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16/09/2011 - The mind is a frequent, but not happy, wanderer

16/9/2011

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CAMBRIDGE, Mass. – People spend 46.9 percent of their waking hours thinking about something other than what they’re doing, and this mind-wandering typically makes them unhappy. So says a study that used an iPhone web app to gather 250,000 data points on subjects’ thoughts, feelings, and actions as they went about their lives.  more...
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"The term 'dogma' refers to a coherent, universally applied worldview consisting of a collection of beliefs and attitudes that call for intellectual and emotional allegiance. As such, a dogma has a power over individuals and communities that is far greater than the power of mere facts and fact-related theories. Indeed, it may prevail despite the most obvious contrary evidence, and commitment to it may grow all the more zealous when obstacles are met. There are many kinds of dogmas, including religious, philosophical, political, and scientific."            
                                                                                                                      B. Alan Wallace (Contemplative Science: Where Buddhism and Neuroscience Converge)
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