Tag: writing
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Why re-think thinking? Three myths about the mind
Yesterday, I opened this semester’s AKC series, Rethinking Thinking: Bodies, Minds, and Machines in the Modern World, with a lecture entitled, “Why re-think thinking? Three myths about the mind.” Over the semester, I’m inviting the King’s community to explore how we think—and how we might think differently—with help from colleagues across the College’s faculties and…
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Asking Why
When presented with an opportunity, don’t say ‘yes’ or ‘no’ first. Instead, ask ‘why’. Academia comes with many opportunities — a new collaboration, a new writing idea, a new project — and there will always be a fear of missing out. Certainly, I must say ‘yes’ to everything that comes my way, right? Otherwise I,…
Edward A. David 