Learning by Ignoring Details
I am willingly, in fact predisposed, to ignore details, all the while searching for an overall understanding.
Robert Hamill
How does our mind work? How is the mind related to the brain? Is a person’s mind unique to them? In what way are all brains and minds alike?
The four main areas of thinking that I write about. The links below narrow the scope.
Thought Modes
Neuroscience
Learning
Culture
I am willingly, in fact predisposed, to ignore details, all the while searching for an overall understanding.
When my right hand shaking started to affect my hand writing, I converted fairly easily to keyboard writing. I’d been programming a computer since my early 30s. Yet when the shaking worsened and I could…
A lengthy chain of simple actions can be as hard to gain an understanding of as a short complex action
Significant changes do occur although daily or even yearly the incremental changes are barely noticeable.
What do you know for sure? Knowledge. Immediate, Secondary, and Authority
... the neuron's Almost Gate can be opened by different inputs and yet deliver the same output to downstream neurons
Two thoughts wide The universe spanned Checkerboard strips across nature's miracle
Substitute "propagation of the most fertile" in place of "survival of the fittest" to see if its casual conversational use retains truth along with vigor.
Pattern-matching, like analogy, where we treat partial matches like exact fits. It's possible to make errors. It's possible to jump to a good answer without complete information. This is the source of much intuition and…