The Paradox of Passion

By Scott Barry Kaufman, Ph.D. | May 01, 2012 | 0 comments

Psychologist Scott Barry Kaufman talks about the fine line between motivation and obsession.
The Irrationality of Irrationality: The Paradox of Popular Psychology

By Sam McNerney | May 01, 2012 | 0 comments

The popular psychology of judgement and decision making is enlightening. But many readers are approaching these books uncritically.
Hobbies: the Personal Path to Creativity

By Michele and Robert Root-Bernstein | April 30, 2012 | 0 comments

A hobby is the first step toward cultivating personal creativity.
How Geniuses Think

By Michael Michalko | April 28, 2012 | 0 comments

Thumbnail descriptions of the thinking strategies commonly used by creative geniuses.
Portrait of a Scientist as a Jazz Musician

By Sylvie Leotin | April 27, 2012 | 0 comments

"Like in jazz, we are guided by a thematic problem, develop material statement by statement, explore tangential ideas, and readily adapt to mistakes and unexpected results".
The Art and Science of Collaboration

By Milena Z. Fisher, Ph.D. | April 26, 2012 | 0 comments

When someone reads your rough draft, it's like letting them see you half-dressed. It's about arriving at a level of intellectual comfort – or having faith in the process. In a successful collaboration, both people feel like they did less than half the work.
Is Academia Inhospitable to Big Discoveries?

By Mark Changizi | April 25, 2012 | 0 comments

To tackle the brain, academia must be turned upside down.
It Takes Two in the Innovation Tango

By Elliot Samuel Paul, Ph.D. | April 24, 2012 | 0 comments

Collaboration plays an essential role in generating new ideas.
The Fear of Neuroesthetics

By Milena Z. Fisher, Ph.D. | April 23, 2012 | 0 comments

Science is reductionist by its nature. It cannot study a complex system as a whole; rather, it isolates its constituents first and tries to build a picture of the whole from studying its parts.
The Tic-tac-toe Puzzle

By Barry R. Clarke | April 22, 2012 | 0 comments

Presenting the game Tic-tac-toe, Which every young fellow doth know, We give a dilemma, To make your brain tremor, The solution to which is a secret!

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