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John writes of learning "to harness" the flow

John's first audio slideshow

"GREENE: And John, you wrote an introduction to this issue of Granta, and you said that literature asserts that the world, as it is imagined, is every bit as important as the world as it exists. Is that really the case? FREEMAN: Yeah, because if we only agreed with what the world is, there would never be the future. The world, as it will be, is partly imagined, and it's part entropy. And if we believe that we can have some sense of control of our destinies - whether it's how we educate children or how we write our own stories - part of that has to do with the imagining, and novels help us imagine more beautifully, I think, than almost any other art form. "

imagination -- to envision then creativity kicks in to make it happen

People like me sometimes are inclined to think that if people had more and better education, they would not believe anti-scientific myths. For example, they they were told that the Sun is in a cooling cycle, they would not be inclined to blame Sun cycles for global warming. Actual evidence, however, suggests that people continue to believe myths despite the scientific evidence. Myths provide explanations, and merely debunking a myth leaves a gap in that explanation. In some cases, the provision of evidence contrary to the myth can actually strengthen their belief in the myth. Why do I raise this? Education is not a magic remedy for misinformation. See also the Debunking Handbook (PDF) by John Cook and Stephan Lewandowsky. -- OLDaily, April 18

basis for critical reflection