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If you are only going to listen to one episode this is the one to listen to. In this episode I show how the cognitive elite will be revealed as the narcissistic projectors of their cognitive disability.

Science Professor and youtuber Professor Dave posted a video titled: Professor Jiang is an idiot.

https://www.youtube-nocookie.com/embed/1gMYDnLyOSc?rel=0&autoplay=0&showinfo=0&enablejsapi=0

He is not alone, there are many others attacking Professor Jiang, a fellow youtuber and substacker, whose channel is called Predictive History.

https://www.youtube-nocookie.com/embed/Ipj_Tdzokzo?rel=0&autoplay=0&showinfo=0&enablejsapi=0

I hate to break it to them, they are showing their own limitations in thinking, not Professor Jiang’s.

They are showing their system conditioning into mindless zombies who protect the status quo. They are shooting themselves in the foot in the future we are facing. Because Professor Jiang is a whole picture thinker. He has the intelligence we need to survive the change coming. His ability to see the whole and create a map, that he can follow that will guide him through change, is key.

This is what my creative intelligence research has been laying down. How this intelligence functions. We all need this intelligence to adapt to the future we face. Yet our education systems force us out of this intelligence and into a cognitive myopia that reduces our functioning so we remain trapped in the system.

Professor Jiang is the beginning of wave of those who will replace the cognitive elite for the young who realize they need new teachers.

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A trio of creative women discussing how their gestalt creative intelligence was perceived and treated across three different decades. We cover topics ranging from labels to fables. We possess very different backgrounds, ages, experiences and live in three different countries. We have never met in person and yet we have found having friendship with each other quite easy. We have more in common than they have differences.

They met through the Creative Collective where we are collectively creating the science and education to prepare the next generation for the future they face. By sharing what we have experienced, good and bad, to help others see the value our whole intelligence offers and to stop harming the people and children like us. Almost child is born a whole picture gestalt creative thinker. In a system designed to break us, very few retain it. Which is a travesty because it is the intelligence we all need to heal, understand our environment and navigate great change.

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What we currently call “critical thinking” is limited and inaccurate. It considers only one layer of intelligence. The cognitive, dissection-based process that breaks ideas into parts, checks logic, and evaluates claims. This definition misses the body’s connection-based intelligence’s incredible value in critical thinking. Which asks how our current focus connects with reality.

The salience network is important in this discussion because it explains how a person decides what matters. In a domesticated system, salience is trained toward external authority: grades, diagnoses, instructions, metrics, approval, productivity, and correct answers. Education conditions the mind to treat system-defined signals as important and not to trust their own experiential knowledge. Before domestication of intelligence the salience network included the environment and lived reality in critical thinking.

Schooling, medicine, mental health systems, workplace discipline, and now AI all participate in salience rerouting. They train people away from connection-based intelligence and toward externally managed interpretation. The result is a professional class that has often lost access to self-direction, threat calibration, desire, environmental awareness, macro-pattern recognition, and natural sociability, then mistakes that loss for authority. Because their own salience has been narrowed to binary judgment. The can only see the outcome as correct or incorrect, compliant or noncompliant, normal or disordered. They cannot recognize intelligence that exceeds the cognitive-based system. The impact on our children, particularly the the most sensitive children, negatively. They are punished, labeled and shamed when they externalize the higher intelligence capacities domestication has stolen from everyone else. The system is not discovering deficiency in these children; it is projecting an inversion of the capacities it has lost. The very traits it labels as deficits are the traits humanity needs to adapt to the change ahead.

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In this episode of The Gifted Creative Podcast, I offer a forward-looking perspective on how we will come to understand the intelligence of the body.

Our current view of the body’s non-linear, connection-based intelligence often limits it to relationship intelligence—a narrow lens. However, emerging science in embodied cognition and research from Caltech on the body’s billion-bit processing capacity suggest that our somatic intelligence is far more expansive.

Through personal stories and six years of research, I explore why I believe body-based intelligence is the foundation for everything we need to navigate the future.

Looking to be Cultivated Instead of Dissected?

• Join our free Creative Collective. www.CreativeIntelligenceInstitute.ca or www.CreativeIntelligenceInstitute.eu
• Consider taking the Gifted ND holistic intelligence test to assess how much of your somatic and creative intelligence you’ve preserved. Its free and the results will surprise you. www.GiftedND.com

Further Exploration:

1. Embodied Cognition:
   • Look into the work of Alva Noë (Out of Our Heads) or Andy Clark (Supersizing the Mind), who argue that cognition is deeply tied to the body and environment.
   • Explore Varela, Thompson, and Rosch’s The Embodied Mind for a foundational take on embodied cognition.
2. Caltech’s Research on Body vs. Mind Processing or Caltech’s work on interoception and the body’s role in decision-making. 
3. Somatic Marker Theory (Antonio Damasio) 

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Podcast Summary: The Tri-Part Model of Creative Intelligence

In this thought-provoking exploration I introduce my Tri-Part Model of Intelligence—cognitive, somatic, and creative—challenging the modern emphasis on cognitive intelligence as primary. Historically, cognitive intelligence (our 2D, analytical mind) was seen as just one of three, and the smallest at that. The somatic intelligence (3D, environmental/emotional awareness) processes a billion bits of data per second, dwarfing the cognitive’s mere 10 bits. True brilliance emerges when these are integrated into creative intelligence (4D), which synthesizes big-picture awareness with focused detail, amplified by mental models and discernment.

The speaker argues that industrial systems suppress creative intelligence, fracturing individuals and stifling natural talents. Sensitivity, often pathologized, is reframed as a gift—a channel for talent and deep pattern recognition. Creative individuals thrive in mutually altruistic, self-organizing communities, where each person’s unique sensitivity and stamina drive collective harmony.

