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	<title>MIND READERS DICTIONARY &#187; Hierarchy</title>
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		<title>Teamwork: We&#8217;re in charge, whatever that means</title>
		<link>http://www.mindreadersdictionary.com/can-i-change-him/communication/teamwork/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 19 Sep 2008 00:34:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jeremy Sherman</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[How can I communicate this to her?]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Should I fight on?]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Should I say it?]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[What should I do about this business problem?]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[boards]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[bosses]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[committees]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Decision making]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Hierarchy]]></category>
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		<title>Meta-cons: Righteous indignation as a con about conning</title>
		<link>http://www.mindreadersdictionary.com/should-i-doubt-myself/should-i-fight-on/meta-cons/</link>
		<comments>http://www.mindreadersdictionary.com/should-i-doubt-myself/should-i-fight-on/meta-cons/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 26 Jun 2008 22:39:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jeremy Sherman</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Should I fight on?]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Should I give in?]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Am I missing the forest for trees?]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Decision making]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[fights]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[guns germs steel]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Hierarchy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[jared diamond]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[mendicants]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[metacons]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.mindreadersdictionary.com/?p=971</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[A couple of weeks ago Jared Diamond, of Guns, Germs and Steel fame, had an article in the New Yorker describing tribal warfare in the New Guinea Highlands. Diamond takes us through a typical feud that started over accusations by one tribe that another tribe&#8217;s pig had messed up their garden. He follows Daniel, a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Granularity: Think as big as possible but no bigger</title>
		<link>http://www.mindreadersdictionary.com/can-i-change-him/communication/granularity-think-as-big-as-possible-but-no-bigger/</link>
		<comments>http://www.mindreadersdictionary.com/can-i-change-him/communication/granularity-think-as-big-as-possible-but-no-bigger/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 28 May 2008 21:23:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jeremy Sherman</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[How can I communicate this to her?]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Am I missing the forest for trees?]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Decision making]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Einstein]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[granularity]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[guidance]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Hierarchy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Insanity]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[macro]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[micro]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[mission]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Paradoxes]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Philosophy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[scale]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[scope]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Serenity prayer]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[size]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[tactics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[tasks]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Tough choices]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[zoom]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[zoom lens]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.mindreadersdictionary.com/?p=968</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;ve argued before that there are three types of guidance or wisdom. The first and simplest is the &#8220;always do X&#8221; type. For example, always think positive thoughts, always follow your father&#8217;s advice, or always do what the Bible says. The second is the &#8220;a time for X; a time for Y&#8221; type, the wise [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Cause and Effect: Not black and white, but read all over as if it were</title>
		<link>http://www.mindreadersdictionary.com/what-should-i-do/cause-and-effect/</link>
		<comments>http://www.mindreadersdictionary.com/what-should-i-do/cause-and-effect/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 03 Jan 2008 03:40:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jeremy Sherman</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[What should I do?]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Aristotle]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Causality]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[efficient cause]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Emergence]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[final cause]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[formal cause]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Hierarchy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Hume]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[material cause]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Philosophy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Wisdom]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.mindreadersdictionary.com/?p=948</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Cause and effect&#8211;we all believe in it and think we know how it works, but when we stop to think about it, some inconsistencies suggest there&#8217;s a lot more to it. And yet who studies the actual workings of cause and effect? Researchers in the philosophy of science&#8211;not a specialization you&#8217;ve probably heard or thought [...]]]></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>
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		<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>
		<category><![CDATA[How should I handle this conflict?]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Should I commit?]]></category>
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		<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 should we do about this family issue?]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Which move helps my career?]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[accommodation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[charity]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Decision making]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Environment]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Evolution]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[give and take]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Golden rule]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Hierarchy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[kindness]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Learning]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[moral dilemma]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[paradox]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Paradoxes]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Rhetoric]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Romance]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[sacrifice]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Tough choices]]></category>

