tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4519234397783312626.post7474421970894411932..comments2023-10-09T11:42:57.305-04:00Comments on Healthcare, etc.: Goldfinger's pan-man-scan: Available at a hospital near youMarya Zilberberghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16080475886113209344noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4519234397783312626.post-74421501458124029752012-03-07T20:33:38.550-05:002012-03-07T20:33:38.550-05:00"After all, [t]he materials that I have used ..."After all, [t]he materials that I have used to educate myself largely had to be purposefully sought out."<br /><br />Will you recommended reading materials?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4519234397783312626.post-66955155501580365752012-03-06T00:26:01.682-05:002012-03-06T00:26:01.682-05:00Q's jaw-dropping way with words leaves me stun...Q's jaw-dropping way with words leaves me stunned with admiration. In a word: gobsmacked.Maggie Danahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09397320196343147825noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4519234397783312626.post-91377736774174413312012-03-05T22:19:09.995-05:002012-03-05T22:19:09.995-05:00Hey, Qath, great to have you here! I agree complet...Hey, Qath, great to have you here! I agree completely, as you know. Learning to metacognate should be the core curriculum for all, the earlier the better. <br /><br />Hey, everyone, meet my fabulous niece Qatherine Dana -- she is only getting started. Some day you will say "I met her on Healthcare, etc."Marya Zilberberghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16080475886113209344noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4519234397783312626.post-8626486875713544182012-03-05T21:23:34.616-05:002012-03-05T21:23:34.616-05:00I agree wholeheartedly with your sentiments on edu...I agree wholeheartedly with your sentiments on education. The importance of teaching humans often and early about critical thinking cannot be overemphasized or overrated. For the past few years I have done my best to rewire my own metacognition to be more critical and less biased, but such student-driven methods *by themselves* won't work for society as a whole. After all, he materials that I have used to educate myself largely had to be purposefully sought out. They were seldom given to me (with a few notable exceptions). In our modern age of cheap and ubiquitous information technology, that kind of oversight is unacceptable. (Access to information is effortless. Understanding it: as priceless as it is rare.) <br /><br />The biggest complaint I've had regarding higher education throughout my studies so far has consistently been, "why did no one tell me this earlier?" Nowhere has this been more prevalent than in the realm of learning how to combat cognitive bias. Neuroscience, psychology and sociology have been telling the world for at least a decade about the dozens of mental pitfalls that we are *all* subject to, as flawed biological organisms that evolved equipped to deal with an entirely different era. It's time schools actually started listening.<br /><br />To date, my own higher learning has been less about 'education' than about self-directed 're-education'. We, and in this case I mean the larger public, should not have to re-educate ourselves. Our educational system should get it right in the first place!Qatherine Danahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11298021015645473070noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4519234397783312626.post-34570730583227784442012-03-05T17:08:21.097-05:002012-03-05T17:08:21.097-05:00Maggie, thank you for your comment. I am sorry I c...Maggie, thank you for your comment. I am sorry I came across as condoning mobile calls while driving. I should clarify that I do not, even though I do occasionally slip into the behavior myself. The point I wanted to get across was that when everything is as it has always been, slipping into autopilot gets us by. But you cannot predict the unpredictable, so autopilot in many situations is a cognitive error. When the stakes are high, as they are while barreling down a highway at 65 mph, we should not rely on habits. So, for the record, hang up and drive, everyone!Marya Zilberberghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16080475886113209344noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4519234397783312626.post-10212938504861428042012-03-05T16:21:54.514-05:002012-03-05T16:21:54.514-05:00While I respect and agree with the majority of thi...While I respect and agree with the majority of this article, I totally disagree with your comment about cell phones. We cannot, and should not, talk on a cell phone while driving and expect our attention to be unimpaired. It is not.<br /><br />Witness the increasing number of accidents that occur while people are talking on cell phones. Apologists will say, "Well, we talk to others in our car while we're driving, so what's the difference?"<br /><br />It is a huge difference. When talking on the phone (any phone) we disconnect ourselves from the reality of what we're actually doing, which is fine if we're at home, on our feet, and perhaps pacing the kitchen with a landline's long, twisted cord, or roaming the house on a cordless (or a cell) phone. The dynanics change when we're in charge of a motor vehicle barreling down the highway at 60 miles/hour, or even in a parking lot, when we're yapping with a neighbor while trying to back into a parking space and then wondering why the hell we just creamed a car in the next slot.<br /><br />Okay .. rant over ... back to your normal programming.Maggie Danahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09397320196343147825noreply@blogger.com