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| #101A MIND OPEN, VISION GLOBAL |
| I am open-minded and curious. Since my mind ranges freely over the intellectual terrain, my worldview extends in space and time. I respect evolutionary change, natural cycles and the web of all existence of which I’m part. I appreciate cosmic distances, geologic time and statements like “Our bodies contain atoms once inside ancient stars.” I know the past provides insights into dealing with today’s problems; that future consequences of what we do must be considered. I realize the world is complex and sometimes understanding it requires simultaneously holding conflicting beliefs. |
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| #101B MIND NARROWLY FOCUSED |
| I find comfort in not seeking out facts—or exposing myself to beliefs, and values—that would necessitate some revising of my associated worldview framework. (One might call it pre-meditated ignorance!) I'm often able to ignore facts that produce psychological discomfort. I'm generally unable to live with facts, beliefs, and values that are inconsistent with each other. I like to "keep it simple, stupid," and often refuse to deal with issues requiring my mind range widely in space and time, or the complexity of simultaneously holding conflicting beliefs. |
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More to Explore -- Worldview Theme #101A: Mind Open, Vision Global |
More to Explore -- Worldview Theme #101B: Mind Narrowly Focused |
| Open Mindedness (from online encyclopedia) | Cognitive Dissonance (from online encyclopedia) |
| Philosophy of History (values learning from past to prepare for future from online encyclopedia) | Mental Maps (dwelling near center of space / time mental maps, from online encyclopedia) |
| The Universe (from online encyclopedia) | Reality Tunnel (from online encyclopedia) |
| Human Evolution (from online encyclopedia) | KISS Principle (from online encyclopedia) |
| Geologic Time (from online encyclopedia) | "What’s Your Time Perspective?" by Jane Collingwood (article based on time types of Stanford professor posted on PsychCentral) |
| Timeline of Evolution (from online encyclopedia) | The Difference Between Open-Minded and Closed-Minded People (Farnam Street Sept 2017 blog) |
| Ancient Origins website “reconstructing the story of humanity’s past” | Simple thinking in a complex world is a recipe for disaster by David Green (December 14, 2016 post on The Conversation) |
| Cosmological Time Line (from online encyclopedia) | The Roots and Dangers of Closed-Minded Ideological "Thinking" by David Ropeik (essay posted on Psychology Today Dec 6 2011) |
| The Myth of the Flat Earth (from online encyclopedia) | "Didn't spot the dancing gorilla in famous video? Why people suffer from 'inattention blindness'" (April 11 2011 post on The Daily Mail) |
| The Earth Institute at Columbia University | Framing (Social, Cultural Filtering Context, from online encyclopedia) |
| Seeker -- Science & Exploration / Always Curious | Compartmentalization (psychology concept, from online encyclopedia) |
| Worldview Watch issue #59: How Belief in Evolution can Aid Monotheists and Win Sympathy for Climate Deniers (posted Jan. 17 2019) | Should I Pursue a Specialist or Generalist Function?, by R. Matuson (the issue in a career counseling context) |
| Have An Open Mind by Z. Hereford (from Essential Life Skills) | Breadth vs. Depth: A Premature Polarity, by E.D. Hirsch (the issue in an educational context) |
| 7 Benefits of Being Open-Minded (essay from Positively Present) | The Psychology of Scarcity (how lack of narrows one's perspective, article/book review, in print edition of The Economist August 31 2013) |
| “Want to Be More Open-Minded?” (article from Harvard Business Review Jan 22 2019) | Gazing vs. Focusing: Rods vs Cones / Wide Soak vs. Tunnel Vision by Don Lehman Jr |
| Broadening Worldviews With Astronomy Education (from Project Worldview) | The Lost Art of Focus: Multi-tasking vs. Mono-tasking by Jason Montero (October 2009 article) |
| Live Streaming Views of Earth from camera on The International Space Station courtesy of NASA (service started May 2014) | The Myth of Multi-tasking: Focus or Fail by Adam Singer (July 2009 post on The Future Buzz) |
| Understanding Evolution ("your one-stop source for information on evolution" on Univ. of California, Berkeley website) | Attentional Control (from online encyclopedia) |
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Supercomputer
model simulations reveal cause of Neanderthal extinction (Institute
for Basic Science
