Robert Sapolsky’s Edutaining “Human Behavioral Biology”: Difference between revisions
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In this essay I review an important free video course and I highlight three big takeaways from the course: the dangers of categorial thinking, the gene-environment interaction, and understanding and using complex systems thinking to better understand human behavior. | In this essay I review an important free video course and I highlight three big takeaways from the course: the dangers of categorial thinking, the gene-environment interaction, and understanding and using complex systems thinking to better understand human behavior. | ||
*The bulk of the essay organizes my detailed notes on the videos and the group explorations I organized on topics from the course. You should skim this part unless you are ready for a deep dive (it is a huge amount of material!). | *The bulk of the essay organizes my detailed notes on the videos and the group explorations I organized on topics from the course. You should skim this part unless you are ready for a deep dive (it is a huge amount of material!). | ||
**The essay concludes by requesting your feedback on my effort. | **The essay concludes by requesting your feedback on my effort. | ||
***Is it a good guide for edutainment? | ***Is it a good guide for edutainment? | ||
***How could or should I improve on enhancing a course like Sapolsky's? | ***How could or should I improve on enhancing a course like Sapolsky's? | ||
***How can this effort and efforts like it help address the crisis of | ***How can this effort and efforts like it help address the crisis of | ||
ignorance that is rampant in our civilization? | ignorance that is rampant in our civilization? | ||
***Please let me know what you think of this essay/review. | ***Please let me know what you think of this essay/review. | ||
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In this essay I review an important free video course and I highlight three big takeaways from the course: the dangers of categorial thinking, the gene-environment interaction, and understanding and using complex systems thinking to better understand human behavior.
- The bulk of the essay organizes my detailed notes on the videos and the group explorations I organized on topics from the course. You should skim this part unless you are ready for a deep dive (it is a huge amount of material!).
- The essay concludes by requesting your feedback on my effort.
- Is it a good guide for edutainment?
- How could or should I improve on enhancing a course like Sapolsky's?
- How can this effort and efforts like it help address the crisis of
- The essay concludes by requesting your feedback on my effort.
ignorance that is rampant in our civilization?
- Please let me know what you think of this essay/review.
-- "The subjective and objective always and only coexist and therewith demonstrate the inherent plurality of unity: inseparable union." R. Buckminster Fuller, Synergetics 1013.16 http://synergetics.info/s10/p1230.html#1013.16
CJ Fearnley | "Dare to be Naive" -- Bucky Fuller cjf@CJFearnley.com | http://blog.CJFearnley.com http://www.CJFearnley.com | http://blog.RemoteResponder.net