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DEPARTMENT B - Brain Science File
FILE 1: THE AI THREAT LANDSCAPE
- AI needs certainty to compute; humans need
ambiguity to grow. - When we flatten complexity, we kill creativity.
Tension is where sparks begin.
FILE 2: THE SCIENCE EVIDENCE
- Cognitive Dissonance: contradiction drives change.
- Integrative Complexity: ambiguity builds adaptability.
- Paradox Mindset: duality fuels innovation.
DECLASSIFIED EVIDENCE FILE - How Your Brain Is Wired: An Owner’s Manual
“Even the most pessimistic people hope for the best while expecting the worst. We don’t get married expecting to get divorced; we don’t buy lottery tickets convinced that we won’t win; we don’t book holidays with the assumption that we’ll have a horrible time; we don’t go to restaurants anticipating ordering food we won’t like. Our day-to-day plans—our whole life plans, come to that—are mostly devised with the prospect of favorable outcomes.” (p. 70)
“In his research (Matthew Syed, author of You Are Awesome: Find Your Confidence and Dare to Be Brilliant at (Almost) Anything), he discovered from teachers how ‘the curse of perfectionism’ prevents risk-taking and learning.” (p. 183)
FILE 3: THE HUMAN EDGE OVER AI
- Contradiction breeds originality.
- Ambiguity is your creative oxygen.
FILE 4: INTELLIGENCE AND SKILLSETS GAINED
- Builds tolerance for tension into your organisation.
- Translate complexity into innovation.
- Keeps human thought multi-dimensional.