report May 20 2020) |
“Self-Centered Cultures Narrow Your Viewpoint” by Roxanne Khamsi (New Scientist July 2007 article) |
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Researchers
wonder if ancient supernovae prompted human ancestors to walk upright |
tunnel
vision in making business decisions
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| "How the Universe Creates Gold" by Duncan Brown and Edo Berger (article on EarthSky.org website) | Management Horizons: Quick and Dirty Short-termism (report from The Economist October 8 2016) |
| Climate Change Likely Iced Neanderthals Out Of Existence" by Jason Daley (from The Smithsonian August 29 2018 post) | "Mindfulness Training May Help Focus Attention" by Megan Brooks (report posted on Medscape website Jan 21 2014) |
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“Modern
humans left Africa much earlier” by
Pallab Ghosh (from Science correspondent, BBC News
Jan 25 2018) |
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| “Humans Lived in Americas 130,000 years Ago Study Claims" by Carl Zimmer (article in The New York Times April 26 2017) | |
| Hunting for Aliens –Earth-sized Exoplanets (report from The Economist August 27 2016) | |
| "Of What is the Universe Really Made?" (science brief about the search for dark matter from The Economist August 22, 2015) | |
| "Planck Telescope Puts New Date Stamp on First Stars" by Jonathan Amos (report from BBC News Feb 5 2015) | |
| Fossil reveals transitional link from fins to feet" by Meeri Kim (article of evolutionary import, from January 13 2014 edition of The Washington Post) | |
| "Human Evolution: Unity or Diversity" (news report from The Economist October 19 2013) | |
| "Mass Extinctions: Small But Deadly" (news report of research in The Economist July 27 2013) | |
| "Ancient Europeans Underwent Mysterious Genetic Transformation 4500 Years Ago, Study Suggests" (April 2013 report on The Huffington Post) | |
| "When Did Humans Come to the Americas?" by Guy Gugliotta (article in The Smithsonian Feb 2013) | |
| A History of the World in 100 Objects (BBC website uses objects from the British Museum to tell human story; companion 2012 book by Neil MacGregor) | |
| The Big Question: What Day Most Changed the Course of History? (ten different answers to this, from The Atlantic March 2013) | |
| The Evolution of Co-operation by Martin Novak (2011 talk by Harvard professor on edge.org website) | |
| The Great Story (educational site re:14 billion year evolutionary heritage of humanity told as sacred story) | |
| An Atlas of the Universe (award winning website) | |
| Cosmos and Culture: Cultural Evolution in a Cosmic Context ed. Steven Dick (read whole 2009 book online) | |
| The Foundational Questions Institute ("exploring the foundations and boundaries of physics and cosmology") | |
| Universal Darwinism (website about "design found in the universe as the creation of Darwinian processes") | |
| Evolution and Development of the Universe (papers from October, 2008 conference in Paris) | |
| Our Place in Space (Harvard-Smithsonian / NASA tour) | |
| The Man Who Found Time by Jack Repcheck (review of this 2007 book about James Hutton) | |
| The Scale of the Universe (to help make sense of cosmic distances and evolutionary history over time) | |
| Astronomy Picture of the Day (NASA maintained website for discovering the cosmos) | |
| No Small Matter: Science on the Nanoscale, by F. Frankel and G. Whitesides (more about this 2009 book) | |
| Powers of Ten, a short film by Charles and Ray Eames | |
| The Future of Homo Sapiens, by Peter Ward (2009 article by Univ. of Washington paleontologist) | |
| Teaching
the Flat Earth Theory, by Ellen Wedum (about helping students overcome
"The Illusion of Central Position:" the perception that the world centers on ME.) |
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| Cosmic Concerns (explores different ideas and theories of cosmology) | |
| Evolution and Extinction (numerous links from website for paleobotantists involved in education) | |
| In Search of Time: The Science of a Curious Dimension, by Dan Falk (read excerpts of 2008 book at Google Books) | |
| "Discovering Planets Just Got Easier," by Michael Lemonick (article in Time November 26, 2008) | |
| Kepler--The Search for Habitable Planets (the NASA/Ames Research center website for this project) | |
| "Cosmic Flock," by Dan Cray (report on NASA spacecraft exploring solar system in Time March 31 2008) | |
| quotes related to seeing a situation from different perspectives |
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