Wednesday, December 26, 2018

Summary of 17 posts (2018). Three in English

Monday, January 29, 2018
Förskoleklass: varför är det så svårt för pedagoger att acceptera evolutionsteorin? (Still only in Swedish).
Swedish law demands teachers to follow what is known as natural science, stuff like evolution and so forth. But in conversation with head of schools (rektorer), it seems they apply the non-validated approach of gender theory and 'social constructionism'.

Friday, February 2, 2018
"Perception kontra fakta". Vad handlar Albert Mehrabians 7-38-55 - regel om egentligen? (Still only in Swedish).
A Swedish motivational speaker gets attention in Sweden's prime university city - Uppsala - for a session talking about non-verbal communication and Dr Mehrabians infamous 7-38-55-rule.
I know something about non-verbal communication, and gave a comment via the post.

Friday, February 9, 2018
"Perception kontra fakta". Vad är Självledarskap? (Still only in Swedish).
A continuation from the previous post, this time about self-leadership, which has a broad application, especially among the Swedish public sector.
My take is that self-leadership lacks [scientific] validation.

Monday, February 19, 2018 (Still only in Swedish).
Kulturen som ledarskap i skolan. Vilka premisser krävs för att det ska funka
A comment on the obvious clash between the academy (universities) and bureaucrats, according the role of recruitment within the academic world.

Friday, February 23, 2018
Om ursprung och skillnad mellan bekräftande och utforskande tänkande (Still only in Swedish).
About the difference between confirmation bias and explorative thinking, and some thought about its origin.

Friday, March 16, 2018
Betydelsen av Reality Distortion Fields och Magisk realism inom och utanför akademin (Also in English)
A comment about a conference to honor Peter Nilsson (1937-1998), a renowned Swedish physicist, and his thinking about the interplay between natural science and imagination.

Sunday, March 18, 2018
Perception i rumsdimension i tidig ålder prediktor för kognitiv utveckling (Still only in Swedish).
Research-psychologists at the department of psychology at Uppsala University, are exploring infants understanding of math by intuition. Also some history of human thinking.

Friday, May 4, 2018
Ledarskap och kultur: ska skattebetalarna betala firandet av offentliganställda chefers födelsedagar?  (Still only in Swedish).
On the difference in morale between vice-chancellors' at two Swedish Universities.

Thursday, May 10, 2018
"Perception versus facts". Climate Psychology and Progressofobics (also in Swedish).
On doomsday prophets and Dunning-Kruger/Dysrationalia.

Tuesday, May 29, 2018
"Perception kontra fakta". Matpsykologi - om potatisens vara eller icke vara (Still only in Swedish).
About 'food psychology', why we stick to dietary advice that lack scientific validation.

Friday, June 22, 2018
"Perception kontra fakta". Är det meningsfullt att göra personlighetstest vid rekrytering? (Still only in Swedish).
On personality tests. Do we need them for job recruitment?

Saturday, June 30, 2018
"Perception kontra fakta". Vem vill leva i den bästa av världar? Om Prevalence-induced concept change  (Still only in Swedish).
Poverty is  down to a record low, democracy is more prevalent than ever, still doomsday prophets are the winners in convincing people about various problems we should solve. Why?

Tuesday, July 17, 2018
"Perception kontra fakta". Lev i nuet, för i morgon går världen under, eller?  (Still only in Swedish).
About what happens when we listen to doomsday prophets.

Sunday, August 26, 2018
What kind of leadership will influence market-based generative learning in any organization? (Only in English).
Something about my own model - Generative learning management.

Saturday, September 15, 2018
"Perception kontra fakta". När det saknas objektiva källor vinner den som ljuger bäst (Still only in Swedish).
About the danger when personnel within the police force and the courts fall victim of self-induced psychological fallacies.
The post is dynamic, growing as more horrible examples are piling up.

Friday, November 2, 2018
Communication style. Examples from two talk show hosts ((Still only in Swedish).
Examples of how talk show hosts use polemics as an interview technique with horrible result.

Friday, December 7, 2018
Så skiljer sig koldioxidavtrycket mellan Finland och Kina om man fördelar utifrån globalt invånarantal  (Still only in Swedish).
How doomsday prophets have influences us all to make dysrational judgement associated to climate.

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