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The power of ignorance

I recently read of a man who was released from prison after being incarcerated for 37 years. DNA tests showed that he was innocent of the crime for which he had been imprisoned for his entire adult life. It seems the police wanted to close the case; they found a likely suspect and stopped looking. A nightmarish as this is, we are all guilty of the same error; once we think that we know or understand something, we cling to a certainty and stop looking. Worse still, we stop seeing!  Like the policemen who imprisoned the wrong man, we will massage the facts so that they support our belief. Our…

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Ignorant of our ignorance

Our minds provide the only connection, the only interface we have with our lives, the universe and everything. How we use our minds is critical to absolutely every aspect of our lives and yet it is a sad fact that most people spend more time and money on their hairstyle than they do on their mind. Add to this the fact that we are essentially emotionally driven beings and yet most of us have had little or zero training in recognising emotions as they arise in our bodies, what emotions are - let alone how they interact with thoughts and perception. The mind and emotions have evolved to ensure just…