High Minds

Psychologists and neuroscientists struggle with how best to interpret human motivation and decision making. The assumption is that below a mental "surface" of conscious awareness lies a deep and complex set of inner beliefs, values, and desires that govern our thoughts, ideas, and actions, and that to know this depth is to know ourselves. In this profoundly original book, behavioral scientist Nick Chater contends just the opposite: Rather than being the plaything of unconscious currents, the brain generates behaviors in the moment based entirely on our past experiences.

While on the Felspar, James Stone has learnt some terrible truths about the artificial constellation of Evigone. Giant, murderous insects, a great war and a secret the quasi-human spider Sanidine is prepared to kill to keep; all lead him and the human crew to mutiny. But worse still, James Stone has discovered he can read minds – and now they suspect he’s an emissary of the ancient enemies, the tsars of technology or Zarktek. While Bulsar tries to get help from the people of Aagau, the remaining crew trick him into leaving the ship and abandon him to the fate of the security forces of ...

Master Mind Prepare yourself. You are about to learn invaluable strategies for improving your life TODAY. Did you know that the human brain contains over 100 billion neurons, and that each of these neurons is capable of making 15,000 synaptic connections? That brain power and cognitive skills are linked directly to the plasticity of your brain? Whether trying to boost your IQ, achieve maximum memory improvement, or harness the full power of manipulative mind control, neuropsychology has the power to change your life forever. Without a firm understanding of brain power and brain training, we...

You can train your brain to pay attention more effectively. Acclaimed neuroscientist Dr Amishi Jha has dedicated her life's work to understanding the science of attention at every level - from brain-imaging studies in the lab to field testing soldiers, firefighters and athletes. Her mission has been to scientifically determine how we can harness the full power of our attention to better meet all that life demands.

We’ve all been impressed by the amazing abilities of psychics capable of communicating important information to others. Anyone with a background in metaphysics knows that that such things are possible and that people have benefited from knowledge not always available from normal sources. NOW YOU HAVE THE POTENTIAL to develop your own psychic abilities. While in a hypnosis-induced altered state of consciousness, you can receive knowledge from your own higher mind, a Universal Mind source, or through contact with someone on the other side.

Sir Thomas Browne (1605-1682) was an English writer, physician, and philosopher whose work has inspired everyone form Ralph Waldo Emerson to Jorge Luis Borges, Virginia Woolf to Stephen Jay Gould. In an intellectual adventure akin to Sarah Bakewell's book on Montaigne, How to Live, Hugh Aldersey-Williams sets off not just to tell the story of Browne's life but also to champion his skeptical nature and inquiring mind for our own age.

From fake news to conspiracy theories, from inflammatory memes to misleading headlines, misinformation has swiftly become the defining problem of our era. The crisis threatens the integrity of our democracies, our ability to cultivate trusting relationships, even our physical and psychological well-being—yet most attempts to combat it have proven insufficient. With remarkable clarity, Sander van der Linden explains why our brains are so vulnerable to misinformation.

Annalee Newitz traces the way disinformation, propaganda, and violent threats have evolved from military weapons deployed against foreign adversaries into tools in domestic culture wars. Newitz delves into America's deep-rooted history with psychological operations, beginning with Benjamin Franklin's Revolutionary War-era fake newspaper and nineteenth-century wars on Indigenous nations, and reaching its apotheosis with the Cold War and twenty-first-century influence campaigns online.

Feeling overwhelmed by endless tasks and scattered thoughts? The Mind Map Manual: Brain on Fire! is your ultimate guide to mastering mind mapping—a powerful tool to organize your ideas, spark creativity, and achieve your goals. This book isn’t just about learning a skill; it’s about transforming how you you think and work. Whether you’re a student aiming for academic success, a professional juggling multiple projects, or someone who simply wants a clearer, sharper mind, this manual will help you unlock the genius within. What’s Inside? Visual Thinking Made Easy: Learn how to break...

A new field of collective intelligence has emerged in the last few years, prompted by a wave of digital technologies that make it possible for organizations and societies to think at large scale. This "bigger mind" - human and machine capabilities working together - has the potential to solve the great challenges of our time. So why do smart technologies not automatically lead to smart results?

