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	<title>MIND READERS DICTIONARY &#187; Evolution</title>
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		<title>Right and Wrong: Where do you draw the starting line?</title>
		<link>http://www.mindreadersdictionary.com/can-i-do-better/is-there-something-to-learn-here/right-and-wrong/</link>
		<comments>http://www.mindreadersdictionary.com/can-i-do-better/is-there-something-to-learn-here/right-and-wrong/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 26 Aug 2008 17:21:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jeremy Sherman</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Is this worth wondering about?]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Should I get over it?]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[bad]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Decision making]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Emergence]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Evolution]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[good]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[normativity]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[origins of life]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.mindreadersdictionary.com/?p=997</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[How old is the difference between right and wrong? Some think it dates back to the origins of the universe. Some believe that God, the prime mover, knew right from wrong and designed everything to play out the appropriate balance between the two. Others think right and wrong are as old as God but not [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Fallibilism: Every belief is a bet but some bets are better than others</title>
		<link>http://www.mindreadersdictionary.com/can-i-change-him/communication/fallibilism/</link>
		<comments>http://www.mindreadersdictionary.com/can-i-change-him/communication/fallibilism/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 16 Jul 2008 02:12:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jeremy Sherman</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Should I hold onto my dream or face reality?]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[bible]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[confidence levels]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Decision making]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[epistemology]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Evolution]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[fallibalism]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[fundamentalism]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[god]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.mindreadersdictionary.com/?p=977</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The other day I had a very interesting conversation with a truly engaged and engaging Christian. We were talking about the Bible. He&#8217;s a literalist. He believes that the Bible&#8217;s meaning is clear and certain, and that it&#8217;s only when other people engage in an act he calls &#8220;interpreting&#8221; that things get muddled. I asked [...]]]></description>
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		<title>SCIBIT: Building a scientifically coherent integrated bottom-up information theory</title>
		<link>http://www.mindreadersdictionary.com/can-i-change-him/communication/scibit/</link>
		<comments>http://www.mindreadersdictionary.com/can-i-change-him/communication/scibit/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 11 Jun 2008 06:47:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jeremy Sherman</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Should I get over it?]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Causality]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[energy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Evolution]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[information]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[language]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[linguistics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[origins of language]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.mindreadersdictionary.com/?p=960</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[As you know, when I&#8217;m not juicing the details of everyday interaction to extract the basic dance moves people make in dealing with tough judgment calls, I&#8217;m working with academic colleagues on putting together what I&#8217;ll call a SCIBIT-a Scientifically Coherent Integrated Bottom-up Information Theory. Information theory is a theory about what information is and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Seven Wonderings of the Ancient World: Life&#8217;s universal tough judgment calls</title>
		<link>http://www.mindreadersdictionary.com/should-i-commit/seven-wonderings-of-the-ancient-world/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 03 Jun 2008 17:37:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jeremy Sherman</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Should I commit?]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[croakers]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Evolution]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[facultative sexuality]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Faith vs. reason]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[false negatives]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[false positives]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[frogs]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[indecision]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[questions evolution answers]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[slime]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Tough choices]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Tough judgment calls]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[uncertainty]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.mindreadersdictionary.com/?p=969</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[&#8220;If everybody minded their own business,&#8221; the Duchess said in a hoarse growl, &#8220;the world would go round a deal faster than it does.&#8221; Lewis Carroll, Alice in Wonderland* Minding one&#8217;s own business commonly means not minding other people&#8217;s business, but its literal meaning is still implied&#8211;don&#8217;t mind others&#8217; business because you have business of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Conventional wisdom: In times like these we need more of what specifically?</title>
		<link>http://www.mindreadersdictionary.com/can-i-change-him/communication/conventional-wisdom/</link>
		<comments>http://www.mindreadersdictionary.com/can-i-change-him/communication/conventional-wisdom/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 04 May 2008 15:20:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jeremy Sherman</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[absolutism]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Causality]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[certainties]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Decision making]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Environment]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Evolution]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[generosity]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[guinidng principles]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[kindness]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[moral absolutes]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[morals]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[nice]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.mindreadersdictionary.com/?p=965</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[I didn&#8217;t choose to do all this philosophizing the way one chooses a career. I got into it by necessity. What I had to go on before was inadequate. I had hit a midlife crisis armed with state-of-the-art wisdom from self-help and Buddhism . . . and it just wasn&#8217;t up to the task. That [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Floating for-ness: Under a firm mantle of function, molten motives churn.</title>
