The Backwards Brain Bicycle

Before watching:

Vocab:

12 collocations

Do you agree or disagree?

1. “You can’t forget how to ride a bike.”

2. “The faster you ride a bike, the more control you gain”

3. “Knowledge = understanding”

4. “Sometimes you can’t change the way you think, even if you want to.”

Try separating these into different words or phrases:

backstorywelderdemonstrateconquerattemptfrustratedrevelationinarutuncoordinatedalgorithmdefinitivestatementpowerthroughpeddlepathwaybrainpaycloseattentionsmalldistractiongeneticallyneuralplasticityunlearnsetouttoprovecognitivebiasredesignaterigidclickbackintofakeitarticulate

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1. "Just like riding a bike" means "impossible to forget how to do". 

2. Dustin only recently learned how to ride a bike. 

3. The engineers changed two things on the backwards bicycle.

4. Dustin thought it would be easy to ride the backwards bicycle. 

5. Dustin thing understanding and knowledge are the same thing.

6. Only one person managed to win the money.

7. Dustin had only one accident when he was learning to ride the backwards bicycle.

8. Dustin's son was able to learn how to ride the backwards bicycle faster than Dustin.

9. Amsterdam has more people than bicycles.

10. Dustin no longer knows how to ride a normal bicycle.

11. Dustin is from Amsterdam

12. Dustin learns to ride the normal bicycle after thirty minutes. 

13. Dusting thinks we need to know that our brains can easily get into habits.

Watch:

The Backwards Brain Cycle

 

B_ckstory
w_lder
dem_nstrate
con_uer
attem_t
frustr_ted
rev_lation
in a r_t
unc_ordinated
alg_rithm
defin_tive statement
power throu_h peddle
pathwa_
br_in
pay close att_ntion 
small d_straction
gen_tically
neur_l plasticity
u_learn
set out to p_ove
cogn_tive bias
r_designate
rig_d
cl_ck back into
f_ke it
artic_late

backstory
welder
demonstrate
conquer
attempt
frustrated
revelation
in a rut
uncoordinated
algorithm
definitive statement
power through peddle
pathway
brain
pay close attention 
small distraction
genetically
neural plasticity
unlearn
set out to prove
cognitive bias
redesignate
rigid
click back into
fake it
articulate