		<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>No, Really: Deeper meaning in conversational packing peanuts</title>
		<link>http://www.mindreadersdictionary.com/can-i-trust-them/negotiation/no-really/</link>
		<comments>http://www.mindreadersdictionary.com/can-i-trust-them/negotiation/no-really/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 15 Oct 2007 03:12:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jeremy Sherman</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Can I trust them?]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[How should I negotiate this?]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Is there a win/win solution?]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Is this a sign?]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Is this worth wondering about?]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Buddhism]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Decision making]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Hierarchy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[irony]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[levels]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[liar's paradox]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[paradox]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Paradoxes]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Philosophy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Rhetoric]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[self-contradiction]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[self-maintenance]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.mindreadersdictionary.com/?p=929</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[There’s an old Greek story about a law teacher who guaranteed to refund a student’s tuition if he didn’t win his first case. After graduating, one student refused to pay. So the teacher sued him. The student didn’t mind, though. If he lost this, his first case, he wouldn’t have to pay his tuition. If [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Second Fundamental: Stalemates and infinite loops in a human-persuade-human world.</title>
		<link>http://www.mindreadersdictionary.com/can-i-change-him/communication/the-second-fundamental/</link>
		<comments>http://www.mindreadersdictionary.com/can-i-change-him/communication/the-second-fundamental/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 27 Sep 2007 14:40:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jeremy Sherman</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Can I trust them?]]></category>
		<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 there a win/win solution?]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Is this worth wondering about?]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Should I be thinking about the bigger picture?]]></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 say it?]]></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[Am I missing the forest for trees?]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Causality]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Decision making]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Emergence]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[extended phenotype]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[give and take]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Hierarchy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[hypersensitive]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[influence]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Learning]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[levels]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[nagging]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Paradoxes]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Philosophy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[pushy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Religion]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.mindreadersdictionary.com/?p=927</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[“You can’t change other people. All you can do is change your attitude.” People say this sort of thing when they’ve decided to stop trying to change someone. Maybe generalizing like this helps convince them to let go, but of course it’s not true. Influence happens. Influence is as old as ecosystems. We are extensions [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Minutia and Highfalutia: Evasion by scrambling to a safer level of analysis</title>
		<link>http://www.mindreadersdictionary.com/should-i-say-it/minutia-and-highfalutia/</link>
		<comments>http://www.mindreadersdictionary.com/should-i-say-it/minutia-and-highfalutia/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 06 Sep 2007 12:03:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jeremy Sherman</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Can I trust them?]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Is there a win/win solution?]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Is this worth wondering about?]]></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[Should I say it?]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Am I missing the forest for trees?]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Decision making]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[defensive]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[evasion]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Hierarchy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[levels]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[liar's paradox]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[logical types]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Paradoxes]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Rhetoric]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Romance]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[rung running]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.mindreadersdictionary.com/blog/?p=680</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[You see a friend lost in the details of what looks to you like a fundamentally bad plan. You want to help your friend. You ask a leading question or two: “Do you sometimes wonder if your plan makes sense?” or “How do you feel it’s going lately, I mean overall?” Your friend generally welcomes [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Sorrytaliatory Cycle: &#8220;I owe you an apology or a scolding, I can&#8217;t tell which.&#8221;</title>
		<link>http://www.mindreadersdictionary.com/can-i-change-him/communication/sorrytaliatory-cycle/</link>
		<comments>http://www.mindreadersdictionary.com/can-i-change-him/communication/sorrytaliatory-cycle/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 22 Aug 2007 21:51:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jeremy Sherman</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Can I trust them?]]></category>
