MIND READERS DICTIONARY » Can I do better? http://www.mindreadersdictionary.com For reading between the lines with greater comprehension Tue, 31 Jan 2012 22:43:25 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.4 Generalizing: Learn the lessons of history, but which ones? http://www.mindreadersdictionary.com/can-i-do-better/is-there-something-to-learn-here/generalizing/ http://www.mindreadersdictionary.com/can-i-do-better/is-there-something-to-learn-here/generalizing/#comments Thu, 23 Oct 2008 00:13:23 +0000 Jeremy Sherman http://www.mindreadersdictionary.com/?p=1136 http://www.mindreadersdictionary.com/can-i-do-better/is-there-something-to-learn-here/generalizing/feed/ 0 Nounism: Taking THINGS too seriously http://www.mindreadersdictionary.com/can-i-change-him/communication/nounism/ http://www.mindreadersdictionary.com/can-i-change-him/communication/nounism/#comments Wed, 22 Oct 2008 23:55:36 +0000 Jeremy Sherman http://www.mindreadersdictionary.com/?p=1106 http://www.mindreadersdictionary.com/can-i-change-him/communication/nounism/feed/ 0 Reality and “Reality”: Our high-stakes referendum on two definitions http://www.mindreadersdictionary.com/can-i-change-him/communication/reality/ http://www.mindreadersdictionary.com/can-i-change-him/communication/reality/#comments Wed, 22 Oct 2008 22:59:57 +0000 Jeremy Sherman http://www.mindreadersdictionary.com/?p=1107 http://www.mindreadersdictionary.com/can-i-change-him/communication/reality/feed/ 0 Teflon Tyranny: The hidden cost of self-defense http://www.mindreadersdictionary.com/should-i-say-it/teflon-tyranny/ http://www.mindreadersdictionary.com/should-i-say-it/teflon-tyranny/#comments Fri, 19 Sep 2008 01:27:49 +0000 Jeremy Sherman http://www.mindreadersdictionary.com/?p=1072 http://www.mindreadersdictionary.com/should-i-say-it/teflon-tyranny/feed/ 0 Plato: Why Democrats and Republicans drive each other crazy http://www.mindreadersdictionary.com/can-i-do-better/is-there-something-to-learn-here/plato/ http://www.mindreadersdictionary.com/can-i-do-better/is-there-something-to-learn-here/plato/#comments Fri, 19 Sep 2008 01:04:26 +0000 Jeremy Sherman http://www.mindreadersdictionary.com/?p=1060 http://www.mindreadersdictionary.com/can-i-do-better/is-there-something-to-learn-here/plato/feed/ 1 Right and Wrong: Where do you draw the starting line? http://www.mindreadersdictionary.com/can-i-do-better/is-there-something-to-learn-here/right-and-wrong/ http://www.mindreadersdictionary.com/can-i-do-better/is-there-something-to-learn-here/right-and-wrong/#comments Tue, 26 Aug 2008 17:21:43 +0000 Jeremy Sherman http://www.mindreadersdictionary.com/?p=997 http://www.mindreadersdictionary.com/can-i-do-better/is-there-something-to-learn-here/right-and-wrong/feed/ 0 Philosophizing: Hard because it’s easy http://www.mindreadersdictionary.com/can-i-do-better/is-there-something-to-learn-here/philosophizing/ http://www.mindreadersdictionary.com/can-i-do-better/is-there-something-to-learn-here/philosophizing/#comments Wed, 16 Jul 2008 02:31:19 +0000 Jeremy Sherman http://www.mindreadersdictionary.com/?p=978 http://www.mindreadersdictionary.com/can-i-do-better/is-there-something-to-learn-here/philosophizing/feed/ 2 Fallibilism: Every belief is a bet but some bets are better than others http://www.mindreadersdictionary.com/can-i-change-him/communication/fallibilism/ http://www.mindreadersdictionary.com/can-i-change-him/communication/fallibilism/#comments Wed, 16 Jul 2008 02:12:09 +0000 Jeremy Sherman http://www.mindreadersdictionary.com/?p=977 http://www.mindreadersdictionary.com/can-i-change-him/communication/fallibilism/feed/ 1 SCIBIT: Building a scientifically coherent integrated bottom-up