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		<title>Crypto-prescription: How to pretend you&#8217;re not giving advice when you are.</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 19 Feb 2009 02:53:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jeremy Sherman</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[What should I do?]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Giving advice is risky business. You lose friends. You get accused of being bossy, nosey, a know-it-all, controlling. It can invite reciprocation, and, if like many of us you are better at dishing out advice than taking it in, that&#8217;s no fun. People in glass houses shouldn&#8217;t throw stones. Fortunately, some rhetorical tricks can make [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Seven Wonderings of the Ancient World: Life&#8217;s universal tough judgment calls</title>
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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>
		<category><![CDATA[Should I fight on?]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Should I sacrifice?]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Should I stay?]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[alpha errors]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[ancient world]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[beta errors]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[croakers]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[facultative sexuality]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Faith vs. reason]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[false negatives]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[frogs]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[indecision]]></category>
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		<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>Generic Tough Judgment Calls:  Why don&#8217;t we have names for them?</title>
		<link>http://www.mindreadersdictionary.com/can-i-change-him/communication/generic-tough-judgment-calls/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 09 May 2008 14:59:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jeremy Sherman</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[How can I communicate this to her?]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Is this worth wondering about?]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Should I fight on?]]></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 sacrifice?]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Should I say it?]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Should I stay?]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[acids]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Am I missing the forest for trees?]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[close calls]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[coinings]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[neologism]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Paradoxes]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[psychology]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Tough choices]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Recently, I was listening to an NPR report on Jimmy Carter&#8217;s meeting with leaders of the Palestinian militant Hamas party. The reporter had two experts on to debate the merits of Carter&#8217;s action. One argued that Carter sent the wrong message. Diplomatic engagement only encourages Hamas leaders to stand irrationally firm. The other said Carter [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Zipslide Errors: Confusing the nature of past and future</title>
		<link>http://www.mindreadersdictionary.com/can-i-do-better/is-there-something-to-learn-here/zipslide-errors/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 19 Apr 2008 04:40:16 +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[Should I give in?]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Causality]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[cause and effect]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[consciousness]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Decision making]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[determinism]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[epistemology]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[facts]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[free will]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[future]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Learning]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[past]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Philosophy]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[uncertainty]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Loosely speaking, time is like zipping up a very long zipper. The future is open; the past is closed. The present is like the zipslide closing up possibilities. While we may not be able to determine what happened in the past, the past is nonetheless determined. The future is not. It&#8217;s unknowably open. There is [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Guesswork: Enough is enough, but how much is enough?</title>
		<link>http://www.mindreadersdictionary.com/can-i-change-him/communication/guesswork/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 12 Feb 2008 17:10:39 +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[Is this worth wondering about?]]></category>
		<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 sacrifice?]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Should I stay?]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[What should I do about this business problem?]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Which move helps my career?]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[abduction]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[ambiguity]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Can I get resolution on this?]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Causality]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Decision making]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[deduction]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Environment]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[fallibalism]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[induction]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Learning]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Philosophy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Religion]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Rhetoric]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[risk]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Romance]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[uncertainty]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Wisdom]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.mindreadersdictionary.com/?p=951</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Three weeks ago I recounted a lot of tough problems raised over the ages about how cause and effect really work. One of the toughest was that if cause and effect works like we normally think it does-thing A bumps into thing B and moves it in a precisely predictable direction, then the whole universe [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Eleventh-Hour Initiative: Expect a snag just before rollout</title>
		<link>http://www.mindreadersdictionary.com/can-i-change-him/communication/eleventh-hour-initiative/</link>
		<comments>http://www.mindreadersdictionary.com/can-i-change-him/communication/eleventh-hour-initiative/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 22 Mar 2006 23:44:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jeremy Sherman</dc:creator>
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		<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 fighting for?]]></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 get over it?]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Should I give in?]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Should I just accept this?]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Should I reconsider?]]></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>
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		<category><![CDATA[What to do about finances?]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[attention]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[consciousness]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[dreams of certainty]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[last minute changes]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[putting on the breaks]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.mindreadersdictionary.com/blog/?p=31</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[&#8220;I can&#8217;t believe what just happened. You remember, months ago, the committee told me to develop a promo plan? Well, as you know, I&#8217;ve been working on it. I brought them updates all along, which they approved, though it wasn&#8217;t clear how much attention they were paying.&#8221; &#8220;On schedule, I brought the promo plan to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>M.I.S.T.A.K.E.: The seven laws of unnerving uncertainty</title>
		<link>http://www.mindreadersdictionary.com/should-i-say-it/mistake/</link>
		<comments>http://www.mindreadersdictionary.com/should-i-say-it/mistake/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 11 Nov 2005 18:14:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jeremy Sherman</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Can I do better?]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Should I be thinking about the bigger picture?]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Should I expect less from them?]]></category>
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		<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 relax?]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Should I say it?]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Should I wait?]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[What should I do?]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[What's the spiritual thing to do?]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Will it promote or discourage better behavior?]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Decision making]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[fallibalism]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Information theory]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.mindreadersdictionary.com/blog/?p=73</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[A funny thing happened on the way to this week&#8217;s mind readers entry. I wrote it, my editor edited it, I read it one last time and realized I disagreed with it. It will be weeks before that baby&#8217;s ready for bed. Later this morning I needed an old quote to send to a colleague [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Dinghy of Doubt: How to cast your reservations out to sea, where you can keep an eye on them</title>
		<link>http://www.mindreadersdictionary.com/should-i-commit/dinghy-of-doubt/</link>
		<comments>http://www.mindreadersdictionary.com/should-i-commit/dinghy-of-doubt/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 22 Nov 2004 01:10:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jeremy Sherman</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Is this a sign?]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Should I get over it?]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[affirmation bias]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Decision making]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[expectation management]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[harboring doubt]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[uncertainty]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[&#8220;It was a tough choice, but I&#8217;ve finally decided — so why don&#8217;t I feel any resolution?&#8221; Finally making a big decision should bring peace of mind, but it often doesn&#8217;t, and that is true for two reasons: First, with big decisions, there is little immediate feedback about how well you chose. Bet on red [...]]]></description>
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