#cognition
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We are motivated to maintain our self-esteem.
Intelligence is not just about processing information; it’s about understanding it.
From A Thousand Brains by Jeff Hawkins
When you undervalue what you do, the world will undervalue who you are.
From The Path Made Clear by Oprah Winfrey
Self-consciousness is the recognition of self in another.
Deep work is the ability to focus without distraction on a cognitively demanding task.
From Deep Work by Cal Newport
The patterns of thought are often recursive.
If we want to create intelligent systems, we have to understand how intelligence works.
To build machines that think, we must first understand how we think.
From Genius Makers by Cade Metz
The key to artificial intelligence has always been the representation.
From The Master Algorithm by Pedro Domingos
Nothing in life is as important as you think it is while you are thinking about it.
Humans are surprisingly good at recognizing patterns.
Self-reference is a strange phenomenon.
Many people believe they can predict the future based on past events.
From The Drunkard's Walk by Leonard Mlodinow
The process of modeling can reveal hidden patterns.
From The Model Thinker by Scott E. Page
The drive to make sense of the world is universal.
From The Pattern Seekers by Simon Baron-Cohen
The greatest obstacle to accurate analysis is the tendency to see what we expect to see.
In order to be able to think, we must be able to judge.
Most people are blind to the Black Swan effects.
From The Black Swan by Nassim Nicholas Taleb
We are not as rational as we think we are.
To build machines that think like humans, we need to understand human thought.
From The Alignment Problem by Brian Christian
The mind is a profound mystery, and it is one that we do not yet fully understand.
From The Emperor's New Mind by Roger Penrose
Every thought and action is a reflection of the models we create.
From A Thousand Brains by Jeff Hawkins
The brain is not a computer, and the processes of thought are not computational.
From The Emperor's New Mind by Roger Penrose
Expertise is often overrated.
The mind's ability to create meaning is what distinguishes us.
We will enhance our cognitive abilities through advances in nanotechnology and biotechnology.
From The Singularity is Near by Ray Kurzweil
The understanding can only think that which it produces itself, according to its own rules.
Children's minds are not just passive recipients; they are active constructors of knowledge.
From The Philosophical Baby by Alison Gopnik
We are all pattern seekers; it's what makes us human.
From The Pattern Seekers by Simon Baron-Cohen
The mind is not designed to be an accurate judge of its own capabilities.
The brain is like a muscle. When it is in use, we feel very good. It is when it is used that we feel the best.
From Cosmos by Carl Sagan
Take ownership of your achievements and celebrate them.
From Know Your Value by Mika Brzezinski
Children’s unique way of interpreting the world offers profound insights into human cognition.
From The Philosophical Baby by Alison Gopnik
Understanding is not merely a matter of computation.
From The Emperor's New Mind by Roger Penrose
What you see is all there is.
Analysts must understand their own cognitive biases.
Market fluctuations are not just challenges; they are opportunities for those who can recognize them.
From The Dao of Capital by Mark Spitznagel
The complexity of human thought is both a challenge and an inspiration.
From Genius Makers by Cade Metz
Deep learning architectures have achieved state-of-the-art performance in various applications such as image and speech recognition.
What we see is all there is.
From The Black Swan by Nassim Nicholas Taleb
The scout mindset is the ability to hold two conflicting ideas in your mind at the same time.
From The Scout Mindset by Julia Galef
The brain is not a computer; it is a structure that learns and remembers.
From A Thousand Brains by Jeff Hawkins
It is not enough to explain how the brain processes information.
From The Conscious Mind by David Chalmers
The nature of mathematical truth is deeply intertwined with the nature of the mind.
From The Emperor's New Mind by Roger Penrose
Thoughts without content are empty, intuitions without concepts are blind.
Emotions are crucial to how babies learn and understand.
From The Philosophical Baby by Alison Gopnik
In a complex world, the ability to think broadly is a unique advantage.
The right hemisphere sees the big picture, while the left focuses on detail.
Our mental models shape the way we interpret the world around us.
The premise of this book is that the mind is divided into two systems that compete for attention.
Our memories are not records but rather creative reconstructions.
Understanding is a kind of a loop.
Our brains are designed to create models of the world.
From A Thousand Brains by Jeff Hawkins
Programming is a way of thinking.
Intuitive judgments are often wrong.
I think, therefore I am.
The hedgehog and the fox represents the different ways of thinking about knowledge.
Attention is a limited resource; managing it effectively is crucial.
Concepts without intuitions are empty, intuitions without concepts are blind.
Intuition is nothing more and nothing less than recognition.
We are prone to overestimate how much we understand about the world and to underestimate the role of chance in events.
When we make decisions, we often fail to take into account the context.
From Predictably Irrational by Dan Ariely
There is more to intelligence than mere computation.
From The Emperor's New Mind by Roger Penrose
Intuitions come first, strategic reasoning second.
From The Righteous Mind by Jonathan Haidt
AI is not yet capable of true understanding, and that is a fundamental limitation.
Intelligence is not just about knowledge.
From Life 3.0 by Max Tegmark
The complexity of a child's mind can teach us about our own.
From The Philosophical Baby by Alison Gopnik
Our decisions are often influenced by factors we do not recognize.
From The Drunkard's Walk by Leonard Mlodinow
We need to recognize the differences between faiths rather than ignore them.
From God Is Not One by Stephen Prothero
Our brains evolved to navigate social complexities.
People have a tendency to believe what they want to believe.
The mind of a baby is an extraordinary place.
From The Philosophical Baby by Alison Gopnik
Every contribution matters, no matter how small.
From Working in Public by Nadia Eghbal
Acknowledging our biases is the first step to overcoming them.
A lot of people think they are rational but they are just not aware of their biases.
The future of AI hinges on our understanding of cognition and intelligence.
Children are not just miniature adults; they are unique thinkers in their own right.
From The Philosophical Baby by Alison Gopnik
Every individual has their unique pattern of thinking.
From The Pattern Seekers by Simon Baron-Cohen
People often make decisions based on emotions rather than reason.
In order to be oneself, one must be recognized by others.
People tend to trust their own intuition over expert advice.
From The Death of Expertise by Tom Nichols
Ideas are the necessary conditions under which we are able to think about things.
We are not as rational as we think.
From Why Buddhism Is True by Robert Wright
The mind is a story processor, not a logic processor.
The brain does not merely react to the world; it actively shapes our experience.
Intuitive judgments are often wrong, but they are often made with confidence.
Mental models are frameworks that help us understand the world.
I think that the brain is a kind of a computer.
The righteous mind is like a lawyer defending a client.
From The Righteous Mind by Jonathan Haidt
The act of doubting is the act of thinking.
Much of what we do is driven by motives we don't recognize.
The mind is not designed to be a great problem solver.
The study of AI is about creating systems that can perform tasks that require human-like intelligence.
The brain's functioning cannot be reduced to mere algorithms.
From The Emperor's New Mind by Roger Penrose
To create effective AI, we need to understand the intricacies of human cognition.
To love is to recognize yourself in another.
From The Power of Now by Eckhart Tolle
We are prone to overestimate our understanding of the world.
From The Black Swan by Nassim Nicholas Taleb
The map is not the territory.
Nothing in life is as important as you think it is, while you are thinking about it.
A reliable way to make people believe in falsehoods is frequent repetition, because familiarity is not easily distinguished from truth.