Spinoza’s Conjecture

Last week I discussed fundamental attribution error, leaving confirmation bias and Spinoza’s Conjuncture left to explore.  Today I’m going to delve into the latter.  Benedict Spinoza, a 17th-century Dutch philosopher, wrote with great insight that “mere comprehension of a statement entails the tacit acceptance of its being true, whereas disbelief requires a subsequent process of …

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Attribution Error

In my Cognitive Biases piece last week, I briefly introduced three common errors in thinking. In today’s post I am going to expand upon Attribution Error.  Before I explain this cognitive bias, let’s look at some situations where such erroneous thinking occurs.   Where I work, at a preschool for children with substantial developmental delays, …

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Awesome!!

The word awesome, in my opinion, is overused.  There are rare moments, however, that truly inspire a response worthy of the word.  It is easy to take for granted such moments and assume that they will happen again.  I have found that appreciating such moments, as they are happening, enhances the wonder and makes them …

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Time Is [Like] Money, Except, You Can’t Get A Refund

Perhaps the most valuable asset we have is Time.  Its value is set by the fact that we have a finite supply of it.  Equally influential is the reality that there are multiple competing demands for it.  These factors contend with one another, the outcome often being that aching feeling that we just don’t have …

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