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Cognition
Cognition is "the mental action or process of acquiring knowledge and understanding through thought, experience, and the senses."
It encompasses processes such as knowledge, attention, memory and working memory, judgment and evaluation, reasoning and "computation", problem solving and decision making, comprehension and production of language, etc. Human cognition is conscious and unconscious, concrete or abstract, as well as intuitive (like knowledge of a language) and conceptual (like a model of a language). Cognitive processes use existing knowledge and generate new knowledge. ...more
It encompasses processes such as knowledge, attention, memory and working memory, judgment and evaluation, reasoning and "computation", problem solving and decision making, comprehension and production of language, etc. Human cognition is conscious and unconscious, concrete or abstract, as well as intuitive (like knowledge of a language) and conceptual (like a model of a language). Cognitive processes use existing knowledge and generate new knowledge. ...more
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Conscience is not a dead constant, it is a living, breathing, ever-evolving force of progress – a force of upliftment.
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― Conscience over Nonsense
― Conscience over Nonsense
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I wanted that future officer to weigh decisions with a supple mind and to be comfortable with nuance and uncertainty.
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― The Unforgiving Minute: A Soldier's Education
― The Unforgiving Minute: A Soldier's Education
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