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Solutions and big picture
Brady’s first law of problem solving:
When confronted by a difficult problem, you can solve it more easily by reducing it to the question, “How would the Lone Ranger have handled this?”
Brady
Problem solving
It is much easier to suggest solutions when you know nothing about the problem.
Anonymous
Small problems hiding
Inside every large problem, there is a small problem trying to get out.
Anonymous
Problem solving axiom
The solving of a problem lies in finding the solvers.
Anonymous
Idle or active mind?
Gina Trapani at Smarterware tells us of a disovery reported, among the others, by The New York Times, where we are told that minds when are wandering, this helps problem solving (full article at http://smarterware.org/2441/daydreaming-is-problem-solving, original article at http://online.wsj.com/article/SB124535297048828601-email.html#articleTabs%3Darticle).
The preface is that what follows is only speculation and brainstorming, because I have no scientfic basis to say this nor I have similar skills.
I think is a way mind uses to use spare or costless resources for creating a sort of “cache” that permits faster renderings of real thoughts.
Sometimes when you start wandering is very similar to engaging autopilot. It seems that mind is taking control of your thoughts and start making (il)logical links, where some times is difficult to reconstruct th efull path used to get there.
I think when this happens is a sort of trigger hit by thoughts that starts this process, and by doing this, connections arre stimulated. and this solutioning helps solving problems faster because some (or all nodes) of the possible solution have been explored before.
This post as a comment also at http://smarterware.org/2441/daydreaming-is-problem-solving/comment-page-1#comment-700



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