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Epistemics: a discipline “that fuses theory of knowledge, cognitive psychology, and philosophy of science (which is concerned with appraisal of the methods and conclusions of scientists).” Mindware, p 43, hardcover.Okay, I’m at the end of the book and trying to figure out how to encapsulate what it’s all about. I think it’s basically: how do you…
[ap_tab_group type=”horizontal”] [ap_tab title=”Puzzle”]There are 4 cards. They are randomly chosen from a deck of cards in which every card has a letter on one side and a number on the other. Please indicate which of the cards you would have to turn over in order to find out whether the card obeys this rule:…
The immense greed of this: constricting the ability of employees to find another job through non-compete clauses. And we are not talking about IT folks or scientists with high end technical skills or working on crucial, innovative products for the company. We’re talking about hair stylists, the folks making sandwiches, camp counselors. If you have…
The next topic in the romp through Mindware by Richard Nisbett is the idea of testing. The scientific way is to test theories to see which hypothesis is true. The author says that if you can do testing, then go for testing over doing regression analysis. Testing gets closer to the reality than regression analysis….
Last week my boss and I did some collaboration which we haven’t done in a while. It’s always nice to work with somebody, so I can hear how they think or approach problems. She’s working on revamping her budget model and I’m doing some research on some of her questions. I’m also working on some…
For years employers have been saying that employees and job searchers do not have the requisite skills that they are looking for. It’s been about 8 years – since the Great Recession – employers have been harping on the lack of skills theme. During that time, they’ve been calling for STEM, STEM, STEM. I’m sure…
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