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• The 8 Types of Creative Intelligence

  
  Lateral Action — Authority: 498
  The most beautiful thing we can experience is the mysterious. It is the source of all true art and science. (Albert Einstein) Are you attempting to unleash creativity through familiar, comfortable pathways? If so you’re only human – but remember that creativity thrives on novelty . The eight multiple ...
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• Arguing

  
  A Teacher's Education — Authority: 122
  As I’ve mentioned here before, I’m spending a fair bit of my professional time lately thinking in terms of argument, debate, and persuasion. This morning, I introduced the concept of rhetorical argument to my high school juniors and seniors, and I’m fairly sure that they really didn’t get it. If you ...
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• Aikido & MOGO: The Art of Peace is the Art of Wise Response to Conflict

  
  Humane Connection — Authority: 130
  My Aikido sensei (teacher) was discussing Aikido with us after class last week, and he shared some thoughts on the translation of Aikido as “the art of peace.” Although some do translate Aikido this way, the literal definition is open to interpretation. The word breaks down this way: AI - harmony, KI - spirit, ...
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• Aikido & MOGO: The Art of Peace is the Art of Wise Response to Conflict

  
  Zoe Weil — Authority: 417
  My Aikido sensei (teacher) was discussing Aikido with us after class last week, and he shared some thoughts on the translation of Aikido as “the art of peace.” Although some do translate Aikido this way, the literal definition is open to interpretation. The word breaks down this way: AI – harmony, KI – ...
  13 hours ago

• Mind Twist

  
  Authspot — Authority: 574
  Think about thinking a little. Try not to think. Now you might have realized that ii is not as easy as you thought… even impossible so therefore I tell you what I found out. This is my Theory When I think I think about thinking which means I think already and I can not start thinking again because If I would be ...
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• Warren Meyer’s new climate video: Catastrophe Denied

  
  The Thinker — Authority: 124
  Lifted blatantly from his Coyote Blog , here is the video from a lecture on climate change that Warren Meyer gave on November 10: Catastrophe Denied: A Critique of Catastrophic Man-Made Global Warming Theory from Warren Meyer on Vimeo . * * * Social Bookmarking
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• Essential Education: Lawrence Lessig on Institutional Corruption

  
  Education Innovation — Authority: 411
  
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• Albinos Living in Tanzania, Other East African Areas Continue To Fear For Their Lives

  
  Law and Magic Blog — Authority: 121
  CNN reports that many albinos living in Burundi and Tanzania have gone into hiding after the numbers of attacks on them have increased. Some people living in the area believe that body parts belonging to those individuals suffering from albinism have special powers and are useful in the practice of witchcraft. ...
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• Idiocy run amok

  
  My Point Exactly — Authority: 132
  The Boston Globe reports that a Methuen, Mass., woman named Mary Jo Coady believes Jesus appeared on her dirty old Wal-Mart iron. Here’s the image: Here’s why this is idiotic: No one knows what Jesus looked like. The person in this image looks like she either has the mumps or is gathering acorns for the ...
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• Differentiating Deliciously

  
  Education On The Plate — Authority: 408
  Image via Wikipedia No, I’m not talking about the social bookmarking site . I’m talking about education and food. That’s what this blog is supposed to be about and in a Twitter response to my last post, @ToughLoveforX remarked that high schools should have teaching kitchens. I disagree. All schools ...
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• Why ’21st century skills’ are important educational goals

  
  Tony Bates — Authority: 520
  Downes, S. (2009) An operating system for the mind , Stephen’s Blog, September 19 In case you missed it when it first came out (I did – thanks Burkhard Lehmann, for pointing me to it): a typical Downes rant: brilliant, well-argued, passionate, and this time right. Move over, Rick Mercer. (Must be the Atlantic ...
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• Next time you argue with a creationist or evangelist

  
  My Point Exactly — Authority: 132
  Have the appendix from forthcoming book 36 Arguments for the Existence of God: A Work of Fiction by Rebecca Newberger Goldstein handy. Presented on the Edge Foundation’s web site along with an excerpt of the novel’s first chapter, the appendix identifies the many flaws in 36 arguments that a supernatural being ...
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• Is the political this personal?

  
  Feminist Philosophers — Authority: 536
  Do you grimace when Sarah Palin’s name comes up in discussions?  Do you think that might  have to do with her evident disregard for facts?  With her encouraging a right-wing flight into fantasy?  Or could it be this personal, as Lisa Belkin in the NY Times maintains: If life is like high school, then ...
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• Meet PZ Myers

  
  My Point Exactly — Authority: 132
  New Scientist magazine profiles one of my favorite bloggers, PZ Myers, the University of Minnesota biology professor who writes Pharyngula . Key quote: In Pharyngula, Myers campaigns for evolutionary science, takes aim at creationists and proselytises for atheism while ridiculing religious beliefs with a sharp ...
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• The Dark Side of Customer Development and Lean Startups : Coconut …

  
  Technology News and Happenings - Techpresso.org — Authority: 150
  Coconut Headsets . Rob Mays Blog About Business, Finance, and Critical Thinking. About · The Dark Side of Customer Development and Lean Startups. Posted on November 28, 2009. Filed Under Business |. Version 1 of Backupify was built with ...
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• Quote of the Day

  
  The Thinker — Authority: 124
  From Thomas Sowell : No one will really understand politics until they understand that politicians are not trying to solve our problems. They are trying to solve their own problems– of which getting elected and re-elected are number one and number two. Whatever is number three is far behind. Yep. Social ...
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• Who is fact-checking the fact-checkers?

  
  The Thinker — Authority: 124
  As I have stated before, here and elsewhere on The Thinker : Without good critical thinking skills, the public’s opinions on important issues are formed for them by others — by the media, by popularity and peer pressure, and by authority figures such as professors, politicians, and “the experts”. ...
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• “The Rumors of My Death…”

  
  Beyond School — Authority: 92
  wrote Mark Twain, “have been greatly exaggerated.” True here as well, but only slightly. Autopsy The lines from Nick Cave’s song, “ Hallelujah ,” sum it up: My typewriter had turned mute as a tomb And my piano crouched in the corner of my room With all its teeth bared Change “piano” to “ ...
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• Divine Inspiration

  
  Newsroom Magazine — Authority: 129
  We may not be divinely inspired, but we aspire to be.Newsroom MagazineLevels Of ImperfectionQ You criticize politicians and ideologues for not having divine insight while openly speaking as if divinely inspired yourselves. Who anointed you to offer your own opinions as if fact?A No one.Your suggestion that our ...
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• Skeptic Stuff On Sale

  
  Law and Magic Blog — Authority: 121
  Skeptic is having a five-day, 25 percent off sale . Among the hot items on offer: VHS tapes, audio books of Michael Shermers bestsellers, back issues of Skeptic Magazine, and "Skeptic Swag" (T-shirts, stickers, et al.).
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