information theory http://www.mindreadersdictionary.com/can-i-change-him/communication/scibit/ http://www.mindreadersdictionary.com/can-i-change-him/communication/scibit/#comments Wed, 11 Jun 2008 06:47:16 +0000 Jeremy Sherman http://www.mindreadersdictionary.com/?p=960 http://www.mindreadersdictionary.com/can-i-change-him/communication/scibit/feed/ 0 Seven Wonderings of the Modern World: The human tough judgment calls http://www.mindreadersdictionary.com/can-i-change-him/communication/seven-wonderings-of-the-modern-world/ http://www.mindreadersdictionary.com/can-i-change-him/communication/seven-wonderings-of-the-modern-world/#comments Tue, 10 Jun 2008 17:07:47 +0000 Jeremy Sherman http://www.mindreadersdictionary.com/?p=970 http://www.mindreadersdictionary.com/can-i-change-him/communication/seven-wonderings-of-the-modern-world/feed/ 1 ACIDs (Ambiguous Cues; Incompatible Dos): What eats at us when something does http://www.mindreadersdictionary.com/should-i-commit/acids/ http://www.mindreadersdictionary.com/should-i-commit/acids/#comments Wed, 21 May 2008 22:41:03 +0000 Jeremy Sherman http://www.mindreadersdictionary.com/?p=967 http://www.mindreadersdictionary.com/should-i-commit/acids/feed/ 1 Generic Tough Judgment Calls: Why don’t we have names for them? http://www.mindreadersdictionary.com/can-i-change-him/communication/generic-tough-judgment-calls/ http://www.mindreadersdictionary.com/can-i-change-him/communication/generic-tough-judgment-calls/#comments Fri, 09 May 2008 14:59:43 +0000 Jeremy Sherman http://www.mindreadersdictionary.com/?p=966 http://www.mindreadersdictionary.com/can-i-change-him/communication/generic-tough-judgment-calls/feed/ 1 Exaptation: The loose link between representation and function http://www.mindreadersdictionary.com/can-i-change-him/communication/exaptation/ http://www.mindreadersdictionary.com/can-i-change-him/communication/exaptation/#comments Sun, 27 Apr 2008 15:18:39 +0000 Jeremy Sherman http://www.mindreadersdictionary.com/?p=964 http://www.mindreadersdictionary.com/can-i-change-him/communication/exaptation/feed/ 0 Floating for-ness: Under a firm mantle of function, molten motives churn. http://www.mindreadersdictionary.com/can-i-change-him/communication/floating-for-ness/ http://www.mindreadersdictionary.com/can-i-change-him/communication/floating-for-ness/#comments Thu, 24 Apr 2008 02:34:51 +0000 Jeremy Sherman http://www.mindreadersdictionary.com/?p=963 http://www.mindreadersdictionary.com/can-i-change-him/communication/floating-for-ness/feed/ 0 Zipslide Errors: Confusing the nature of past and future http://www.mindreadersdictionary.com/can-i-do-better/is-there-something-to-learn-here/zipslide-errors/ http://www.mindreadersdictionary.com/can-i-do-better/is-there-something-to-learn-here/zipslide-errors/#comments Sat, 19 Apr 2008 04:40:16 +0000 Jeremy Sherman http://www.mindreadersdictionary.com/zipslide-errors-confusing-the-nature-of-past-and-future/ http://www.mindreadersdictionary.com/can-i-do-better/is-there-something-to-learn-here/zipslide-errors/feed/ 1 Brain Velcro: Why good things happen to bad ideas http://www.mindreadersdictionary.com/can-i-change-him/communication/brain-velcro/ http://www.mindreadersdictionary.com/can-i-change-him/communication/brain-velcro/#comments Tue, 08 Apr 2008 19:27:55 +0000 Jeremy Sherman http://www.mindreadersdictionary.com/brain-velcro-why-good-things-happen-to-bad-ideas/ http://www.mindreadersdictionary.com/can-i-change-him/communication/brain-velcro/feed/ 1 Self-efficacy: How supply permits demand http://www.mindreadersdictionary.com/career/self-efficacy/ http://www.mindreadersdictionary.com/career/self-efficacy/#comments Wed, 02 Apr 2008 00:32:37 +0000 