Humanist Thought of the Week

Jennifer Hancock
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Humanist Thought of the Week - Inspiration to live a better life with Jennifer Hancock, founder of Humanist Learning Systems

Episodes

  1. 05/11/2021

    How do you know if you are wrong?

    Reading Jeff Hawkins new book a Thousand Brains. He talks about how our brains think and how the brain can come to believe things that aren’t true. He says the best way to learn if you are wrong is to actively seek out evidence that you are wrong and to be open to being wrong so you can learn and be less wrong. Good advice. #humanism #skepticism #criticalthinking

    3 min

  2. 02/19/2021

    Compassion and giving people the benefit of the doubt

    We live in an interconnected world. Cultural differences can sometimes cause offense where none is intended. Give people the benefit of the doubt that they mean well and don’t assume they are horrible people. If we all treat each other with compassion we can learn from and honor each others differences and work past the inevitable faux pas that occur.

    5 min

  3. 12/02/2020

    Exploitative Businesses vs. Humanistic Businesses

    People and companies who want to do harm and not get caught are not good businesses. This is why humanism is so important

    1 min

  4. 11/02/2020

    Alterity and Humanism

    Being Different, Together. This is a great way to think about how to be human and humanist.

    1 min

  5. 09/03/2020

    Humility Helps Create Confidence - Humanist Thought of the Week

    My son thinks I'm confident. The reality is - I'm humble. I expect to screw up. I'm ok with screwing up and when I do - I just set about - fixing the problem.  That seems like confidence, but it's really  just humility.

    1 min

  6. 08/05/2020

    How to tell if someone is solving a problem - or rationalizing an opinion

    How to tell the difference between someone rationalizing their opinion and someone trying to solve a problem.  Hint - are they open to corrective information? Or not?

    1 min

  7. 07/29/2020

    Solve Problems - don't rationalize opinions

    Don’t use your intelligence to rationalize your opinion. Instead, use it to figure out a good solution.

    1 min
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Humanist Thought of the Week - Inspiration to live a better life with Jennifer Hancock, founder of Humanist Learning Systems

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  • Creator
    Jennifer Hancock
  • Years Active
    2007 - 2021
  • Episodes
    7
  • Rating
    Clean
  • Copyright
    Copyright © 2010-2016 Jennifer Hancock. All rights reserved.
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