Tag: motivated reasoning

109 A Study in Studies

The Martial Brain
The Martial Brain
109 A Study in Studies
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Jeff discusses the importance of understanding the variety of quality of various scientific studies for martial artists and the general public.

96 Everything Good Came From Us!

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The Martial Brain
96 Everything Good Came From Us!
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Hyper-diffusionism is the misguided idea that ALL the world’s important cultural achievements, indeed all the world’s CULTURES came from a single particularly superior civilization and then diffused out to the rest of the world.

46 But Mommy, I WANT There to be a Santa Claus!

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The Martial Brain
46 But Mommy, I WANT There to be a Santa Claus!
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Jeff discusses the cognitive bias known as “motivated reasoning”.  He uses the gi vs. no-gi grappling debate to illustrate his points.