[MD] indefensible yet enlightening

[MarshaV]

Craig, 

Close  your eyes and think of zebra.  When I do, I don't picture a zebra 
but there is a visual sensation of the zebra's strips, a pattern of zebra 
stripes.   

Marsha




On May 3, 2010, at 2:36 PM, craigerb at comcast.net wrote:

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> [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. 
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> 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
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