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	<title>MIND READERS DICTIONARY &#187; Logic</title>
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		<title>Breakthrough Baggage: How a winning formula becomes a strange brew</title>
		<link>http://www.mindreadersdictionary.com/can-i-do-better/is-there-something-to-learn-here/breakthrough-baggage/</link>
		<comments>http://www.mindreadersdictionary.com/can-i-do-better/is-there-something-to-learn-here/breakthrough-baggage/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 16 May 2007 21:38:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jeremy Sherman</dc:creator>
				<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[Decision making]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[enlightenment]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[generalization]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[induction]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Learning]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[lessons]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Logic]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[package deals]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Philosophy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Religion]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Rhetoric]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Romance]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[spiritual quest]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[What's the spiritual thing to do?]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[&#8220;It changed my life&#8221; Your friend had been up against a wall until she discovered this spiritual program that helped her break through it. She was impressed&#8211;so impressed she subscribed to the whole program: the rituals, the grand assumptions, the preposterous theories. Never mind how irrelevant they were to her breakthrough. Never mind how many [...]]]></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>
				<category><![CDATA[How can I communicate this to her?]]></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 be thinking about the bigger picture?]]></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[What's the moral thing to do here?]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Am I missing the forest for trees?]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Am I sliding?]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Causality]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[coherence]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[correspondence]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Decision making]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[double standards]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Hierarchy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[inconsistency]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Learning]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Logic]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[logical inconsistency]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Paradoxes]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Philosophy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[right hand not knowing what left is doing]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Romance]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[two faced]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[two sides of your mouth]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[What's the spiritual thing to do?]]></category>

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		<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>
				<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[Causality]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Decision making]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[dialectical]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Emergence]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Evolution]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[habit]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Hierarchy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Learning]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[liar's paradox]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[negative feedback loops]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[oscillation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[paradox]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Reciprocating engines]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Romance]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[undecideables]]></category>

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		<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>
		<comments>http://www.mindreadersdictionary.com/can-i-change-him/communication/multi-level-headed/#comments</comments>
		<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>
		<category><![CDATA[Should I get over it?]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Causality]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[comedy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Decision making]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Emergence]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Hierarchy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[humor]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Koestler]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[laughing at or with]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Learning]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[liar's paradox]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Logic]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Paradoxes]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[peekaboo]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Philosophy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[What's the spiritual thing to do?]]></category>

		<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>
		<comments>http://www.mindreadersdictionary.com/can-i-change-him/communication/mogibo/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 21 Mar 2007 16:56:09 +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[Should I commit?]]></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[about]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[bad]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Decision making]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[good]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Hierarchy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[inside]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[levels]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Logic]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[lonely]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[outside]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Paradoxes]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[popular music]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Romance]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[song]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[within]]></category>

		<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>Bottom Fine Line: Beneath every bottom line secret to success there&#8217;s a fine line between success and failure</title>
		<link>http://www.mindreadersdictionary.com/can-i-change-him/communication/bottom-fine-line-2/</link>
		<comments>http://www.mindreadersdictionary.com/can-i-change-him/communication/bottom-fine-line-2/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 07 Mar 2007 19:08:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jeremy Sherman</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[How can I communicate this to her?]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Is there a win/win solution?]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Should I get over it?]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Should I give in?]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[What's the moral thing to do here?]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[absolutes]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Am I sliding?]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Causality]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Decision making]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Environment]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[ethics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[false negatives]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[false positives]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Learning]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Logic]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[methodoxy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[moral absolutes]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[morality]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[one-sided solutions]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[over-generalizing]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Philosophy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[recipes for success]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Religion]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Rhetoric]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Romance]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[single law morality]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[What's the spiritual thing to do?]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.mindreadersdictionary.com/blog/?p=13</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Have you heard about “The Secret”? A student invited me to his house to watch the DVD, which has sold over 1.5 million copies. He claimed it had changed his life. We made an informal field trip of it, but I had to cut the engagement short. It made my skin crawl. I couldn’t stay [...]]]></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>
