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I'm not even talking about 'a little discredited', or 'still hotly debated'. It's been 20 years since V.S. Ramachandran popularised mirror neurons. And that's 20 years for evidence to slowly accumulate AGAINST the thesis. You don't even have to look very far; just google.

Cedric Chin

@ejames_c

Aug 15, 2020

Links: sitn.hms.harvard.edu/flash/2016/mir wired.com/2013/12/a-calm ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/P digest.bps.org.uk/2019/03/25/the

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Mirror Neurons After a Quarter Century: New light, new cracks - Science in the News

They were discovered in monkeys nearly 25 years ago, but what have mirror neurons really told us about the human mind? An updated look at the controversy.

Cedric Chin

@ejames_c

Aug 15, 2020

"Wait, are you telling me that someone who is trying to promote better thinking used an example of a highly discredited theory IN his example of better thinking?" Uhh, yes. So that makes me down-weight the technique even more.

Cedric Chin

@ejames_c

Aug 15, 2020

The truth is that I don't really have a dog in this fight. I have tried Progressive Summarisation, and it's worked for me. If Milo had demonstrated good thinking, with novel insight scattered in his body of work, I would be willing to give his technique a go. But, alas.

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Ah yes, back to the "but what has he done" argument. It's fair. But my body of work stands for itself. Since I've been (respectfully) called out, I will attempt to provide insight without getting into boasting territory. 1/

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I've applied these concepts for over a decade. Please check out Pink Gloves Boxing. It's a real small business that's in-person, community-centered, multi-tiered fitness boxing program. As I type this, people are sweating, smiling, and bonding in Sweden. 2/

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As I type this, I'm working full-time on a TV show for NBC as an assistant editor. Prog Ideation helped me leap into an entirely different industry, starting as a PA, and rise up to a creative position I'm quite proud of. 3/

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Productions are 60-hour per week expectations. When I start one, I usually say goodbye to my family and friends. The pandemic gave me a breather. I jumped more deeply into the PKM space and loved the people and ideas. 4/

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But as I got much more familiar with the social space around PKM, I also saw things I thought were poor and/or outdated ideas being marketed as The Way. It bothered me. So I'm writing about it. 5/

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And I'll just say this. "What have I done in the PKM space?" Just you wait

Cedric Chin

@ejames_c

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I love this, and wished you’d included it in the piece. Everything you’ve said makes you more believable. The other thing that needs fleshing out is a detailed worked example of application to a gnarly problem. e.g. the career switch, perhaps.

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Hey thanks (I just want to say my normal tone is not blustery, just the article b/c I felt compelled to push the convo) Gosh, it will have to be something else until I'm out of the industry. There's an unspoken code of discretion about what goes on inside. You've got me thinking