Category: "Cognition"
Music Memories
As a musician, it is not surprising that many pieces of music are associated with particular events/memories. However, it never ceases to amaze me of the wealth of different ways in which the musical memories come about – sometimes it has been through a concert taken part in, sometimes just listening, sometimes music in the background when something has happened and a host of other ways.
Divided by a Common Language
There is some doubt over the attribution of this quote, however there is absolutely no doubt in my mind of its truth - and not just between nations as originally suggested but between all sorts of groups who have developed their own 'local' language variants.
Dealing with Dilemmas
One of the consequences of realising that other people are different to ourselves and, therefore, will not necessarily react in the way that you expect to situations is that we are often faced with dilemmas in interpersonal relationships because our behaviour will determine the way that the relationship progresses.
Categories: Knowledge Management, Learning, Cognition, Worldview, ----------
Mein Weltanschauung
Although a few of my previous posts have hinted at this subject I think that now that I have got the initial burst of activity on the blog out of the way it is time to make a clearer statement of where my thoughts are coming from and, therefore, put some context on to the content of the blog.
Of course, in keeping with the overall theme of the blog I should stress that this is work in progress and "feeding my ignorance" remains the main aim - trying to identify the context for this is important, but it does not mean that the context is fixed. As my learning increases, so the context may shift.
Categories: Philosophical, Systems Thinking, Knowledge Management, Complexity, Learning, Cognition, Worldview, ----------
On Seeing (Inventing?) Patterns
It is a well known fact that we humans have a built in propensity to identify patterns where none exist; to see causal linkages that are, at best, tenuous; to attribute to skill something that was the result of good luck; and to imply intention where none was meant.
Categories: Philosophical, Learning, Cognition, ----------
More "on Friends"
Having thought about my original post a bit longer (and having pontificated a bit about some related topics in other posts) it is necessary to further expand the thinking about 'layers' or 'levels' of friends.
Know Your Enemy (especially when its your friend)
A few of these initial blog posts have been centred around the subject of how we relate to others, the importance of understanding our worldview and the difficulties (and surprises) inherent in interpreting the world view of others. What I had struggled with a little was finding a good, relevant (and real) example of me misjudging the reactions of someone else - and then I remembered a previous post on my company intranet blog.
A Hidden Agenda Paradox
Following on from the need to understand that others have their own worldview that will be difficult for any of us to get inside it is necessary to spend just a short time looking at things from the other way round.
Categories: Philosophical, Systems Thinking, Cognition, Worldview, ----------
Understanding Others
I have an amateur interest in psychology - in particular cognitive psychology - and understanding the way we 'work'. This is, of course, not unrelated to the problem faced by anyone having to design/produce/specify any system that is to be used by others - so it is very relevant to my day-to-day existence. Of course it is one thing to know the theory and quite another to put it into practice!
Prediction is difficult - especially about the future
It was Neils Bohr who first said that, and it is something which we all often fail to remember. This is the first of two blogs (probably in quick succession) triggered by a TV programme that I watched this evening.
Categories: Complexity, Cognition, Worldview, ----------
