See the World Through a New Set of Eyes

October 18, 2011 By Leave a Comment
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See the World From a Different Perspective

April 27, 2011 By Leave a Comment

I'm a big fan of Tony Carrillo's comic strip "F Minus" for one simple reason: He sees the world from a slightly different perspective … as today's strip amply demonstrates. Interested in training yourself to see things from a different perspective? Check out these related Posts: Which is More Dangerous: A Jungle or a Tiger [...]

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God Dome It! Unlearn!

April 13, 2011 By Leave a Comment

The Saint Ignatius church in Rome was originally designed to include a cupola. For financial reasons, the feature was never built. In moment, sparked by Divine intervention perhaps, Church officials hired Andrea Pozzo to paint a fake dome on the ceiling over the altar. Today, more than 300 years later, many visitors are shocked to [...]

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Spot the Difference … and Unlearn

March 6, 2011 By Leave a Comment

Is there a fly in your soup or does your soup have a fly in it? Is there a tiger in the jungle or does a jungle have a tiger in it? As I have said before, these questions might seem of minor importance but they can have real implications — as I discussed in [...]

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The Grass isn’t Greener on the Other Side

September 10, 2010 By 1 Comment

 “You don’t understand something until you understand it more than one way.” –Marvin Minsky   Question: Are there more words which begin with the letter “K” or which have “K” as their third letter? With words such as kangaroo, kitchen and kite readily springing to mind it is easy to assume there are more words [...]

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