		<comments>http://www.mindreadersdictionary.com/can-i-trust-them/negotiation/chiasmic-questions/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 01 Mar 2007 01:36:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jeremy Sherman</dc:creator>
				<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 be thinking about the bigger picture?]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Am I missing the forest for trees?]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Causality]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[chaism]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Decision making]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Emergence]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Hierarchy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[liar's paradox]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Logic]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[logical inconsistency]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[logical types]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[oxymoron]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[paradox]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Religion]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Romance]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Tough choices]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[What's the spiritual thing to do?]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Wisdom]]></category>

		<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>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>
				<category><![CDATA[How should I handle it with my friend?]]></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 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 wait?]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[aspirational gap]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[bi-mundiality]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Decision making]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[dreams]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[elluminate or eliminate the middle man]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Evolution]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[flying by instrument]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[interpretations]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Learning]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Logic]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[mental movies]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[reality check]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[visions]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.mindreadersdictionary.com/blog/?p=45</guid>
		<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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		<title>Reversals: Coinings for the other side of the coin</title>
		<link>http://www.mindreadersdictionary.com/should-i-sacrifice/reversals/</link>
		<comments>http://www.mindreadersdictionary.com/should-i-sacrifice/reversals/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 12 Jan 2007 02:34:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jeremy Sherman</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Is there a win/win solution?]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Should I sacrifice?]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[What's the moral thing to do here?]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Decision making]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[dreadful thinking]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[euphemism]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[hyrrhic victory]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[liar's paradox]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Logic]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[miracle]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[negatives]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[opposites]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Paradoxes]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Philosophy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[pyrrhic defeat]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[reversals]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Rhetoric]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[wishful thinking]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.mindreadersdictionary.com/blog/?p=140</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Mind Reader’s Dictionary started out as a real dictionary. I wanted to collect and systematize the jargon of mind reading. I wanted the everyday terms such as mudslinging, preaching to the converted, and talking your ear off. I wanted to include the technical terms too, such as confirmation bias, satisficing, and ad hominem argument. I [...]]]></description>
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		<title>OK Corral: Words like arrows pointing the way to OK</title>
		<link>http://www.mindreadersdictionary.com/can-i-change-him/communication/ok-corral/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 01 Nov 2006 19:21:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jeremy Sherman</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Can I change him?]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Can I do better?]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Can I trust them?]]></category>
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		<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 a sign?]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Is this worth fighting for?]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Should I commit?]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Should I expect less from them?]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Should I expect more from them?]]></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 say it?]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Should I stay?]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Should I take what he said to heart?]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[What should we do about this family issue?]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[What's the moral thing to do here?]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[abduction]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[associations]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.mindreadersdictionary.com/blog/?p=92</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[There&#8217;s an old debate in philosophy about what regular nouns represent. Proper nouns are easy by comparison, since they&#8217;re labels for particular things. Look for Jeremy Sherman in the real world and you can always point to me. But what about a regular noun like horse. Try to point to horse, and all you can [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Combinotions: More limerical glimmers</title>
		<link>http://www.mindreadersdictionary.com/can-i-change-him/communication/combinotions/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 29 Oct 2006 11:13:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jeremy Sherman</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.mindreadersdictionary.com/blog/?p=23</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[My editor has been out this week so I’ll take a break here with some more of my old limericks excerpted from my Insightlopedia of human nature. These are for the letters C and D. They cover an array of topics from the evolutionary to the everyday. Cantibration Calibrating your standard of effort to that [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Triads: Variation on a theme of variation on a theme</title>
		<link>http://www.mindreadersdictionary.com/can-i-trust-them/negotiation/triads/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 10 Aug 2006 16:28:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jeremy Sherman</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.mindreadersdictionary.com/blog/?p=161</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Last issue, (Search &#8220;Lax&#8221;), I presented evolution’s three collaborative yet contentious cooks—variation, selection, and retention—and assigned them nicknames that express their personalities: 1. Lax: Loose variation, going with the flow 2. Axe: Discerning selection, the cut that accepts some things and rejects others 3. Ox: Persistent retention, stubbornly asserting itself to do more of the [...]]]></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>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 26 Jul 2006 01:32:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jeremy Sherman</dc:creator>
