Category Archives: illusion

Nonlinear, when does it work?

Posted on June 9, 2021 by knlistman

At one point when watching a Benedict Cumberbatch movie, my friend commented that this actor must have the requirement that all of his movies or series be nonlinear. At one moment Cumberbatch would be studiously studying a problem in the … Continue reading →

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How to be less confident

Posted on April 30, 2016 by knlistman

Search on Google for information on how to be less confident, and over 90% of the hits will actually be explaining ways to increase your confidence. This does have its perks. According to research from Washington University overconfident managers are more likely … Continue reading →

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Multiplying like rabbits

Posted on April 19, 2016 by knlistman

Have you been a the position in which someone  purported to be knowledgeable, or even an expert in an area gave you instructions that were impossible to follow once you got into the details… huge chunks of the process were … Continue reading →

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What does being agreeable have to do with over-confidence?

Posted on April 13, 2016 by knlistman

Did you ever wonder how researchers determine levels of confidence? Typically this research is perform using a population of college students volunteer to take part in psychological tests (sometimes a requirement for a psychology course). To measure confidence, students take … Continue reading →

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Emotional control

Posted on October 28, 2015 by knlistman

The more emotionally intelligent one is the more ability one has to perceive, understand, and manage emotions. Not just one’s own, but other people’s also. Those who possess this kind of intelligence are more able to manipulate others, but their influence … Continue reading →

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Easily deceived

Posted on September 7, 2015 by knlistman

Our eyes may deceive us. Two witnesses of the same event rarely, relate tell the same story. On a smaller scale, we often misread words. If two words have a similar spelling, we may read the one that we think … Continue reading →

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The problem with positive pep talks

Posted on May 20, 2015 by knlistman

After centuries of  philosophers, and in more recent times psychologists, coming up their own set of personality factors a symposium in the 1980s settled on what are called the “big five” which are commonly found in  most summaries of personality traits. Four of the … Continue reading →

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You can dream it, but you will probably never do it.

Posted on April 25, 2015 by knlistman

How many times have you heard “if you can dream it, you can do it?” Well evidently if you can dream it you consider yourself happier, even if you never get around to doing it. And you are also similar … Continue reading →

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