BluePuzzle.org Comments http://bluepuzzle.org/comments Feedback is a gift. But some gifts are more fun to receive than others. Mon, 28 Apr 2008 02:21:20 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 en Ideas, wrapped in behaviors http://bluepuzzle.org/comments/ideas-wrapped-in-behaviors http://bluepuzzle.org/comments/ideas-wrapped-in-behaviors#comments Mon, 28 Apr 2008 02:20:21 +0000 etbnc http://bluepuzzle.org/comments/ideas-wrapped-in-behaviors Expressing ideas, the act of communicating, is behavior.

Some people seem to understand this well. Others … not so much.

What do you see?

]]> http://bluepuzzle.org/comments/ideas-wrapped-in-behaviors/feed Beginnings justify means http://bluepuzzle.org/comments/beginnings-must-justify-means http://bluepuzzle.org/comments/beginnings-must-justify-means#comments Fri, 29 Feb 2008 23:04:33 +0000 etbnc http://bluepuzzle.org/comments/beginnings-must-justify-means Ends are never really ends, are they?

So it’s beginnings that must justify our means.

Given that, how should we live, if beginnings must justify our means?

]]> http://bluepuzzle.org/comments/beginnings-must-justify-means/feed finger traps, life traps http://bluepuzzle.org/comments/finger-trap http://bluepuzzle.org/comments/finger-trap#comments Tue, 26 Feb 2008 22:04:35 +0000 etbnc http://bluepuzzle.org/comments/finger-traps-life-traps/ The secret to escape a finger trap is to understand it first. Insight into the mechanisms that trap us leads to solutions that actually work. What we believe about the mechanisms of our world make a huge difference in our ability to live freely—or to feel pinched tightly in a giant finger trap.

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]]> http://bluepuzzle.org/comments/finger-trap/feed simple arithmetic, symptomatic behavior http://bluepuzzle.org/comments/math http://bluepuzzle.org/comments/math#comments Sat, 19 Jan 2008 22:05:21 +0000 etbnc http://bluepuzzle.org/comments/math/ I like to use conversations about simple arithmetic to illustrate some interesting behaviors. Math as metaphor: does it make sense to you?

(Read all the conversations. Or open them in a new window or tab.)

2+2=3? Or 2+2=5? Which untruth do you prefer?

Is 3+1 somehow better than 1+3?  Don’t they both add up to four?

Got a problem with 8?  Why?

Do I stand corrected? Or do I step right over new information?

Answers, observations, demonstrations, and other related thoughts at my “math as metaphor” page …

]]> http://bluepuzzle.org/comments/math/feed the circle of observers http://bluepuzzle.org/comments/circle http://bluepuzzle.org/comments/circle#comments Sun, 06 Jan 2008 16:30:50 +0000 etbnc http://bluepuzzle.org/comments/circle/ A summary, an observersation:

From outside the circle, we can see inside the circle. We can observe the observers. We can see their blind spot.

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]]> http://bluepuzzle.org/comments/circle/feed Warning sign http://bluepuzzle.org/comments/warning-sign http://bluepuzzle.org/comments/warning-sign#comments Mon, 03 Sep 2007 19:01:31 +0000 etbnc http://bluepuzzle.org/comments/warning-sign/ Is it wise to ignore warning signs?

I think not.

What do you think?

]]> http://bluepuzzle.org/comments/warning-sign/feed How do you put out a fire? http://bluepuzzle.org/comments/fire http://bluepuzzle.org/comments/fire#comments Sat, 01 Sep 2007 18:04:28 +0000 etbnc http://bluepuzzle.org/comments/fire/ I recommend water.

Many folks seem to prefer to even more fire, though.

]]> http://bluepuzzle.org/comments/fire/feed Two questions http://bluepuzzle.org/comments/two-questions http://bluepuzzle.org/comments/two-questions#comments Tue, 28 Aug 2007 16:21:22 +0000 etbnc http://bluepuzzle.org/comments/two-questions/ What are the effects of our own behavior?

How should we behave if we care about the answer?

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]]> http://bluepuzzle.org/comments/two-questions/feed Three key pieces http://bluepuzzle.org/comments/three-key-pieces http://bluepuzzle.org/comments/three-key-pieces#comments Thu, 23 Aug 2007 11:45:27 +0000 etbnc http://bluepuzzle.org/comments/three-key-pieces/
  • Moral Politics: How Liberals and Conservatives Think,
    by George Lakoff
  • The Fifth Discipline,
    by Peter Senge
  • Ishmael,
    by Daniel Quinn

    • And a frame that contains these pieces: Most models are wrong, but some are useful.

    ]]>     http://bluepuzzle.org/comments/three-key-pieces/feed     memorable fiction I’ve enjoyed http://bluepuzzle.org/comments/fiction http://bluepuzzle.org/comments/fiction#comments Tue, 10 Jul 2007 20:58:12 +0000 etbnc http://bluepuzzle.org/comments/fiction/ Good stuff by well-known names such as Kurt Vonnegut and less-known but deserving writers such as Ray Vukcevich.

    See the whole list (in a new window or tab)

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