention and arousal
Y is for Yes I Can | Increasing self-efficacy Z is for
ZZZS | Consolidating the memories of the day
The ABCs of How We Learn
Daniel L. Schwartz, Jessica M. Tsang, and Kristen P. Blair
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