we need to be able to see interconnections — Skeptic
In my opinion this is the axiom of comprehension. — JerseyFlight
Humans are so varied we can hardly do this with us — Gregory
Can you train a man to be better at IQ test? — batsushi7
There are a few things I tried over the years, and there are quite a few factors that can help learning. — Philosophim
One thing I would try to clarify about this topic is that we need to be able to impart critical thinking skills to people. — JerseyFlight
First of all it's relation between critical thinking and problem solving skills. I was able to meet personally many people with very good fundamental education and strong critical thinking but quite weak problem solvers. — Skeptic
I think we should continue this conversation in private message. — JerseyFlight
lack of dialectical capacity — JerseyFlight
All candidates worthy of subsequent time and consideration - whatever they may be - must be amenable to evolutionary terms — creativesoul
All candidates worthy of subsequent time and consideration - whatever they may be - must be amenable to evolutionary terms
— creativesoul
Amazing intro. Thank you for such detailed highlighting. After such great reading I really hope that everyone will stop and reread my first post again. I already put seed there, in third principle to be precise. From my point of view, evolutionary first problem solving system was built around obviousness. Сonsciousness is a secondary thing and simplest problem solving process should work with minimal efforts... — Skeptic
Is that really so difficult to connect available knowledge to create something solid and meaningful and more importantly, useful?
For example, I would start with following three main principles for that:
principle of similarity - it's a starting point of the mind, we need to sort out somehow a chaos around us.
principle of regularity - we need to be able to see interconnections, sequences and patterns. Principle of similarity creates a static world model and principle of regularity gives us a set of constraints to create a dynamic one.
principle of obviousness - if our world model produces a stable result about some fact then it become obvious for us
All three principles are about fundamental unconscious processes. Principles are extremely simplified and it's only a part of them (unconscious part), but even such a model can already be very useful. For example:
the structure of our knowledge is directly related to our ability to solve problems. Knowledge itself isn't enough, it should be structured properly for the specific problem
our sense of obviousness is faulty but can be adjusted via structure of our knowledge — Skeptic
I'm quite hesitant to talk in terms of "principles" — creativesoul
The foundation of problem solving is not the sort of thing that has goals — creativesoul
I personally want to create a solid frame for further researches. — Skeptic
I just wanted to encourage you to dig a little deeper. — creativesoul
My favorite technique, not because it's the best but because it's the one I use most often, is trial and error. It doesn't require genius - children use it - but you have to be patient - it's time consuming. — TheMadFool
I have a feeling you're conflating trial and error with brute search. — TheMadFool
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