Rarely does a week go by without a well-known executive being indicted for engaging in a white-collar crime. Perplexed as to what drives successful, wealthy people to risk it all, Harvard Business School professor Eugene Soltes spent seven years in the company of the men behind the largest corporate crimes in history - from the financial fraudsters of Enron, to the embezzlers at Tyco, to the Ponzi schemers Bernie Madoff and Allen Stanford.

What if the only thing standing between you and total clarity was your own mind? In today’s chaotic world, discipline is rare. Focus is fragile. And most people are mentally reactive, emotionally hijacked, and stuck in loops of overthinking that destroy their momentum. The Unshakeable Mind is a powerful blueprint for building a mindset that stays calm under pressure, executes with precision, and refuses to break—no matter what life throws at it. If you’re tired of burnout, distraction, and inconsistency, this book will teach you how to train your thoughts, kill noise, and take ...

Sam Kelson is a PI like no other. As a consequence of being shot in the head while working undercover as a Chicago cop, he suffers from disinhibition: He cannot keep silent or tell lies when questioned. But truth be told - and Kelson always tells the truth - he still feels compelled to investigate and, despite the odds, he's good at his job.

More than 2,000 years ago the Chinese strategist Sun Tzu advised us to know our enemies. The question has always been how. In A Sense of the Enemy, the historian Zachary Shore demonstrates that leaders can best understand an opponent not simply from his pattern of past behavior, but from his behavior at pattern breaks. Meaningful pattern breaks occur during dramatic deviations from the routine, when the enemy imposes costs upon himself. It's at these unexpected moments, Shore explains, that successful leaders can learn what makes their rivals truly tick.

Epistemic vices are character traits, attitudes, or thinking styles that prevent us from gaining, keeping, or sharing knowledge. In this book, Quassim Cassam gives an account of the nature and importance of these vices, which include closed-mindedness, intellectual arrogance, wishful thinking, and prejudice. In providing the first extensive coverage of vice epistemology, an exciting new area of philosophical research, Vices of the Mind uses real examples drawn primarily from the world of politics to develop a compelling theory of epistemic vice.

Do you want to discover a superhero within you? This book is a beginner's guide to spiritual growth and Self-Awakening for busy persons! If you want to have clarity, wisdom, and joy like monks and glimpse enlightenment while living with your family and pursuing your career, then this book is for you. If you want to know what lies beyond the subconscious mind and looking to transform the growth trajectory in your life by tapping the power of higher dimensions of the mind, then this book is for you. If you are new to spirituality and want to explore self-awakening, then this book would be ...

Discover the uncompromising life and legacy of Mike Mentzer—bodybuilding’s most cerebral iconoclast. Mike Mentzer: The Man Behind Heavy Duty is a definitive exploration of the man who transformed high-intensity training into a philosophy, not just a method. From his strict upbringing in Pennsylvania to the mental crucible of the U.S. Air Force, and from the infamous 1980 Mr. Olympia controversy to his final years as a philosopher-coach, this book captures the full depth of a man who reshaped bodybuilding by demanding logic where others offered lore. Mentzer’s story is not just one of ...

How a band of antislavery leaders recovered the radical philosophical inspirations of the first American Revolution to defeat the slaveholders' oligarchy in the Civil War.

Her magic can command any plant. But he intends to command her. Evelyn Reed is a witch with a secret. Her rare botanical magic allows her to hear the whispers of the green, coaxing life from the most stubborn soil. It’s a power she has carefully hidden, but it’s her only shot at winning the legendary Black Orchid Scholarship at Aethelgard Academy—an award that promises freedom and a place in a world that sees her as a powerless human. Her dream becomes a nightmare when the scholarship's terms are revealed. She is now bound in a mandatory mentorship to the one person who embodies ...

The forces of persuasion are all around us. What you might often consider a free choice is quite often the result of persuasion from one or any number of forces. Persuasion influences people to make decisions about what they buy, where they live, who they vote for, and who they love. Persuasion can change our views, change our acts, change our personality, and change our world.