Re: how do ya figure this?

Posted by Sambersil on November 03, 2000 at 19:41:14:

In Reply to: how do ya figure this? posted by matt on November 03, 2000 at 01:08:26:

Two steps to the y-axis:
1.) See the pattern in a few of the objects
2.) Test the pattern (is there a hidden difference here so the pattern doesn't work?)

Two steps to the x-axis:
1.) See the difference between a few of the objects
2.) Test the difference (is there a hidden pattern here so the difference doesn't work?)

You can't be good at one and not at the other, because each is a skill necessary to the other. You need to see the pattern AND NOT THE WRONG PATTERN to be good at seeing patterns, and you need to see the difference AND NOT THE WRONG DIFFERENCE to be good at seeing differences. They are both guess-and-check processes, with each checking the other. Hence, your thing about problem-solving and problem-creating can't be right.

In logical thinking, the process is different. First a problem is seen by either of the two skills. Either there is a pattern, and the problem is to find out why there is a pattern, or there is a difference where the reason for it is unclear, and the problem is to figure out why there is a difference. There is a third option, that the problem stands alone. Once the problem is found, it can be solved by breaking it down into smaller problems by way of the seeing of differences and patterns. Eventually, it is recognizable, and can be solved easily.

I haven't really thought through that last part about logical thinking.

: Hello all,

: I've been trying to make sense of this - perhaps people have ideas?

: So, please, if you care to:

: Draw a positive x & y axis.

: On the y-axis label: Ability to find similarities among objects which seem to be different

: label "low" on the bottom section of the y-axis and "high" on the top section of the y-axis

: On the x-axis label: Ability to find differences among objects which seem to be similar

: label low on the left hand section of the x-axis and high on the right hand section of the x-axis

: In the region of low-low label "imitators/doers"

: In the region of high-high label "innovators"
: In the region of high y-axis and low x-axis label: problem solvers

: In the region of low y-axis and high x-axis label: problem formulators

:
: Hope that wasn't too irritating

Follow Ups:

• Re: how do ya figure this? matt 12:25:29 11/04/00 (3)
  • Re: how do ya figure this? Sambersil 18:21:53 11/04/00 (2)
    • please ignore the matt parallel messge - its messed up matt 21:14:35 11/04/00 (0)
    • Re: how do ya figure this? matt 21:12:28 11/04/00 (0)

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