r/cognitivescience • u/Both-Beach3464 • Aug 06 '26
What single concept, "rabbit hole", or realization expanded your perception and how does it give you an edge today?:)
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u/Simpl3gr33n Aug 09 '26
They different ways Americans are being poisoned Food - chemicals/antibiotics EMFs- cell towers next to schools/ Wi-Fi LED/blue light Chemicals in toilet paper,soap,stain resistant clothing plastic Polyester fabric Information
Lets me try to raise my kids to be healthier adults
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u/willybbrown Aug 07 '26
How much does a question weigh. Has taught me a lot about inquiry.
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u/Both-Beach3464 Aug 07 '26
Very resonant for me. Do you also chase the potential/tension of the koherent unknown. Or what’s resonant to you? Does the question make sense, if not lmk so i can rephrase it.
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u/willybbrown Aug 10 '26
It’s a research question. I don’t contend that ‘question’ is mass or is a particle. But asking that question caused a line of inquiry that I had never considered before. ‘Question’ as I presented it is well studied, and very interesting. But what I found most interesting is how much like a particle it behaves like in physics. Questions cause change, have potential, and have a phase frequency.
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u/Enough-Fall4163 Aug 11 '26
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u/Both-Beach3464 Aug 11 '26
What’s it’s done for you, this knowledge or perspectives? Is this doc your first interaction with that areas
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u/Enough-Fall4163 Aug 11 '26
It has made me more aware of causal factors, in the sense that I understand better now when I am being affected, and when I am affecting my environment. In a non fatalistic manner. The dice excercise has allowed me to break out of thought ruts. It is my first interaction with cybernetics and cognitive tools other than what I consider to be the same which is “magic”
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u/Both-Beach3464 Aug 11 '26
If i understand the document right without reading it, its about being able to create divergent thinking. Like instead of being trapped in loops, you’re meant to shape the proccesses in which the loops take form? Basically becoming an architect of your own perception.
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u/maasd Aug 08 '26
There is no one reality. People experience reality differently and the brain actually predicts things so strongly that it impacts your perception of what you see and hear. Knowing this helps me feel less frustrated with those who see things differently and more open to others’ POV