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Human Behavior

Is everyone stupid?

by Johannes Bhakdi June 19, 2010

Recently, I had a long argument with Angie, who helps me editing sophotec.com. The topic: Is everyone stupid, and do we have to dumb down Sophotec posts – or is everyone smart and understands advanced wisdom structures if we present them in the right way.

Well, we didn’t come to a conclusion. I have no idea. [...]

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Knowledge technology

by Johannes Bhakdi June 19, 2010

In “Does knowledge change human behavior”, I discussed the process in that knowledge influences our actions. It became clear that knowledge in the sense of maps of cause and effect is the only way human behavior can be changed at all, and that the decisive problem boils down to the question of knowledge transfer effectiveness. [...]

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Does knowledge change human behavior – or not?

by Johannes Bhakdi June 19, 2010

One of the most fundamental debates around progress is directly related to this insight: is knowledge the bottleneck of progress – or is the real problem that people don’t apply knowledge to their behavior, because they are irrational?

To answer this question, we have to take a step back and become clear about what knowledge is [...]

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