Serendip is an independent site partnering with faculty at multiple colleges and universities around the world. Happy exploring!
Reply to comment
Remote Ready Biology Learning Activities
Remote Ready Biology Learning Activities has 50 remote-ready activities, which work for either your classroom or remote teaching.
Narrative is determined not by a desire to narrate but by a desire to exchange. (Roland Barthes, S/Z)
What's New? Subscribe to Serendip Studio
Recent Group Comments
-
Owen Skyton (guest)
-
Keith Sgrillo
-
Keith Sgrillo
-
Wil Franklin
-
Kim (guest)
-
teal
-
Keith Sgrillo
-
RecycleJack Marine
-
Keith Sgrillo
-
Keith Sgrillo
Recent Group Posts
A Random Walk
Play Chance in Life and the World for a new perspective on randomness and order.
New Topics
-
4 days 19 hours ago
-
4 days 20 hours ago
-
4 days 21 hours ago
-
6 weeks 1 day ago
-
6 weeks 4 days ago
Paying Attention to Subconscious Thought
This institute has shed some light on the inner self as it were. I often find that there are many contradictions in what my brain initially "says" and what I feel I actually believe. Whether it be positive, negative, or benign, I often find there is a conflict in what my initial reaction is to things and what "I" truly believe (of course the idea of "Truly Believing" usually comes after reflection of the former). I think it is this contradiction and inner conflict that truly helps me to learn and make sense of my world. But it also serves as a filter for the things I allow to come out of my mouth or the actions I take. I do believe, as it was said earlier, that it is a form of protection. But from what I am being protected is the question. Am I being protected from potential harmful, material world things. Or am I being protected from my own feelings of disappointment, guilt, and/or frustration? I assume it may be any, all, or a combination of those things. But I am further perplexed as I try to figure out where those initial, subconscious reactions came from. I know one can make the argument that they were both implicit and explicit cultural inputs, social, educational, as well as genetic. But for me, it is a matter of trying to identify which of those contributed to those reactions so that I can better make sense and...who knows...maybe even control them and change them at some point.