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Many Paths eagerly took the hand of Shadow Walker. The latter said, “Let’s walk to the top of Wolf’s Back Ridge. We can pick some blackberries on the way. I wanted to tell you about an interesting …

Photo by cottonbro on Pexels.com “This is a test of your ability to survive! This is a test of your ability to survive! There is neither drinkable water nor any food source in the mud pit. Good luc…

Photo by cottonbro on Pexels.com “This is a test of your ability to survive! This is a test of your ability to survive! There is neither drinkable water nor any food source in the mud pit. Good luc…

If a chicken and a half can lay an egg and a half in a day and a half, how long does it take ONE chicken to lay ONE egg?  Photo by Alison Burrell on Pexels.com What do you think?  Before we di…

Photo by RF._.studio on Pexels.com I was trained as a scientist. I believe in science. I believe that doing laboratory experiments about how we perceive, learn, decide, and solve problems has merit…

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Different people’s brains seem to me to be predisposed to pay attention to different kinds of stimulation. My musically inclined wife, for instance, is much more attuned to sounds of all typ…

{A departure from the Myths of the Veritas, this is just some thoughts while making dinner} To the best of my ability, this is the view I had when I was poaching salmon for dinner tonight and reali…

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Scenario Planning is, in some ways, likely to be a very old “tool of thought.” I imagine when our ancient ancestors prepared for a hunt, they would imagine what they would do and where and how and …

On Throwing Out the Baby with the Bathwater.  Babies are a pain. Let’s face it. Of course, they are. But they are also a joy. Not only that, they are the future of humanity. Yet, it’s true that the…

Symmetry (Original, free-hand drawing by Zoe Colier). There are many varieties of symmetry. Symmetry exists rampantly in nature and symmetry is also incorporated into many human designs. In this sh…

Non-linearity A Chessboard Full of Rice According to myth, the Emperor’s wise adviser once did him a great favor. So grateful was the Emperor that he begged his wise advisor to take any gift she mi…

Negative Space When you look at a scene, it is natural to concentrate on the objects in the scene. So too, when one begins to design, it is natural to concentrate your attention on the things you i…

Fraught Framing: The Presumed Being-ness of State-ness As I understand it, in Spanish and Portuguese, for example, there is a linguistic distinction between current state of being and habitual stat…

Fraught Framing: The Virulent “Versus” Virus Like most of us, I spent a lot of time in grades K through 12 solving problems that others set for me. These problems were to be solved by applying pres…

Imagination.  It seems odd to bother to remind people that imagination is a tool of thought. I have four kids, thirteen grandkids, five great-grandkids and they all use their imaginations. I also w…

Metaphors We Live By and Die By I love metaphors. I always have. I admit it. I think every youngster does, at least until they are exposed to poetry in English class. I was lucky to have an awesome…

Representation  “Choose your words carefully.” We have all heard that advice. It’s good advice and choosing a good representation is key to solving problems, but the general point extend…

Representation  “Choose your words carefully.” We have all heard that advice. It’s good advice and choosing a good representation is key to solving problems, but the general point extend…

Regression to the Mean While working full-time at IBM Research, I was also a Fellow at the Institute for Rational-Emotive Therapy in Manhattan. I wrote an article in 1978 for their Journal, Rationa…