Dealing with Ambiguity
Dealing with ambiguity often occurs when doing things for the first time. The temptation is to make such events clearer than they... Read More
Board War Games Superior to High-tech Simulations
Posted on10 Apr 2014
Tagsquantify, The Matrix, think outside the box, The Economist, rules, military, low-tech, decision-making process, creativity, computers, computer simulations, complexity, alternatives
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Computer games have all but wiped out regular board games. Why then, do American military officials rely more on board games to... Read More
Wildfires, Computer Models and Sophisticated GIGO
Posted on03 Jan 2013
Tagsanchoring, computer simulations, computers, confession, experience, history, Influence, quantify, The Atlantic, Velten Mood Induction Procedure, Michael Behar, wildfires
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Early on, I learned about GIGO, Garbage In Garbage Out. Translated, if you don’t input good data into the computer don’t expect... Read More
How Reading Fiction Improves Social Skills And More
Posted on24 May 2012
TagsUniversity of Toronto, what-if scenarios, York University, social skills, introspection, busines, business planning, Chris Moore, computer simulations, Dalhousie University, emotions, empathy, experience, fiction, Jennifer Tackett, Jordan Peterson, Keith Oatley, Maja Djikic, military, Personality, planning, problem solving, Raymond Mar, Sara Zoeterman, Scientific American
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Most see book worms as socially inept. They use fiction as escape. Yet, studies show that reading fiction improves social skills. This... Read More