		<link>http://www.mindreadersdictionary.com/can-i-change-him/communication/floating-for-ness/</link>
		<comments>http://www.mindreadersdictionary.com/can-i-change-him/communication/floating-for-ness/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 24 Apr 2008 02:34:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jeremy Sherman</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[cause]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Decision making]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Evolution]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[representation]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.mindreadersdictionary.com/?p=963</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[You&#8217;re in love, or so you think. You certainly feel in love, but now that you&#8217;ve been run through the mill a few times, you wonder what the feeling really means. You love being loved. But think about it, why does this person love you? What&#8217;s the motivation? When someone says, &#8220;I love you,&#8221; what [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Brain Velcro: Why good things happen to bad ideas</title>
		<link>http://www.mindreadersdictionary.com/can-i-change-him/communication/brain-velcro/</link>
		<comments>http://www.mindreadersdictionary.com/can-i-change-him/communication/brain-velcro/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 08 Apr 2008 19:27:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jeremy Sherman</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Is this worth wondering about?]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[What should I do about this business problem?]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[brain velcro]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Causality]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Decision making]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Evolution]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[idea viruses]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[ideas]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Learning]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[liked and likely stories]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[memes]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Philosophy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[pr]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[promo]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Most people even mildly interested in evolution have heard about the &#8220;selfish gene.&#8221; The concept is simple yet with counterintuitive implications. Richard Dawkins, who coined the term, argues that the best way to understand evolution is to imagine that genes selfishly want to preserve themselves, and so produce elaborate replicator vehicles (us) designed to help [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Self-efficacy: How supply permits demand</title>
		<link>http://www.mindreadersdictionary.com/career/self-efficacy/</link>
		<comments>http://www.mindreadersdictionary.com/career/self-efficacy/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 02 Apr 2008 00:32:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jeremy Sherman</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[What should we do about this family issue?]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Which move helps my career?]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[ability]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[childrearing]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Decision making]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Evolution]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Learning]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[self-efficacy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[self-esteem]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[self-worth]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[skill-buildiing]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[training]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Wisdom]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.mindreadersdictionary.com/self-efficacy-how-supply-permits-demand/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[&#8220;Give the work to the busy man,&#8221; my mother used to say. It made sense. A busy man (or woman, in her case) had momentum and a can-do spirit. The technical name for a can-do spirit is self-efficacy, a belief that you are capable of being effective. Psychologist Albert Bandura, who coined the term, attributes [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Deduction: The dream and nightmare of absolute certainty him in a</title>
		<link>http://www.mindreadersdictionary.com/can-i-change-him/communication/deduction/</link>
		<comments>http://www.mindreadersdictionary.com/can-i-change-him/communication/deduction/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 12 Feb 2008 17:07:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jeremy Sherman</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[abduction]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[ambiguity tolerance]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[destiny]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Evolution]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[free will]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.mindreadersdictionary.com/?p=950</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Last week I began comparing and contrasting computers and minds, examining both human intuitions and appetites regarding the prospect that our minds are governed by the same kind of direct one-to-one-correspondence kind of cause-and-effect we see in the physical world (Aristotle&#8217;s efficient cause). If minds are really like computers, just translating information from one form [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Free Willies: Are computers like humans? Are humans like computers?</title>
		<link>http://www.mindreadersdictionary.com/can-i-change-him/communication/the-free-willies-are-computers-like-humans-are-humans-like-computers/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 12 Feb 2008 17:03:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jeremy Sherman</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.mindreadersdictionary.com/?p=949</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The World Wide Web, it&#8217;s like a giant human mind the way it processes billions of pieces of information. Someday it will become so smart it takes over the world. It will be able to think instead of us. Or so some cognitive scientists say. Your new computer too, it thinks so fast. The better [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Transceiver Bias: Writing and reading are not the same thing</title>
		<link>http://www.mindreadersdictionary.com/business/transceiver-bias/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 03 Jan 2008 03:35:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jeremy Sherman</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[self-evaluation]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.mindreadersdictionary.com/?p=946</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Transceivers transmit and receive, and we do too. &#8220;Transceiver bias&#8221; is my name for self-image distortions that arise from receiving information about how we&#8217;re doing while we&#8217;re preoccupied with transmitting information, that is, expressing ourselves. We&#8217;re often surprised by photographs of ourselves. They don&#8217;t look like what we see in the mirror. Part of this [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Golden Paradox: If we always sacrificed for each other, no one would ever have to make sacrifices</title>
		<link>http://www.mindreadersdictionary.com/business/the-golden-paradox/</link>
