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The Power of Not Thinking - How Our Bodies Learn and Why We Should Trust Them (Hardcover)
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The Power of Not Thinking - How Our Bodies Learn and Why We Should Trust Them (Hardcover)
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Details the role our body plays in how we learn and how we can tap
into our body's knowledge to excel in all facets of life. Ask
someone to point to the part of their body responsible for their
intelligence and it is highly likely that they will point at their
head. This assumption is understandable, given that, for centuries,
from Descartes' "cogito ergo sum" to the computer age, this is what
we have been told to think. And yet we all share common experiences
that have revealed the incomparable power of "not thinking". Have
you ever struggled to remember your pin number only to hold your
fingers out and type it correctly with your hands, played the piano
without focusing on remembering the correct notes or listened to
your gut feeling when under the pressure of a big decision? All
these instances prove that it is time to stop neglecting the role
the body plays in our acquisition of knowledge and to explore how
it is that brain and body combine to deliver what we view as
uniquely human intelligence. You never forgot how to ride a bike
did you? In this unique new book, social and business
anthropologist Simon Roberts looks at the pivotal role that our
body plays in how we learn and reminds us of why we should learn to
listen to it more often. Drawing upon an incredible range of
cutting-edge science, real-life examples and personal experience,
Roberts explores the complexity of even the simplest of tasks that
humans perform every day and goes on to explain how, with a greater
awareness of the processes at work, we can tap into our full
potential and excel in any area of our lives. His proposition isn't
the antidote to big data, cold rationalism, and reductionism. But,
as embodied knowledge emerges from our engagement and interaction
with the world, the author underlines why intelligence does not
solely reside in our brains. If there's a single, practical message
to be taken from it, it is that we should give more credit to the
role of the body as a resource for learning about and understanding
the world. That means a more 'sleeves rolled up', engaged and
practical way of 'learning by doing' not by rational detachment.
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