Jul7

in gear.

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what i imagine it looks like inside of our heads –

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the scientific explanation for how this all works.

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“it usually helps me write by reading – somehow the reading gear in your head turns the writing gear.”

-steven wright

 

 

 

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  1. It just might be that way, for sure, after all no one knows. B. F. Skinner said the brain was like a little black box, no one knows what is in there or how things in there really work, all we know is that something comes in, called stimulus, and something comes out, a response…

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  2. I’m pretty sure this is about right. The rest—how it’s set up, the train rails, frontiers, castles and wiring— is all a great mystery. I know it’s a great machine. This was fun. Thanks for sharing. (Oh yeah, I’m sure there are castles in there. For day dreaming…) xoxo

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  7. It is interesting how the mind works. Teaching kids reminds me how much background knowledge plays on the how and why we do things… this past year a student and I played Wordle. We’d compare our solutions and share how we solved each puzzle. It was always interesting to see how she thought – sometimes it was logical and sometimes impulsive. But how we solved the daily puzzle was based on our ‘mousetrap like’ minds. Thanks for reminding me.. stay curious and have an amazing Friday. Oh, do you play Wordle?

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    • you are so very right! I don’t play wordle but I have gotten into the nyt’s new ‘connections’ daily puzzles where you have to find ways to connect and put words into groups of some sorts. it’s fascinating. I also love the nyt crosswords, jigsaws, and sudokus

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