		<comments>http://www.mindreadersdictionary.com/business/the-golden-paradox/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 25 Dec 2007 19:27:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jeremy Sherman</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[How should I handle it with my friend?]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Should I say it?]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[What should I do about this business problem?]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[What should we do about this family issue?]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[accommodation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[charity]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Evolution]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[give and take]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Golden rule]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[kindness]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Learning]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[moral dilemma]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.mindreadersdictionary.com/?p=944</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[You know me. I&#8217;ve got hardly any moral principles; I&#8217;m all about moral dilemmas. I made the case a while ago (see Liar&#8217;s Paradox Moral Litmus Test) that if you can come up with a Liar&#8217;s Paradox-like statement regarding some moral principle, then it really isn&#8217;t a moral principle. Instead, it&#8217;s a moral dilemma. In [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Yearnocracies: Negotiating the slippery slope between hope and hoax</title>
		<link>http://www.mindreadersdictionary.com/can-i-change-him/friends/yearnocracies/</link>
		<comments>http://www.mindreadersdictionary.com/can-i-change-him/friends/yearnocracies/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 23 Oct 2007 03:34:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jeremy Sherman</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[How should I handle it with my friend?]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[How should I handle this conflict?]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Should I give in?]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Should I hold onto my dream or face reality?]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Am I missing the forest for trees?]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Causality]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Decision making]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[demand]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Environment]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Evolution]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Kant]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[law of attraction]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Learning]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[need to known ratio]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[quality control]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.mindreadersdictionary.com/?p=934</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Real estate has buyer&#8217;s and seller&#8217;s markets&#8211;and other industries have them as well. Information industries have a particular kind of seller&#8217;s market in which demand is high for information that is not reliably available. Cancer treatment, money management, leadership training, alternative medicine, psychotherapy, get-rich-quick training courses, spiritual guidance, diet programs&#8211;these are just some of the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Exploratory Commitment: The try/buy dichotomy</title>
		<link>http://www.mindreadersdictionary.com/career/exploratory-commitment/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 23 Oct 2007 01:50:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jeremy Sherman</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[How should I negotiate this?]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Should I commit?]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Should I fight on?]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Should I sacrifice?]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Should I stay?]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Which move helps my career?]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[buy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Causality]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Decision making]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Environment]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Evolution]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[feedback]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Goethe]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[investment]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Paradoxes]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.mindreadersdictionary.com/?p=932</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Last week I discussed the relationship between the questions &#8220;How can I succeed?&#8221; and &#8220;Can I succeed?&#8221; The two questions form a loop. In one direction, ambition inspires you to ask, &#8220;Can I succeed?&#8221; To answer that question, you ask, &#8220;Well, how can I succeed?&#8221; Then you explore particular plans to do so. If you [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Passive vs. Active Hope: Is a will a way or a way to a way?</title>
		<link>http://www.mindreadersdictionary.com/business/passive-vs-active-hope/</link>
		<comments>http://www.mindreadersdictionary.com/business/passive-vs-active-hope/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 23 Oct 2007 01:49:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jeremy Sherman</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Should I commit?]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Should I fight on?]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Should I get over it?]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Should I give in?]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Should I hold onto my dream or face reality?]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Should I sacrifice?]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Should I stay?]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[What should I do about this business problem?]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[What should we do about this family issue?]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[What to do about finances?]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Which move helps my career?]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Accept vs. Aspire]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[active hope]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Causality]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Decision making]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Evolution]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[expectations]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[passive hope]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[perfectionism]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[trying]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.mindreadersdictionary.com/?p=931</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Your marriage, business, career, plan to end world hunger isn&#8217;t going so well. Two questions might come to mind: &#8220;How can I succeed?&#8221; and &#8220;Can I succeed?&#8221; The first question focuses you on evaluating specific plans for their probability of success&#8211;hope in this plan or that. But drop that first word and you pop up [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Hope: As an answer or a question</title>
		<link>http://www.mindreadersdictionary.com/can-i-change-him/communication/hope/</link>
