Frequently asked questions about thinking, epistemology, and cognitive tools. 1112 answers
Information has no inherent meaning. Meaning is constructed at the intersection of information and context. Change the context, and the same data, sentence, or signal means something entirely different.
Before interpreting any information, identify the relevant context. The same data, the same words, the same event will mean completely different things depending on where you are, who you are with, what you are trying to accomplish, and what just happened. If you do not ask "what context am I in?".
Before interpreting any information, identify the relevant context. The same data, the same words, the same event will mean completely different things depending on where you are, who you are with, what you are trying to accomplish, and what just happened. If you do not ask "what context am I in?".
Before interpreting any information, identify the relevant context. The same data, the same words, the same event will mean completely different things depending on where you are, who you are with, what you are trying to accomplish, and what just happened. If you do not ask "what context am I in?".
When you change contexts you must deliberately load the relevant frame of reference.
When you change contexts you must deliberately load the relevant frame of reference.
When you change contexts you must deliberately load the relevant frame of reference.
Recording the context of a decision prevents future confusion about why you made it. Without a written record of the forces, constraints, and reasoning at the moment of choice, your future self — and everyone else — will reconstruct a fiction and call it memory.
Recording the context of a decision prevents future confusion about why you made it. Without a written record of the forces, constraints, and reasoning at the moment of choice, your future self — and everyone else — will reconstruct a fiction and call it memory.
Recording the context of a decision prevents future confusion about why you made it. Without a written record of the forces, constraints, and reasoning at the moment of choice, your future self — and everyone else — will reconstruct a fiction and call it memory.
Your cultural assumptions are invisible to you until you encounter a different culture.
Your cultural assumptions are invisible to you until you encounter a different culture.
Your cultural assumptions are invisible to you until you encounter a different culture.
Your cultural assumptions are invisible to you until you encounter a different culture.
Your cultural assumptions are invisible to you until you encounter a different culture.
What was true in one time period may not be true in another — always note the when.
What was true in one time period may not be true in another — always note the when.
What was true in one time period may not be true in another — always note the when.
What was true in one time period may not be true in another — always note the when.
What was true in one time period may not be true in another — always note the when.
Your emotional state when you perceive something becomes part of what you perceive.
Your emotional state when you perceive something becomes part of what you perceive.
Your emotional state when you perceive something becomes part of what you perceive.
Shared vocabulary does not guarantee shared meaning.