Dealing with Projection: The Present Responsibility
Projection is a psychological mechanism as old as humanity itself. But never before has it been as dangerous as it is today. We live in a time when projection is amplified by technology, reinforced by media, and weaponized for ideological battles. At the same time, we have tools that allow us to destroy on a Read the full article…
Breaking the Cycle of Projection
Projection is one of the most deceptive psychological mechanisms. It feels completely real. The emotions are intense. The justifications seem logical. And yet, when we project, we are often fighting a reflection of ourselves. We externalize our inner conflicts onto people, groups, or even entire cultures, believing that the enemy is ‘out there.’ This creates Read the full article…
Lisa in Scientific Writing
In the blog ‘Lisa as a Mental Copilot’ (see that blog), Lisa and I talked about her ‘copiloting’ when writing any text ― including scientific text. This blog is our further conversation about the latter. Me: “Can this also be interesting for purely scientific text? For instance, generating an abstract for a medical scientific article, Read the full article…
Our Memory is Our Thinking
Researchers used to think that human memory was an altogether different function from thinking, deciding, problem solving, etc. Not anymore. —Additionally, memory is also actively related to the act of perceiving. There are many functionally different brain parts, but they continually act together toward final results. The computer analogy From the start, digital computer guys Read the full article…
Natural Kind Concepts
“To say that a kind is natural is to say that it corresponds to a grouping that reflects the structure of the natural world rather than the interests and actions of human beings.” (*) ‘Rather than’ already denotes the relative nature that pervades the whole domain. Please read The meaning of a word. This is Read the full article…