		<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[Is there a win/win solution?]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Is this worth wondering about?]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Should I fight on?]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Should I give in?]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Should I sacrifice?]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Should I say it?]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Should I stay?]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[anger]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Causality]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Decision making]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[fear]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[guilt]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Hierarchy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Paradoxes]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[pride]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Rhetoric]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Romance]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[shame]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.mindreadersdictionary.com/blog/?p=602</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Sorrytaliatory Cycle: My mistake—no, yours—no, mine—no . . . “Excuse me, my unfocused words. I was flying blind. If you can find it in your heart . . . if you’ve got one. . .” “Shame,” by Randy Newman from the album “Bad Love” Decision theory recognizes that any yes/no question entails the prospect of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Down &amp; Out, Up &amp; Out, Out &amp; Out: Reading between the lines on &#8220;Fine&#8221;</title>
		<link>http://www.mindreadersdictionary.com/can-i-change-him/communication/down-out-up-out-out-out/</link>
		<comments>http://www.mindreadersdictionary.com/can-i-change-him/communication/down-out-up-out-out-out/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 13 Jun 2007 11:21:44 +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[Should I be thinking about the bigger picture?]]></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 say it?]]></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[Am I expecting too much?]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Am I missing the forest for trees?]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[analysis]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Decision making]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[dominance]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[going meta]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Hierarchy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Learning]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[levels]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.mindreadersdictionary.com/blog/?p=29</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[“Fine.” A single syllable, so rich in possible meanings&#8211;does it mean fine as in “You’re right,” as in “You’re wrong,” as in “I fold,” or some complex blend of the three? Conflict within a relationship often leads to reflection about the relationship. Saying “fine,” we step out of the conflict for a little perspective. Psychologically [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Going Uncertain: Casting doubt on inconvenient possibilties.</title>
		<link>http://www.mindreadersdictionary.com/finances/going-uncertain/</link>
		<comments>http://www.mindreadersdictionary.com/finances/going-uncertain/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 30 May 2007 20:30:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jeremy Sherman</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Can I trust them?]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Is this worth wondering about?]]></category>
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		<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 sacrifice?]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Should I stay?]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[What to do about finances?]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Am I missing the forest for trees?]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Am I sliding?]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Causality]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Certainty]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.mindreadersdictionary.com/blog/?p=52</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[&#8220;Yeah, but relax, you don&#8217;t know that for sure.&#8221; For the most part, people hate uncertainty. It&#8217;s mentally taxing. It distracts us from our focused pursuits. It reduces our confidence. It vaporizes our mojo. Still, we do welcome one kind of uncertainty&#8211;uncertainty that frees us from a larger uncertainty. If current projections about global warming [...]]]></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>
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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>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 02 May 2007 20:46:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jeremy Sherman</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.mindreadersdictionary.com/blog/?p=156</guid>
		<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>Coherence: Making our ideas consistent with each other</title>
		<link>http://www.mindreadersdictionary.com/can-i-change-him/communication/coherence/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 11 Apr 2007 17:50:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jeremy Sherman</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.mindreadersdictionary.com/blog/?p=22</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[&#8220;You’re wrong; it&#8217;s not the same thing at all.&#8221; You press a friend on an inconsistency, some double standard that has him talking out of both sides of his mouth. He denies it and you&#8217;re left to wonder who&#8217;s right, him or you? Well of course it depends. Maybe he is being consistent and his [...]]]></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>
		<comments>http://www.mindreadersdictionary.com/can-i-change-him/communication/co-satisficing/#comments</comments>
		<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>Multi-Level-Headed: The ins and outs of humor</title>
		<link>http://www.mindreadersdictionary.com/can-i-change-him/communication/multi-level-headed/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 29 Mar 2007 02:31:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jeremy Sherman</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[How can I communicate this to her?]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.mindreadersdictionary.com/blog/?p=255</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Last week I wrote about insider and outsider status within popular songs. I ended by extending that theme into humor. There is a lot of humor in which we watch to see whether the insider or the outsider prevails in status. Who’s in first place? Who’s in second? In picaresque humor like Beverly Hills Cop [...]]]></description>
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		<title>MOGIBO (Me Outside. Good Inside. Bad Outside): Personal popularity in popular culture</title>
		<link>http://www.mindreadersdictionary.com/can-i-change-him/communication/mogibo/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 21 Mar 2007 16:56:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jeremy Sherman</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.mindreadersdictionary.com/blog/?p=82</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[MOGIBO is the sentiment expressed in many popular tunes, old and new: I’ve lost at love. I’m out of the loop and it’s sad. I can’t win in the mainstream. The world has left me behind. MOGIBO is one of just a few basic relationships possible between the in-crowd, the out-crowd, good and bad, and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Chiasmic Questions: How do you jump-start virtuous cycles?</title>
