Learning is one of the best things that can happen to you, all throughout life. For children, schools provide some of the education they need. But why are modern schools killing critical thinking? We learn to read, we learn to write, but do we formally learn about how to discern…
Whether you are revising for exams or learning for the pleasure of it, it’s hard to downplay the advantages of fast learning. After all, we are all busy, it makes sense to be smart with our time. So can science help us to be a fast learner? Back when I…
If you are anything like me, your brain gets muddled sometimes. Mine is full of thoughts that go off in a myriad of different tangents while I race to keep up. I often wonder, wouldn’t it be nice to be able to think rationally once in a while? Well, developing…
There are certain quotes about learning that don’t talk only about expanding your knowledge. They talk about learning life’s lessons and gaining wisdom. Sadly, our society doesn’t encourage learning and critical thinking – it encourages thoughtless consumption of unnecessary things and useless information. For this reason, it is absolutely vital…
Can developing a strong mind lead to you living a stronger life? A stronger mind is something that's desirable but not easily attained. The stronger your mind, the better equipped you will be at handling anything life throws at you. A strong mind can help you overcome obstacles and setbacks,…
If I asked you how a CD worked, how confident would you feel in explaining it to me? Let’s say from 1-10? A 7, 8 perhaps? Okay, go on then, explain it, but in so much detail that I completely understand. Not so confident now? We’re talking about a phenomenon…
The human experience is complex and sometimes you need words with deeper meanings than usual to help you to describe what you’re going through. If you dig a little deeper into language, you’ll find a whole host of words with a deep meaning that can explain all the complicated feelings you have.…
Have you ever learned about a new word, fact, idea or product and subsequently see it everywhere around you? This curious cognitive effect is known as the Baader-Meinhof Phenomenon. So, is it just a coincidence? Or is there a scientific explanation behind this phenomenon? In this post, we take a…
The way we learn something can have a huge impact on our ability to understand and retain the information. This is because we all have different learning styles that can vary depending on what type of thing we are learning. Often, an individual doesn’t fit into one learning category and…
Understanding your way around technology improves your chances in life. Digital literacy doesn’t mean reading a book online. The only difference between reading a physical book and reading online is a page versus a screen. There’s little learning in that because anyone can do it. Digital literacy means much more…