Jeremy Sherman http://www.mindreadersdictionary.com/self-efficacy-how-supply-permits-demand/ http://www.mindreadersdictionary.com/career/self-efficacy/feed/ 0 Prevenge: “I’m like rubber; you’re like screwed.” http://www.mindreadersdictionary.com/can-i-change-him/communication/prevenge-im-like-rubber-youre-like-screwed/ http://www.mindreadersdictionary.com/can-i-change-him/communication/prevenge-im-like-rubber-youre-like-screwed/#comments Thu, 27 Mar 2008 14:51:31 +0000 Jeremy Sherman http://www.mindreadersdictionary.com/prevenge-im-like-rubber-youre-like-screwed/ http://www.mindreadersdictionary.com/can-i-change-him/communication/prevenge-im-like-rubber-youre-like-screwed/feed/ 0 Turing’s Blurring Anxiety (TBA): Forgiving dead jerks but not live ones. http://www.mindreadersdictionary.com/can-i-change-him/communication/turings-blurring-anxiety/ http://www.mindreadersdictionary.com/can-i-change-him/communication/turings-blurring-anxiety/#comments Tue, 12 Feb 2008 17:13:21 +0000 Jeremy Sherman http://www.mindreadersdictionary.com/?p=952 http://www.mindreadersdictionary.com/can-i-change-him/communication/turings-blurring-anxiety/feed/ 1 Guesswork: Enough is enough, but how much is enough? http://www.mindreadersdictionary.com/can-i-change-him/communication/guesswork/ http://www.mindreadersdictionary.com/can-i-change-him/communication/guesswork/#comments Tue, 12 Feb 2008 17:10:39 +0000 Jeremy Sherman http://www.mindreadersdictionary.com/?p=951 http://www.mindreadersdictionary.com/can-i-change-him/communication/guesswork/feed/ 0 Deduction: The dream and nightmare of absolute certainty him in a http://www.mindreadersdictionary.com/can-i-change-him/communication/deduction/ http://www.mindreadersdictionary.com/can-i-change-him/communication/deduction/#comments Tue, 12 Feb 2008 17:07:39 +0000 Jeremy Sherman http://www.mindreadersdictionary.com/?p=950 http://www.mindreadersdictionary.com/can-i-change-him/communication/deduction/feed/ 0 The Free Willies: Are computers like humans? Are humans like computers? http://www.mindreadersdictionary.com/can-i-change-him/communication/the-free-willies-are-computers-like-humans-are-humans-like-computers/ http://www.mindreadersdictionary.com/can-i-change-him/communication/the-free-willies-are-computers-like-humans-are-humans-like-computers/#comments Tue, 12 Feb 2008 17:03:30 +0000 Jeremy Sherman http://www.mindreadersdictionary.com/?p=949 http://www.mindreadersdictionary.com/can-i-change-him/communication/the-free-willies-are-computers-like-humans-are-humans-like-computers/feed/ 0 Co-dependence: When do two wrongs make a right? http://www.mindreadersdictionary.com/children/co-dependence/ http://www.mindreadersdictionary.com/children/co-dependence/#comments Thu, 03 Jan 2008 03:35:58 +0000 Jeremy Sherman http://www.mindreadersdictionary.com/?p=947 http://www.mindreadersdictionary.com/children/co-dependence/feed/ 0 Transceiver Bias: Writing and reading are not the same thing http://www.mindreadersdictionary.com/business/transceiver-bias/ http://www.mindreadersdictionary.com/business/transceiver-bias/#comments Thu, 03 Jan 2008 03:35:07 +0000 Jeremy Sherman http://www.mindreadersdictionary.com/?p=946 http://www.mindreadersdictionary.com/business/transceiver-bias/feed/ 0 The Other Golden Rule: Do unto yourself as you do unto others http://www.mindreadersdictionary.com/can-i-change-him/communication/the-other-golden-rule/ http://www.mindreadersdictionary.com/can-i-change-him/communication/the-other-golden-rule/#comments Sun, 16 Dec 2007 02:24:46 +0000 Jeremy Sherman http://www.mindreadersdictionary.com/?p=943 http://www.mindreadersdictionary.com/can-i-change-him/communication/the-other-golden-rule/feed/ 2