The cerebellum, containing 80% of the brain’s neurons, plays a pivotal role in processing sensory and cognitive inputs, governed by the salience network to discern what’s important. This discernment is key to navigating the future, especially as AI and societal collapse demand adaptive, grounded intelligence.

Historical and cultural references—from Plato’s reason/spirit/appetite to polyvagal theory’s head/heart/gut—underscore the recurring theme of tripartite intelligence. The speaker’s Creative Intelligence Institute (www.creativeintelligenceinstitute.ca) supports sensitive individuals in honing their sensitivities as talent, preparing for a future where creative intelligence is essential for survival and thriving.

As systems collapse, those who cultivate their creative intelligence—grounded in reality, discerning, and adaptive—will lead the way.

To learn more about my creative intelligence research or the Institute check out my websites.

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What is Creative Intelligence?

Creative Intelligence is the ability to understand the whole picture—enabling you to create, navigate, or adapt what is needed. It is the integrated intelligence of mind and body, a concept that was erased when philosophy embraced Cartesian Dualism.

Creatives require greater depth and breadth to grasp what others accept without question. We don’t settle for understanding until a certain threshold of clarity is met. This approach feels healthy and normal, yet our systems discourage and pathologize it.

Creatives don’t struggle to understand our systems; their dysfunction is clear. The impasse we face is that we cannot fix these systems because we overvalue narrow, detail-focused perspectives. These perspectives cannot address big-picture fractures. Meanwhile, the voices that could offer solutions are pushed to the margins, where they lack the power to be heard.

Whole picture seeing creatives are not valued in our systems despite the system's clear messages they need them. So myself and other creatives have joined up to create a place where they are valued and that value is understood and cultivated.

That place is called the Creative Intelligence Institute of Canada. www.CreativeIntelligenceInstitute.ca

A place where we are researching, cultivating and creating a new understanding about what our native intelligence really is. If you are a creative consider joining our creative collective. It's free to join and connect with other creatives.

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In this episode of the Gifted Creative Podcast, we delve into the timeless relevance of Plato's allegory of the Cave and analyze its implications on modern education, power, and media, arguing that the story illustrates how societal systems fragment holistic intelligence and enforce a superficial understanding of knowledge. The podcast compares the cave to today’s classroom settings, where students are taught to memorize and regurgitate information rather than develop a comprehensive understanding. It emphasizes the need for education systems to foster holistic learning, integrating cognitive, somatic, and creative intelligences. Additionally, they critique how societal structures, established since ancient dualistic philosophies, systematically devalue and constrain human intelligence. Ultimately, the host calls for a transformation in how we perceive and cultivate intelligence, advocating for a re-connection with our holistic cognitive capacities.

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In this episode of the Gifted Neurodivergent Child Podcast, I delve into the significance of sensitivity and its impact on giftedness and neurodivergence. Through personal anecdotes and thought-provoking insights, I cover how sensitivity in both body and mind shapes abilities and challenges societal norms. 

Highlighting the story of a young girl at a performance and the exceptional teaching of patient teachers, I emphasizes the importance of recognizing and nurturing unique gifts within children. I also shares her vision for creating learning environments that cultivate holistic intelligence and urges listeners to embrace and understand the sensitivities of themselves and their children for a more enlightened future.

00:00 Introduction to the Podcast
00:19 A Story of Sensitivity and Genius
01:17 Understanding Sensitivity and Giftedness
03:29 The Role of Teachers in Nurturing Giftedness
05:38 Celebrating Somatically Gifted Teachers
08:27 The Importance of Somatic Intelligence
12:16 Challenges Faced by Gifted Individuals
21:53 Reforming Education for Neurodivergent Children
25:19 Conclusion and Call to Action
25:23 Disclaimer and Legal Information
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This episode of the Gifted Neurodivergent Child Podcast introduces the concept of infracognition, a form of cognition that involves understanding and using emotions alongside traditional thought processes. It is contrasted with metacognition, or thinking about thinking. Infracognition is oppressed in our current educational systems, which favor linear, factual learning. But that infracognition is more suitable for our change we face in the near future. Infracognition will provide the skills we need to work best with AI. 

This podcast illustrates how our systems are failing all students using a comparison between two types of students, Emily and Alex. Highlighting how what we value is the wrong type of intelligence. Infracognition is the intelligence our children need to prepare them for the future. Not just neurodivergent children but all children. Lillian emphasizes the need for an educational paradigm shift to adapt to rapid societal changes and the role of infracognition in fostering true understanding and mental health. She concludes with a call for educational reforms that respect and utilize both metacognitive and infracognitive abilities.

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Welcome to The Gifted Neurodivergent Podcast, where we explore the extraordinary minds of those who see the world differently. Host Lillian Skinner talks with independent researcher Allan, a fascinating individual who has carved his own path in life. Allan, who has dyspraxia, joins us to shed light on this often-misunderstood neurotype and its surprising connections to conditions like Ehlers-Danlos syndrome.

Together, they challenge traditional notions of intelligence, discussing how creative, holistic thinking and a strong connection between the body and mind are not just valuable—they're essential for thriving in a rapidly changing world. Allan’s journey from a childhood of feeling misunderstood to embracing his unique neurodivergence as a source of genius offers profound insight and hope for anyone who has ever felt like an outlier.

Tune in as they discuss:

• The connection between dyspraxia and hypermobility.
• How physical and creative pursuits can unlock deeper levels of intelligence.
• The societal pressures to conform to "average" and the high cost of doing so.
• The importance of embracing a multi-dimensional way of thinking to navigate the future.

This episode is a celebration of what it means to be truly intelligent—not by society's narrow definition, but by the power of our integrated minds and bodies. Join us to learn how embracing our authentic selves can be our greatest strength.

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