research and teaching 2.0 general or misc

I rushed into extremely specialized scientific research without having learned scientific reasoning.

Another common mistake that intelligent people make is falling victim to epiphenomena—the incorrect belief that one thing causes another. In other words, confusing correlation for causation.

The work is the point, and my work is unique. If I can do something that people find useful, then I should. It doesn’t matter if it’s a masterpiece or not, as long as I enjoy it. I’ve got my own weird angle on things that’s a useful counter-melody in the big orchestra of life.

The benefits of a second language extend beyond analytical thinking, says Gallo. People are more susceptible to misinformation and false memories — remembering something inaccurately, or something that never happened at all — when thinking in their native language, Gallo and Keysar’s research found in July.

Como escuché decir en una ocasión a Victoria Escandell-Vidal, la Lingüística es, por tanto, la más humana de todas las ciencias y la más científica de todas las humanidades.

the Einstellung effect, a psychology term for the tendency of problem solvers to employ only familiar methods even if better ones are available.

As we get older, we become more focused on searching for meaning—and we’re most likely to find it in actions that benefit others. My favorite test of meaningful work is to ask: if this job didn’t exist, how much worse off would people be? It’s near midlife that this question often begins to loom large. At around this time, in both work and life, we