Category: Mental Aspects
Thinking about thinking includes rare events, increasing our intelligence, and mental quirks that we all suffer from.
Two Thoughts Wide
Two thoughts wide The universe spanned Checkerboard strips across nature's miracle
Survival of the Fittest
Substitute "propagation of the most fertile" in place of "survival of the fittest" to see if its casual conversational use retains truth along with vigor.
Two Methods of Thinking
Pattern-matching, like analogy, where we treat partial matches like exact fits. It's possible to make errors. It's possible to jump to a good answer without complete information. This is the source of much intuition and…
Limits of Working Memory – Book Notes
Working Memory is limited - 7 items plus or minus 2. It can be extended by training. Requires mental exercise that strains attention
Limits of Perfection
The pursuit of perfection is fine in the abstract, but let me describe one significant implementation problem that should not be overlooked.
Deduction and Induction
Deduction is the normal operating mode of the left side of the brain, using logic on facts. Induction is the normal operating mode of the right side of the brain using pattern-matching on incomplete information.…
Mass Media Campaigning Role
Only listen to a single news outlet which holds a decided perspective, never see the full range of features affecting the outcome.
Two Methods of Learning
We can learn in two ways, by words in the academic and bypattern-matching in the creative.