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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>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 07 Jul 2006 17:36:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jeremy Sherman</dc:creator>
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		<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>Semiotics: How information happens</title>
		<link>http://www.mindreadersdictionary.com/can-i-do-better/is-there-something-to-learn-here/semiotics/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 11 May 2006 19:29:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jeremy Sherman</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.mindreadersdictionary.com/blog/?p=145</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Semiotics is the science of signs, significance and meaning. It asks a most basic question: how does information happen? One basic answer goes like this. I&#8217;ll say it first theoretically (simplifying a bit) and then give an intuitive example. You start with expectations of some habit in your environment. The habit gets broken somehow which [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Methodoxy: Being principled about means when ends are what count</title>
		<link>http://www.mindreadersdictionary.com/can-i-change-him/communication/methodoxy/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 04 Apr 2006 01:46:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jeremy Sherman</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.mindreadersdictionary.com/blog/?p=75</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[&#8220;How can you say &#8220;Trust your gut?&#8221; Guts can be wrong — you have to use your head!&#8221; If there&#8217;s one question on everybody&#8217;s mind, it&#8217;s &#8220;What should I do?&#8221; or, to elaborate a bit, &#8220;What&#8217;s the most I can do with what I&#8217;m dealt to bring out the best here?&#8221; Mind you, most of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>And &amp; Or: The basic building blocks of relationship</title>
		<link>http://www.mindreadersdictionary.com/can-i-change-him/communication/and-or/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 22 Mar 2006 20:28:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jeremy Sherman</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[AND and OR are logic&#8217;s most basic elements, but they are far more than that. AND is cooperation—you AND me. OR is competition—you OR me. AND is win-win—both of us could take all. OR is win-lose—winner takes all. In the aphorism, if you can&#8217;t beat &#8216;em, join &#8216;em, AND is join &#8216;em while OR is [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Rational: In search of a well reasoned definition</title>
		<link>http://www.mindreadersdictionary.com/should-i-commit/rational/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 12 Mar 2006 14:10:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jeremy Sherman</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.mindreadersdictionary.com/blog/?p=108</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[DEFINITION 1. Weighing all pros and cons. 2. Weighing some (not all) pros and cons. 3. Weighing the right pros and cons. 4. Weighing the pros and cons that I want you to. Socrates argued that we all want to better our circumstances. No one is out to get less of what they want. When [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Getting Philosophical: A good coping strategy sometimes</title>
		<link>http://www.mindreadersdictionary.com/is-this-worth-fighting-for/conflict/getting-philosophical/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 23 Feb 2006 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jeremy Sherman</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Talking to the occasional troubled friend lately, I&#8217;ve had the urge to recommend getting philosophical about the trouble. But I&#8217;ve held my tongue, largely because getting philosophical has a bad reputation. It evokes images of indifferent or glib people saying, &#8220;Hey, shit happens, what&#8217;re ya gonna do? Life ain&#8217;t a bowl of cherries.&#8221; Or maybe [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Liked and likely stories: Two separate uses for one set of clues</title>
		<link>http://www.mindreadersdictionary.com/should-i-doubt-myself/should-i-hold-onto-my-dream-or-face-reality/liked-and-likely-stories/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 04 Jan 2006 10:44:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jeremy Sherman</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Should I hold onto my dream or face reality?]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[What's the moral thing to do here?]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[believe]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[cosmology]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Decision making]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[explanations]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[liked stories]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[likely stories]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Logic]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Philosophy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Religion]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Romance]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[sitting]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[standing]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[stories]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[veridical stance]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.mindreadersdictionary.com/blog/?p=66</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Out of respect, we tend to operate on the assumption that people want to believe what&#8217;s true. We give people (and especially ourselves) the benefit of the doubt through the assumption that we are realists. Of course, we recognize that people sometimes cling to unrealistic ideas and that what we want to believe and what [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Ideolatry: Idolizing ideas as if a spark of insight is all you need</title>
		<link>http://www.mindreadersdictionary.com/is-this-a-sign/is-this-worth-wondering-about/ideolatry/</link>
		<comments>http://www.mindreadersdictionary.com/is-this-a-sign/is-this-worth-wondering-about/ideolatry/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 07 Dec 2005 19:32:07 +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[What's the spiritual thing to do?]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[beliefs]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[campaigns]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Decision making]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[ideas]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[ideological]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[ideology]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Information theory]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Learning]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Logic]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[memocide]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[missions]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Philosophy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Religion]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[telos]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.mindreadersdictionary.com/blog/?p=57</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[I live for ideas. A new one is like a fresh teenage crush, like a lucky gold coin in my pocket. But like crushes or lucky coins, ideas don&#8217;t necessarily change much. We idea fanatics, insight junkies, and professional idea-people need to be aware of a vocational and avocational hazard: a tendency to think ideas [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Plans, Expectations, Goals: Pegs for marking out paradoxical paths</title>
		<link>http://www.mindreadersdictionary.com/business/plans-expectations-goals/</link>
		<comments>http://www.mindreadersdictionary.com/business/plans-expectations-goals/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 28 Oct 2005 22:25:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jeremy Sherman</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Can I do better?]]></category>
