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How To Become Openminded
1. Self-Awareness: 2. Exposure to Diverse Perspectives: 3. Critical Thinking Exercises: 4. Perspective-Taking: 5. Contextual Thinking: 6. Integration Techniques: 7. Continuous Learning: 8. Feedback and Reflection: By incorporating these practices into daily life, individuals can develop cognitive polyphasia as a skill, enabling them to navigate complex belief systems with flexibility and understanding.
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Random Thoughts…
Ethics is the brake on pragmatism. Just because it’s the most effective and efficient way to do something doesn’t mean it’s the right way
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Sometimes it gets real
I recently ran across a discussion on how to handle personal safety concerns with a strongly ideological bent. When it comes to safety, both mine and others, I go completely practical. It is an in the moment, physical thing. You have to think rationally and react without second guessing yourself.You have to be totally grounded…
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Women in combat
I got curious to see if any of the conservative predictions about women in combat turned out to be true, so I put the question to ChatGPT. Turns out, not so much. The debate over women in combat roles has been contentious, with various predictions made by both right-wing pundits and others regarding the potential…
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No Expectations
Find something you really dislike doing, say washing the dishes. The next time you wash the dishes, pay close attention to what your mind is doing. Find the thought where you start to dislike it, then probably that. Explore why. Once you know the reasons, you can fix themFor whatever reason you don’t like it,…
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Crowd of one.
This is an interesting view of the structure of the mind. https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/therapy-types/internal-family-systems-therapy?amp
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Speaking of cognitive strangeness…
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/features/2021-04-27/inside-architecture-s-wildest-conspiracy-theory?embedded-checkout=true
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Dualism begone!
This is an interesting read. It has a very good description of what the singularity might look like; “…cosmological storm defined, not by material kinetics, but by the cognitive strangeness of it all” https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/the-digital-self/202403/quantum-weirdness-and-the-mind-demons-of-ai?amp
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