http://odeo.com/channels/2256-Mind-Reader-s-Dictionary no <p>Social science word of the week podcast. Tools for tracking motives in thought and conversation</p> Social science word of the week podcast. Tools for tracking motives in thought and conversation Social science word of the week podcast. Tools for tracking motives in thought and conversation en-us 40 Sun, 14 Aug 2005 11:28:00 -0700 Sun, 14 Aug 2005 11:28:00 -0700 http://odeo.com/episodes/33171-Firewalls-What-you-don-t-know-and-where-you-don-t-know-it Here’s a simple model of the mind, useful for managing such dilemmas. It’s no more scientifically accurate than the models they use in Anacin ads, but it makes a point worth making. The mind has three chambers. One, let’s call feelings or emotions. It’s in the back responding wily nilly to whatever happens in your life. Then there’s the chamber we’ll call thoughts. It’s where you consciously weigh, doubt, or believe and it’s in the middle. And right behind your teeth and eyebrows there’s a chamber we’ll call action. It’s the part that goes public. Here’s a simple model of the mind, useful for managing such dilemmas. It’s no more scientifically accurate than the models they use in Anacin ads, but it makes a point worth making. The mind has three chambers. One, let’s call feelings or emotions. It’s in the back responding wily nilly to whatever happens in your life. Then there’s the chamber we’ll call thoughts. It’s where you consciously weigh, doubt, or believe and it’s in the middle. And right behind your teeth and eyebrows there’s a chamber we’ll call action. It’s the part that goes public. Here’s a simple model of the mind, useful for managing such dilemmas. It’s no more scientifically accurate than the models they use in Anacin ads, but it makes a point worth making. The mind has three chambers. One, let’s call feelings or emotions. It’s in the back responding wily nilly to whatever happens in your life. Then there’s the chamber we’ll call thoughts. It’s where you consciously weigh, doubt, or believe and it’s in the middle. And right behind your teeth and eyebrows there’s a chamber we’ll call action. It’s the part that goes public. tag:odeo.com,2005-08-14,33171 Sun, 14 Aug 2005 11:28:00 -0700 no Mind Reader's Dictionary http://odeo.com/episodes/33140-Attend-vs-Ignore “We were doing fine, and now suddenly all of these issues have come up. I can’t believe the things she is saying about me. I mean, why didn’t she say them a long time ago? Isn’t there some kind of statute of limitations on past relationship annoyances? I told her I wanted us to stay current. And on top of that, when I bring up my equivalent issues she says that I’m just being defensive. I’m really not sure we’re going to make it.” “We were doing fine, and now suddenly all of these issues have come up. I can’t believe the things she is saying about me. I mean, why didn’t she say them a long time ago? Isn’t there some kind of statute of limitations on past relationship annoyances? I told her I wanted us to stay current. And on top of that, when I bring up my equivalent issues she says that I’m just being defensive. I’m really not sure we’re going to make it.” “We were doing fine, and now suddenly all of these issues have come up. I can’t believe the things she is saying about me. I mean, why didn’t she say them a long time ago? Isn’t there some kind of statute of limitations on past relationship annoyances? I told her I wanted us to stay current. And on top of that, when I bring up my equivalent issues she says that I’m just being defensive. I’m really not sure we’re going to make it.” tag:odeo.com,2005-03-07,33140 Mon, 07 Mar 2005 01:59:00 -0800 no Mind Reader's Dictionary current http://odeo.com/episodes/33150-Harboring-a-dinghy-of-doubt Neologist Jeremy Sherman believes the world is ripe for a better breed of psycho-babble. There’s plenty of well-honed jargon in information technology, but even some of the most basic moves we make in thought and conversation remain nameless. To remedy this Jeremy offers a free word-of-the-week subscription service. Mind Reader’s Dictionary (www.mind-readers.com) delivers both in text and mp3 an insightlopedia-by-installment-terms for everyday life from the cross between social psychology, decision-theory, evolutionary theory and philosophy. Some are academic technical terms everyone should know, others are off his own bat: Endorphment, ambigamy, only brainchild syndrome, doctrine of foregone inconclusion—he’s coined over 250 new terms and written a limerick for each. Psychology Today’s editor-in-chief calls it ‘Mind candy for people who aren’t afraid to think.’ Neologist Jeremy Sherman believes the world is ripe for a better breed of psycho-babble. There’s plenty of well-honed jargon in information technology, but even some of the most basic moves we make in thought and conversation remain nameless. To remedy this Jeremy offers a free word-of-the-week subscription service. Mind Reader’s Dictionary (www.mind-readers.com) delivers both in text and mp3 an insightlopedia-by-installment-terms for everyday life from the cross between social psychology, decision-theory, evolutionary theory and philosophy. Some are academic technical terms everyone should know, others are off his own bat: Endorphment, ambigamy, only brainchild syndrome, doctrine of foregone inconclusion—he’s coined over 250 new terms and written a limerick for each. Psychology Today’s editor-in-chief calls it ‘Mind candy for people who aren’t afraid to think.’ Neologist Jeremy Sherman believes the world is ripe for a better breed of psycho-babble. There’s plenty of well-honed jargon in information technology, but even some of the most basic moves we make in thought and conversation remain nameless. To remedy this Jeremy offers a free word-of-the-week subscription service. Mind Reader’s Dictionary (www.mind-readers.com) delivers both in text and mp3 an insightlopedia-by-installment-terms for everyday life from the cross between social psychology, decision-theory, evolutionary theory and philosophy. Some are academic technical terms everyone should know, others are off his own bat: Endorphment, ambigamy, only brainchild syndrome, doctrine of foregone inconclusion—he’s coined over 250 new terms and written a limerick for each. Psychology Today’s editor-in-chief calls it ‘Mind candy for people who aren’t afraid to think.’ tag:odeo.com,2005-02-25,33150 Fri, 25 Feb 2005 09:25:00 -0800 no Mind Reader's Dictionary life, Philosophy, Tech, live, People, CIA, boring