		<comments>http://www.mindreadersdictionary.com/can-i-change-him/communication/hope/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 23 Oct 2007 01:27:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jeremy Sherman</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[How can I communicate this to her?]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[How should I handle it with my friend?]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[How should I handle this conflict?]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[How should I negotiate this?]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Is this worth wondering about?]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Should I fight on?]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Should I hold onto my dream or face reality?]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Should I sacrifice?]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Should I say it?]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Should I stay?]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[What should I do about this business problem?]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[What to do about finances?]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Which move helps my career?]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[action]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[belief]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Causality]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Decision making]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Environment]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Evolution]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[hope]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[law of attraction]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[magical thinking]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[optimism]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.mindreadersdictionary.com/?p=930</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Success is as dangerous as failure; hope is as hollow as fear. Lao Tzu (translation: Stephen Mitchell) One interpretation of this line from the Tao Te Ching supports a popular piece of advice: You shouldn&#8217;t care about success or failure. Caring only makes you anxious and competitive. If you succeed at not caring, you neither [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Extended Memotype: On Advice, Part 1</title>
		<link>http://www.mindreadersdictionary.com/can-i-change-him/communication/extended-memotype-on-advice-part-1/</link>
		<comments>http://www.mindreadersdictionary.com/can-i-change-him/communication/extended-memotype-on-advice-part-1/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 21 Sep 2007 07:36:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jeremy Sherman</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Can I trust them?]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[How should I negotiate this?]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Is there a win/win solution?]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Should I fight on?]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Should I get over it?]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Should I give in?]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Should I say it?]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[advice]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[competition]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[cultural evolution]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Decision making]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Emergence]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Evolution]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[extended phenotype]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[feedback]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[influence]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[meme]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[persuasion]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.mindreadersdictionary.com/?p=926</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[People who give advice are annoying, kind, nosy, generous, pushy, helpful, proud, selfless, self-serving, and domineering. My advice is to ignore them completely and at your own expense. I&#8217;ve been given advice-and as you know, I give my share of advice, too. Well, perhaps more than my share. I&#8217;ve been thinking about the dynamics of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Poser-Proof Practices: Don&#8217;t tell&#8211;show</title>
		<link>http://www.mindreadersdictionary.com/can-i-change-him/communication/poser-proof-practices/</link>
		<comments>http://www.mindreadersdictionary.com/can-i-change-him/communication/poser-proof-practices/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 16 Aug 2007 13:26:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jeremy Sherman</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[How can I communicate this to her?]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[How should I handle it with my friend?]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[How should I handle this conflict?]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[How should I negotiate this?]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Is this a sign?]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Is this worth wondering about?]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Should I hold onto my dream or face reality?]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[What should I do about this business problem?]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Which move helps my career?]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[actions speak louder than words]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Decision making]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Don't tell]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Evolution]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[fake it til you make it]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[faking it]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[honesty]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[poser]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[poseur]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Romance]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[show]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[signalling]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.mindreadersdictionary.com/blog/?p=471</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[You expect people to walk their talk. When they have for a while you gain confidence that they will continue to do so, that they’re as good as their word. With established rapport, the question of whether they keep their word doesn’t even come up. But when you haven’t known someone long or when some [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Realincarnation: Requiem for the immortal soul</title>
		<link>http://www.mindreadersdictionary.com/can-i-change-him/friends/realincarnation/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 01 Aug 2007 11:06:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jeremy Sherman</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Can I trust them?]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[How should I handle it with my friend?]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[How should I handle this conflict?]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[How should I negotiate this?]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Is this a sign?]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Is this worth wondering about?]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Should I get over it?]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Should I give in?]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Should I say it?]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Should I stay?]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Am I missing the forest for trees?]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Causality]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Decision making]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Evolution]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[optimal illusion]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Philosophy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[reincarnation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Religion]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Rhetoric]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[science]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[science and religion]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[terror management]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[truth]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.mindreadersdictionary.com/blog/?p=482</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[I lost a friend a few months ago. I miss him, but he is gone, though he lives on in my memory. My friend didn’t die, but our connection did—and it happened over the subject of death. He used to drop by unannounced late in the evening. I welcomed him in, and welcomed also his [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Liar&#8217;s Paradox Moral Litmus Test: If you contradict yourself you can&#8217;t both be right</title>
