Monthly Archives: May 2013

Top Ten Things that Intelligence Tests Miss: Keith Stanovich’s Insights that Also Help in Conflict

Posted on May 25, 2013 by creativeconflictwisdom

There is a great quote from Keith Stanovich in David Brooks book ‘The Social Animal’ that I am reading which lists certain mental dispositions that contribute to real world performance from Keith’s book ‘What Intelligence Tests Miss’. I have converted … Continue reading →

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Pope Francis Accepts Atheists: Not the First

Posted on May 25, 2013 by creativeconflictwisdom

This is also a very hopeful development. Well I think the Pope is recognizing in this acceptance that the core of Christianity, and indeed of Catholicism, indeed of Islam, Judaism, Buddhism, is the Golden Rule: to treat others as you … Continue reading →

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Muslim Imams Visiti Auschwitz, Pray for Holocaust Victims

Posted on May 25, 2013 by creativeconflictwisdom

This is the most interesting article I have read for a long time. It gives me hope Susan Barnett http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/05/23/imams-auschwitz-muslim-nazi-holocaust_n_3326547.html#slide=2489372 Muslim leaders from across the globe paid tribute Holocaust victims this week during a visit to Auschwitz, the former Nazi … Continue reading →

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Cognitive Dissonance and US Conservatism

Posted on May 20, 2013 by creativeconflictwisdom

I struggle with understanding just how dysfunctional the political conflict in the US has become. Both sides, indeed all sides are to blame but I do see some asymmetry in the blame. I do see Republicans as having retreated into … Continue reading →

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The US Republican Party: Wilfull Blindness All the Way Down

Posted on May 16, 2013 by creativeconflictwisdom

I am reading Margaret Hefferman’s interesting book ‘Willful Blindness’. She shows how the concept that was invented in 19th century English law to cover situations where for example you carry a suitcase with unknown contents for a lot of money … Continue reading →

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Ten Thousand Hits in One Day for this Blog!

Posted on May 2, 2013 by creativeconflictwisdom

Thanks everyone; this blog received over ten thousand hits in one day today! 🙂

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