Many academics read a work, pause, then take it apart, picking at their themes on their quest to find its hidden meanings. This insistence on criticism creates an environment that pushes scholars to hide their true feelings regarding texts, in fear of judgment by their colleagues. But recently, there has been a movement to push that aside in favor of making sense of why we get attached to what we read. Read full article here
Education
Overcoming Bias
Kai Cheng’s professor had a brilliant scheme. In his first lecture, he promised that each lecture would feature a “Lie of the Day”. But why? It made his students more attentive and analytical, poring over every detail of his lecture and making sense of why things were true. It was such a powerful teaching method that his students digested his most technical lectures quite easily because they tried so hard to catch his lie. The kicker? There was no lie in that first lecture; he had lied about that too! Read full article here
Merv
August 17, 2022
