Cognition – Dr Rod’s Odd Blog (almondemotion)

Have I got dementia?

“whistle”… Rover, where are you? Oh, he must be upstairs on the bed, that old dog.

I say x is y, you believe y is z and we keep-on going. This is at least part of the explanation for why Rtump has won and why we argue; why we fail to see eye to eye and why, what to me is obvious is as clear as mud to you. We allContinue reading “Cognitive dissonance (i)”

Is it good if it feels bad?

Let me start with the premise – if something feels good, say, my dog’s smiling face when I return home from work, then surely this is a good thing; I feel happy, my dog is happy, (presupposing she has a sense of happiness) and the world moves-on. Now, let’s think of a scenario when IContinue reading “Is it good if it feels bad?”