		<link>http://www.mindreadersdictionary.com/can-i-trust-them/negotiation/chiasmic-questions/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 01 Mar 2007 01:36:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jeremy Sherman</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Am I missing the forest for trees?]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Causality]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[chaism]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[logical inconsistency]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.mindreadersdictionary.com/blog/?p=19</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[I love teaching at a small college because it forces me to be a generalist. I teach history, psychology, philosophy, economics, marketing, writing, and literature. As a result I work primarily with the patterns that connect various disciplines. Here’s one that keeps popping up. It’s a chiasmic* question&#8211;a question that addresses two alternatives, each an [...]]]></description>
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		<title>United States: Your life as an oxymoron</title>
		<link>http://www.mindreadersdictionary.com/can-i-change-him/communication/united-states/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 18 Jan 2007 03:00:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jeremy Sherman</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.mindreadersdictionary.com/blog/?p=164</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[An oxymoron is a phrase consisting of two words that contradict each other or at least seem to pose interesting inconsistencies. There are degrees of oxymoronicity. A circular square is physically impossible, and is therefore a strongly oxymoronic term. That we can even entertain the concept of a circular square proves that the mind can [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Mastery and Masters: The fine line between substantive debate and power struggle</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 07 Dec 2006 22:21:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jeremy Sherman</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I’ve never admitted this to you before, but twice in my life I had five years of four-day-a-week psychoanalysis, complete with the couch. The first time I was between the ages of 8 and 13; the second between 25 and 30. It’s a cultural thing. For the Chicago Jewish upper-middle class in the early ’60s, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Loving Ingratitude: A Thanksgiving sentiment</title>
		<link>http://www.mindreadersdictionary.com/children/loving-ingratitude/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 22 Nov 2006 19:53:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jeremy Sherman</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Can I change him?]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[We only notice difference. In experiments, a subject’s eyes are stabilized staring out into a still room. Within a short time the eyes see nothing. With nothing changing—no differences to notice—the eyes go blank. This Thanksgiving I’m conscious of my gratitude for a great many things. My gratitude is deeply biased, however. I’m unconscious of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Lax, Axe, and Ox: The gods of creation revisited</title>
		<link>http://www.mindreadersdictionary.com/can-i-trust-them/negotiation/lax-axe-and-ox/</link>
		<comments>http://www.mindreadersdictionary.com/can-i-trust-them/negotiation/lax-axe-and-ox/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 26 Jul 2006 01:32:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jeremy Sherman</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[How should I negotiate this?]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.mindreadersdictionary.com/blog/?p=63</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[If you were creating a universe, how would you go about it? Chances are, you’d do it the way you create anything. You would do a little planning then just create it to your specs. So of course, that’s how people tend to think God did it—just thought it up and created it. But is [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Aboutness: A troublesome concept in life science and life</title>
		<link>http://www.mindreadersdictionary.com/can-i-do-better/spirituality/aboutness/</link>
		<comments>http://www.mindreadersdictionary.com/can-i-do-better/spirituality/aboutness/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 07 Jul 2006 17:36:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jeremy Sherman</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Can I change him?]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[What's the spiritual thing to do?]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[aboutness]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[energy]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.mindreadersdictionary.com/blog/?p=4</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[A while ago, I mentioned semiotics and information theory, both of which are studies of how information, meaning, sign reading, and, yes, mind reading happen. Semiotics is the more philosophical approach. Information theory, more scientific and quantified, is the brainchild of Claude Shannon, a mathematician working for Bell Labs. At its core is a measure [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Purpose: Mine and Evolution&#8217;s</title>
		<link>http://www.mindreadersdictionary.com/should-i-commit/purpose/</link>
		<comments>http://www.mindreadersdictionary.com/should-i-commit/purpose/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 12 Mar 2006 14:13:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jeremy Sherman</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Is this worth fighting for?]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Is this worth wondering about?]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Should I commit?]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Should I hold onto my dream or face reality?]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Should I stay?]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Should I wait?]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[aboutness]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Accept vs. Aspire]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[ends]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.mindreadersdictionary.com/blog/?p=103</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[I rarely mention where I go for Mind-reader&#8217;s ideas. Obviously the sources are eclectic. Now that I&#8217;m teaching Western Civilization part-time I&#8217;ll probably add the occasional historical tidbit to the philosophical ones that have crept in over the past year as I started teaching philosophy. But there is a core source. I&#8217;m an evolutionary epistemologist, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Going Meta: On the pleasures and perils of higher consciousness</title>
		<link>http://www.mindreadersdictionary.com/can-i-change-him/friends/going-meta/</link>
		<comments>http://www.mindreadersdictionary.com/can-i-change-him/friends/going-meta/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 29 Sep 2005 18:26:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jeremy Sherman</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Will it promote or discourage better behavior?]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[The prefix Meta- comes from the Greek. It originally meant &#8220;after,&#8221; so when late Greek scholars were cataloging Aristotle&#8217;s works, they called his books on fundamental philosophical assumptions &#8220;metaphysics,&#8221; meaning nothing more profound than &#8220;the books that come after the books about physics.&#8221; Aristotle&#8217;s metaphysics seeded inquiry into existence&#8217;s overarching questions. As a result, meta [...]]]></description>
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