		<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 expect less from them?]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Should I expect more from them?]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Should I fight on?]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Should I give in?]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Should I hold onto my dream or face reality?]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Should I just accept this?]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Should I lower my expectations?]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Should I quit?]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Should I reconsider?]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Should I relax?]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Should I sacrifice?]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Should I stay?]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Should I take what he said to heart?]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Should I wait?]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[What is my role here?]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[What should I do about this business problem?]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[What should I do?]]></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[Will it promote or discourage better behavior?]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Accept vs. Aspire]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[achievements]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[concern]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Decision making]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[dififculty]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[expectations]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Logic]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Paradoxes]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[plans]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[purpose]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[pursuit]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Religion]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Rhetoric]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Romance]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[telos]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[trouble]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[warning signs]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[writing on the wall]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.mindreadersdictionary.com/blog/?p=98</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Last &#8220;Mind-Reader&#8217;s&#8221; was about floodlighting, a technique for overcoming both rashness and indecisiveness on soft decisions. Floodlighting is the alternative to spotlighting the options you&#8217;re for or against. To floodlight is to illuminate all the available options at once, that is, to explore your full decision space rather than swinging your spotlight from one isolated [...]]]></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>
				<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 hold onto my dream or face reality?]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Will it promote or discourage better behavior?]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Decision making]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Emergence]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[godel]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[going meta]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Hierarchy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[levels]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[liar's paradox]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Logic]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[paradox]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Paradoxes]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Romance]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[upleveling]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Wisdom]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.mindreadersdictionary.com/blog/?p=51</guid>
		<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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		<title>Misdenominational: What we really mean by irrational</title>
		<link>http://www.mindreadersdictionary.com/can-i-change-him/communication/misdenominational/</link>
		<comments>http://www.mindreadersdictionary.com/can-i-change-him/communication/misdenominational/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 06 Apr 2005 19:08:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jeremy Sherman</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Can I change him?]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Can I do better?]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Can I get resolution on this?]]></category>
		<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 a double standard?]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Is this a sign?]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Is this worth fighting for?]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Is this worth wondering about?]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Should I be thinking about the bigger picture?]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Should I commit?]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Should I expect less from them?]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Should I expect more from them?]]></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 just accept this?]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Should I lower my expectations?]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Should I quit?]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Should I reconsider?]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Should I relax?]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Should I sacrifice?]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Should I say it?]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Should I stay?]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Should I take what he said to heart?]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Should I wait?]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[What is my role here?]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[What should I do about this business problem?]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[What should I do?]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[What should we do about this family issue?]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[What to do about finances?]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[What's the moral thing to do here?]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[What's the spiritual thing to do?]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Which move helps my career?]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Will it promote or discourage better behavior?]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[comparison]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Decision making]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[denominator]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[liar's paradox]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Logic]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[numerator]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Philosophy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[ratio]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[rationality]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Religion]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Romance]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.mindreadersdictionary.com/blog/?p=80</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[&#8220;I just don&#8217;t have it in me after all. My father did, but I don&#8217;t. He was successful, and I&#8217;m not. I know it&#8217;s irrational to compare, but I can&#8217;t help it.&#8221; Being rational means using ratios — weighing one thing against another: a numerator against a denominator, oneself against one&#8217;s dad. Irrationality, therefore, means [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Putting Two and Two Together: Logic in one easy lesson</title>
		<link>http://www.mindreadersdictionary.com/what-should-i-do/putting-two-and-two-together/</link>
		<comments>http://www.mindreadersdictionary.com/what-should-i-do/putting-two-and-two-together/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 09 Nov 2004 19:36:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jeremy Sherman</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[What should I do?]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[abduction]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Decision making]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[deduction]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Emergence]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[induction]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Information theory]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Logic]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Peirce]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Philosophy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[pragmatism]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[semiotics]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.mindreadersdictionary.com/blog/?p=104</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[When we connect two ideas why do we say put two and two together? Why not one and one? &#8216;Two and two&#8217; is not an accidental turn of phrase. It&#8217;s an accurate count: the smallest number of units involved in learning anything. Pavlov&#8217;s classical conditioning is learning at its most basic. Pavlov&#8217;s dog learned that [...]]]></description>
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