The Brain and Personality

How we learn best may lie in first finding out our own personality strengths and weaknesses. The more we know about ourselves the faster we can eliminate unwanted situations and recognize quicker what works best for us.

IMPORTANT: None of this is scientific. We are merely exploring the concepts, trying to draw connections between learning and creativity.

For this post:

1. Take a test from one of the many listed on this site and share your results. https://www.123test.com/personality-test/ Tell us which one you took and share your results. Did they reflect your view of yourself or not? 
2. Then check out this brain simulator. http://www.g2conline.org/ Choose 3D brain in the top right hand corner and then Choose 1 section of the brain from the drop down on the left and describe its core function. Do not copy and paste. Summarize the Overview, Associative functions, Disorders, and Associated with Damages sections in the left hand sidebar.  

Fake news is the new news?

What happens when we only see what we want to see?

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-intersect/wp/2016/10/12/facebook-has-repeatedly-trended-fake-news-since-firing-its-human-editors/

The internet is an amazing tool and has transformed society and how we communicate in profound ways. However, with the emergence of social media algorithms are now determining what we see and hear.  This is increasingly dangerous when we know there is a lot of incorrect and misleading information online.

For this post:

1. First read this article: https://techcrunch.com/2016/11/09/rigged/ and share one fact that stands out to you. What do you think are the implications of the fact you shared? 
2. Then go online and find a recent trending article/story that has been found to be misleading or outright false. Read the article and tell us what the controversy is surrounding it. 

Other sources: 

https://techcrunch.com/2016/10/14/google-added-fact-checking-facebook-its-your-move-now/

http://www.niemanlab.org/2016/11/the-forces-that-drove-this-elections-media-failure-are-likely-to-get-worse/

http://www.nytimes.com/2016/11/15/opinion/mark-zuckerberg-is-in-denial.html?ref=opinion&_r=0

https://www.propublica.org/

http://www.vox.com/new-money/2016/11/16/13659840/facebook-fake-news-chart