		<link>http://www.mindreadersdictionary.com/is-this-worth-fighting-for/conflict/liars-paradox-moral-litmus-test/</link>
		<comments>http://www.mindreadersdictionary.com/is-this-worth-fighting-for/conflict/liars-paradox-moral-litmus-test/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 23 May 2007 19:22:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jeremy Sherman</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[How should I handle this conflict?]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Is there a win/win solution?]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Should I be thinking about the bigger picture?]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Should I get over it?]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Am I missing the forest for trees?]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[care]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Causality]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[commitment]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Decision making]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Emergence]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Evolution]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[flexibility]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Hierarchy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[liar's paradox]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[moral absolutes]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[moral dilemmas]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[moral principles]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.mindreadersdictionary.com/blog/?p=65</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Some people, when admonished to comply with moral absolutes&#8211;to always be honest, generous, tolerant, or the like&#8211;nod their heads at the sage advice. Me, I no longer see moral absolutes; I only see moral dilemmas. I think of honesty, generosity, tolerance, and other seemingly monolithic virtues as questions, not answers. As of this week I [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Sweating the petty vs. Petting the sweaty: Two ways to play the game of life</title>
		<link>http://www.mindreadersdictionary.com/should-i-doubt-myself/should-i-hold-onto-my-dream-or-face-reality/sweating-the-petty-vs-petting-the-sweaty/</link>
		<comments>http://www.mindreadersdictionary.com/should-i-doubt-myself/should-i-hold-onto-my-dream-or-face-reality/sweating-the-petty-vs-petting-the-sweaty/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 02 May 2007 20:46:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jeremy Sherman</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Should I be thinking about the bigger picture?]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Should I hold onto my dream or face reality?]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Should I wait?]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Am I expecting too much?]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Am I missing the forest for trees?]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Am I sliding?]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Aristotle]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Causality]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Decision making]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[dream]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[earth first]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Evolution]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[hell]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[heraclitis]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Hierarchy]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#8220;Life is a game.&#8221; People interpret the parallel between life and games in two ways. The most common implies that like a game, life is no big deal, so you should just relax. This notion can be a comfort when you&#8217;re feeling stressed&#8211;stressed, in fact by the other way to take the statement: that in [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Co-Satisficing: Squeaky wheels and vicious cycles</title>
		<link>http://www.mindreadersdictionary.com/can-i-change-him/communication/co-satisficing/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 04 Apr 2007 01:57:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jeremy Sherman</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.mindreadersdictionary.com/blog/?p=21</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[&#8220;Darling, you&#8217;re absolutely right. I haven&#8217;t been paying you much attention, but from now on things are going to be different.&#8221;. &#8220;On&#8221; is the iffy word here. We’re generally not wise enough that a word to the wise, wises us up forever more. As long as the pressure is high, we respond. When the pressure [...]]]></description>
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		<title>R.O.S.C.O. (Right On Schedule, Chill Out): Global warming as inevitable</title>
		<link>http://www.mindreadersdictionary.com/can-i-change-him/communication/rosco-right-on-schedule-chill-out/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 15 Mar 2007 02:18:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jeremy Sherman</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.mindreadersdictionary.com/blog/?p=106</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[I burnt my feet very badly once, spilling ignited gasoline on them by mistake. I went up in flames. For a while I felt no pain. I got to experience the way the body sets upper limits on excruciation in the short term. I take comfort from knowing that some sudden physical shocks don’t feel [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Mid-Wife Crisis: It’s the economy, stupid.</title>
		<link>http://www.mindreadersdictionary.com/can-i-change-him/communication/mid-wife-crisis/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 21 Feb 2007 17:26:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jeremy Sherman</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.mindreadersdictionary.com/blog/?p=76</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[I was married by 24 and had my first child at 25. By the standard of my parents’ generation, 24 was normal&#8211;my father married at that age&#8211;but by my generation’s standard (especially within my Northern California subculture), it was peculiar to get married so young. My firstborn child is eight years older than those of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Flying By Instrument: The difference between doing and feeling like you&#8217;re doing</title>
		<link>http://www.mindreadersdictionary.com/can-i-change-him/friends/flying-by-instrument/</link>
		<comments>http://www.mindreadersdictionary.com/can-i-change-him/friends/flying-by-instrument/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 14 Feb 2007 02:59:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jeremy Sherman</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Last week I wrote about the way my ambitions shrank to a more human scale at midlife. Before my midlife crisis I had grand plans. I thought making a big difference would bring me satisfaction and peace of mind. By midlife, having not achieved greatness, I felt the monkey slowly slide off my back. I [...]]]></description>
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