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Crave and fear the new

Our brain craves the new when it triggers dopamine, but, as Anthony de Mello insight says, “We hate the new. We hate it! And the sooner we face up to that fact, the better. We don’t want new things, particularly when they’re disturbing, particularly when they involve...

Realm of possibility

“This is the best of all possible worlds.” (Gottfried Leibniz) A mind closed upon itself sees no possibilities beyond what she think she knows. An mind opened to the possibility of learning something new every day, all the time, expands the knowledge horizon. And even...

How to grasp the strength of being an open-minded researcher

What does it mean for a researcher to be open-minded? Doing research is not knowing what the outcome will be, but work only on some intuition. The result of every scientific investigation may challenge our perception of reality, and we limit the creative process...