What formalised methods are there for representing related ideas and information?
There's a tool called Textexture that visualizes any text as a network. The communities (indicated with a color) represent the words that comprise various topics present within the text. You can then find relations between them even if they appear in different places of text.You can also use network notation tool InfraNodus which you can use to manually notate the relations between different texts.You can also export your graph from both apps and study it further in a more extended network analysis tool, such as Gephi.
Are there any real-life examples when “The quality of knowledge is best measured by how many people accept it”?
I would definitely disagree with that. Take Giordano Bruno (originally I had Tycho Brahe - corrected) who was burned at the stake for refusing to accept the Catholic Church’s metaphysics about the primacy of the Earth in relation to the solar system. He was basically one dude and he was pretty much right. Now almost everyone accepts his view with modification (as a result of better empirical science).I’d say the quality of knowledge is how accurate, relevant, and useful it is. Often-times, knowledge is even more valuable the fewer people that know it.EDIT: To answer the question more directly, one example is crypto-currency. It’s not just propositional knowledge (a fact or memorizing/regurgitating a date, etc.), knowing about it is also know-how (how to build your own for example). It’s also technical knowledge (knowledge pertaining to technology - doing something better that’s useful) to implement a platform. Lastly, it’s also financial knowledge (knowledge that pertains to material accrual).The more people know about cryptocurrencies in the ways I’ve mentioned, the more people use it, trade it, and solve problems with it.
How do you motivate yourself to want things?
Answers like "you can't" only show lack of imagination and knowledge. The problem: I don't want much in life. I figured I can really do wonders when I want something and go for it. Like, I'm an A+ student in a college, got a black belt in taekwondo in under 3 years just because was really interested in it. Yet these are rare cases, and since I don't want much, I don't do much. I seem to have what I need, I rarely go outside my comfort zone, since I feel there's no need to do that, and I don't want to create stress in my life. I seem to make it written all over my mind that challenge=fight against something, so I don't like it. I actually think that this could be a part of the problem but I also know that there's more to it. From analyzing myself, I've come to a conclusion that I don't really care for things if they're outside of my interest zone. But I go through like a bulldozer if it's something I like.
Can someone check my earth science answers?
1 A model that helps you think a problem through or make mental images is what type of model? conceptual visualization *****interactive mathematical Question 2.2. Which of the following is an example of how a model is used in science? predicting a solar eclipse measuring the pH of mine drainage water ***** measuring the concentration of ozone in the atmosphere measuring wind speed Question 3.3. Which of the following is an example of an interactive model? graph ***** video game concept map Newton's second law (F=ma)
How can one better make and connect mental models on various topics?
That’s really the question of a lifetime. How deep do you want to go and how much time do you have?You can study the philosophy behind the ideas and topics that you take for granted— typically these will be described verbally, but it is also the way to get at the component ideas underlying the topics. These in turn could be translated into diagram form… there, you’re modeling them!Beware premature abstraction and generalization. It would be premature to invest too much in some kind of “theory of everything”. If you come across one making high claims, run the other way until you actually know what in the world needs modeling and have seen a variety of actual ways to do so.By the way, do you know where the idea of a TOPIC came from, what’s the history behind it? What the blank IS a “topic”, anyway? No, Wikipedia doesn’t have a clue. Anong the way you’ll learn more than you thought could be meaningful about classic and medieval scholarship. Do you understand what “topic thinking” offers, and what it necessarily sacrifices and gives away? As a starter try Ramus, Method, and the Decay of Dialogue.If you’re visually oriented (or a case-based thinker), spend time just immersing yourself in examples of modeling practices.Have fun with a particular collection of mental models, especially one that is attractive and aesthetic, diverse and somewhat off the beaten path. The following book has a large number of models and diagrams, attractively rendered, and with “how to” instructions. What I like about it is that the notion of modeling experiences is a radical departure from the majority of modeling which deals with things or concepts.Mapping Experiences (book)Three notable runners-up:Unfolding the NapkinVisual LanguageVisual MeetingsMany more references than you have time to read… but review enough of them and you’ll get a feel for the possibilities. Then go practice, model things yourself.DiagrammingMappingModelingMetamodeling
How powerful can a Mind Map be as a medium for presenting complex, unfamiliar ideas to an audience?
A well drawn mind map can help your audience get into your head and see the way you have formed your ideas. It gives a bird’s eye view and a worm’s eye view simultaneously and if you are using software to present or create, you can add, delete or move nodes on the go.Mind maps when well used can be an explosive tool to make sense of difficult ideas for an audience.Creating and using mind maps is quite an art and requires some effort and dedication. You can read about more about mind maps and how to create and use them in my book Ready, Study, Go! - Smart Ways to Learn published by Harper Collins India. You can buy it from almost all online portals and quite a few bookshops around the Indian subcontinent.A link to get it from Online Shopping: Shop Online for Mobiles, Books, Watches, Shoes and More - Buy Ready, Study, Go!: Smart Ways to Learn Book Online at Low Prices in IndiaAll the Best!
How does a mind map help students?
First, it stimulates thinking. But not only thinking as mind producing ideas. Creative thinking and deep meaning.Second, it enforces self-control over thinking. Just entertaining ideas is not extremely productive. Confronting your own thoughts and trying to find structure within is much harder. Once ideas/concepts are put on page, you have no choice but to find order in that chaos, give them meaning, beyond the boundaries of each concept/idea on its own. You may relate this to critical thinking as well.Third, it promotes synthesis of one’s active cognitive processing. When mind/concept mapping, a lot of mental content must be put/expressed in a “concrete way”. Redundancies are eliminated and only important stuff is preserved. Also, it stimulates the reactivation of a lot of prior knowledge, which is fundamental for learning new stuff.Fourth, it allows knowledge transfer and sharing. In short, it promotes communication skills. If at first you must find meaning for yourself, later on, often times, you’ll be presenting your concept map to others. This forces you to think on acceptable ways to express your ideas so that others appreciate and understand them.Fifth, it puts things in perspective. Having an overview of the most important ideas/concepts on a subject of interest, make it more approachable from a strategic perspective. You’ll have more support for developing a plan of action when hierarchical relations between ideas are made visible by the mind/concept map.Sixth, self-awareness: it allows the thinker to become more aware of his/her own intellectual abilities and inner conditionalities. Concept/mind mapping is not only about displaying declarative knowledge, but about interests and passion as well. It helps people understand not only more about the subject they’re describing, but about their own limitations, skills, abilities, interests and emotions related to that subject as well.I am sure that are more ways in which mind/concept mapping helps students (as in learners). I tried to present things briefly and provide just an overview.Now, that I think about it, this topic would make the subject of a very interesting mind/concept map :)Best of luck!