RUSSELL CORNHILL

The Imagination The Thinking Process 4 What is imagination? Wikipedia defines it as the mental capacity to form images, sensations or concepts that are not present to the senses, acting as the foundation for creativity, problem solving and empathy. Other definitions are very similar – a glorious form of speculative thought, a form of cognitive skill, etc. That probably sums up the concept as we think of it, but what if it’s more than that? When we think about imagination, we

What are the major problems in the world today? How’s this for a list? They’re not in any particular order. · Israel – No, I don’t mean the Jewish people or Judaism the religion. · America – And I don’t just mean Trump. · The ‘natural’ environment, or rather, our effect on it. · The Russia/Ukraine war – In this case, you could possibly just put ‘Putin’. · The media, including the internet. · Bigotry in all its forms. ·

The Emotional Self The Thinking Process 3. What are our emotions? Many people will say, ‘Don’t be silly. That’s easy. They’re our feelings.’ Are they? I wonder if, in fact, they aren’t a lot more than that. How many emotions are there? Where do they all hide in the brain? How do they pop out on cue? Why do they vary according to the circumstances? So, let’s examine the emotional side of our brain, the part I called our ‘emotional self’. Why did I call it that? Some time back,