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My vision on this: The thing is we can't say our brains operate at tipping point since we don't understand the brain fully yet. And won't for a long time. We ha

My vision on this: The thing is we can't say our brains operate at tipping point since we don't understand the brain fully yet. And won't for a long time. We haven't realized the full capacity of the brain yet, far from it. So, no, it most likely doesn't operate at tipping point for the majority of people.

tilt_error 7y ago
Why should we care what you believe to be true, when you don’t provide empirical backup and no scientific method? This is less than interesting - it dilutes the discussions around the matter at hand.
- jMyles 7y ago
  1) This comment is unnecessarily mean. 2) The comment is about the limits of our understanding and how they affect our outlook, so your criticism about not providing "empirical backup and no scientific method" are a non sequitur.
  - BuckRogers 7y ago
    It doesn't read as mean to me, it's just the truth. The OP made a claim, "So, no, it most likely doesn't operate at tipping point for the majority of people." and failed to back it up with any evidence. In fact, his premise is that this is "his vision". Tilt_error was so logically correct in his statement, that I appreciated reading it. Clear thinking helps everyone.
atian 7y ago
That's fantastic.
williadc 7y ago
Another way to think about this finding is that operating at the tipping point could be like entering a state of "flow" as defined by Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi, where there is a balance of subject mastery and passion that drives great work. He writes about this in __Flow__, and it's an interesting read.
ASalazarMX 7y ago
> We haven't realized the full capacity of the brain Of course we have. Geniuses, savants, exceptional people have existed along all our history, that's the full capacity of the human brain, that's the best it can perform. Nevertheless, the full capacity of your brain depends on genetics and training, just like, for example, your full gymnastic capacity.

tilt_error 7y ago

Why should we care what you believe to be true, when you don’t provide empirical backup and no scientific method? This is less than interesting - it dilutes the discussions around the matter at hand.

jMyles 7y ago
1) This comment is unnecessarily mean. 2) The comment is about the limits of our understanding and how they affect our outlook, so your criticism about not providing "empirical backup and no scientific method" are a non sequitur.
- BuckRogers 7y ago
  It doesn't read as mean to me, it's just the truth. The OP made a claim, "So, no, it most likely doesn't operate at tipping point for the majority of people." and failed to back it up with any evidence. In fact, his premise is that this is "his vision". Tilt_error was so logically correct in his statement, that I appreciated reading it. Clear thinking helps everyone.

atian 7y ago

That's fantastic.

williadc 7y ago

Another way to think about this finding is that operating at the tipping point could be like entering a state of "flow" as defined by Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi, where there is a balance of subject mastery and passion that drives great work. He writes about this in __Flow__, and it's an interesting read.

ASalazarMX 7y ago

> We haven't realized the full capacity of the brain Of course we have. Geniuses, savants, exceptional people have existed along all our history, that's the full capacity of the human brain, that's the best it can perform. Nevertheless, the full capacity of your brain depends on genetics and training, just like, for example, your full gymnastic capacity.