Alyssa Carrai
@alyssacarrai
Alyssa Carrai
try to both absorb information and create — in other words, transform the knowledge your acquire into something else through the process of reflection, writing, videography, conversation, or connecting the knowledge to aspects of your life and other subjects you study. Through this process you make the knowledge your own. You remember more of it,... See more
Sam Rinko • How I Self-Study New Subjects: The Modern Autodidact System
“Writing enables us to find out what we know—and what we don't know—about whatever we're trying to learn. An idea can have value in itself, but its usefulness diminishes to the extent that you can't articulate it to someone else.”
Sam Rinko • How I Self-Study New Subjects: The Modern Autodidact System
writing and self-study
The benefits of self-studying academic subjects
Here are some other benefits I’ve gotten from self-studying subjects of interest:
Here are some other benefits I’ve gotten from self-studying subjects of interest:
- Become smarter by reading and learning. You can think of a self-study habit as an exercise routine for your brain. (for skeptics, here’s a breakdown of a 40-year study suggesting reading makes people more intelligent)
How I Self-Study New Subjects: The Modern Autodidact System
Real friendship is staying when the ‘easy’ part is over.
#mentalhealthawareness #endthestigma #realfriendship #quotes
instagram.comThe best description of motivated reasoning I’ve ever seen comes from psychologist Tom Gilovich. When we want something to be true, he said, we ask ourselves, “Can I believe this?,” searching for an excuse to accept it. When we don’t want something to be true, we instead ask ourselves, “Must I believe this?,” searching for an excuse to reject it
Julia Galef • The Scout Mindset: Why Some People See Things Clearly and Others Don't
The term “cognitive biases” is arguably misleading in that it suggests that believing truth would be a kind of default. Arguably, it’s amazing that we manage to believe the truth at all. If you want your beliefs to be accurate, you’re constantly swimming against your own biology and instincts.Broadly speaking, I think we can identify three reasons... See more
dynomight • Effectiveness beats accuracy
In psychology there are at least two biases that drive this pattern. One is confirmation bias:23 seeing what we expect to see. The other is desirability bias:24 seeing what we want to see. These biases don’t just prevent us from applying our intelligence. They can actually contort our intelligence into a weapon against the truth.
Adam Grant • Think Again: The Power of Knowing What You Don't Know
If time is slipping through your fingers, the answer isn’t to mourn childhood - it’s to reawaken the part of you that paid attention.
why time felt slower when we were kids (and how to get it back)
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