The world doesn't always reward the person who knows the right answer. Increasingly, it rewards the person who can imagine several possible answers. That's where divergent thinking becomes essential. Rather than following a single path, divergent thinking encourages us to generate multiple ideas, challenge assumptions, and approach problems from different perspectives (Guilford, 1956; Runco & … Continue reading The Art of Divergent Thinking
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Cognitive Debt: Is AI Training Our Minds or Just Cutting Corners?
Studies show two things at once. When people use AI to skip hard thinking, their thinking gets weaker. When people use AI as a guide, their thinking gets stronger. So AI itself isn't the problem or the fix. How we use it is. Introduction AI can now write our emails, solve our math, and answer … Continue reading Cognitive Debt: Is AI Training Our Minds or Just Cutting Corners?