[MD] indefensible yet enlightening

[craigerb at comcast.net]

[Mary] 
> No, I'm talking more about solving problems.  I think everybody must do this, 
> but I don't know how to explain it very well, since, of course, 
> we 're talking about thinking in pictures. 
> It seems to me what's going on in my head is a visualization of the system, like a flow chart, 
> but that's not it either.  It's very amorphous. 

Problem solving is an excellent example.  Sometimes when I have a problem that needs solving 
I will "sleep on it" & the next morning I have a solution.  But no pictures are involved. 
Take an example where pictures are involved: 
I'm working a sudoku puzzle & staring at a blank square, the imag e '4' comes to mind. 
What does it mean?  '4' MUST go in the square; '4' is POSSIBLE in the square; '4' CANNOT 
go in the square?  The '4' doesn't help until I give it an interpretation & then it's the interpretation 
that doing all the work. 
So let the flowcharts dance around in your head, but don't forget to think. 
Craig