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Real life puzzles are barely purely logical and there’s a lot of competition and superiority that simply bs you over and uses other methods to undermine your ef
by wruza 4y ago
Real life puzzles are barely purely logical and there’s a lot of competition and superiority that simply bs you over and uses other methods to undermine your effort.
I solve mathdoku before bedtime for fun, but when it comes to “business” I usually want to take a board and smash these smiling snakefaces with it, because that is the most logical move. E.g. in chess they call it “simplification”. Unfortunately that’s illegal, so the best bet is to leave cognition at home.
but not in a way that makes their life better in an objective way (which is most likely the reason we have this drive)
Most of our features are essential for small groups of 10-100 humans. Individual successes are irrelevant for survival. A whole group wins (over another group) when one ape solves a puzzle and shares benefits.
- nine_k 4y agoMathdoku is a fun way to flex the reasoning circuitry. But where cognition is needed in business it is knowing how to outsmart these snakefaces, how to think a few moves ahead of them, how to know the stuff that matters before they know it. Smashing these faces is no more logical than smashing a chessboard when the stupid stubborn pieces won't move the way you had anticipated. It is tantamount to admitting that cognition has not been successfully applied, or maybe even engaged. Look at artificially produced puzzles that tickle your cognition gland the same way you look at artificially produced snacks, optimized to tickle your taste buds and hijack your sense of "delicious", without providing anything nutritious. Look at real-world, gnarly, complicated, seemingly self-contradictory problems as you look at natural, raw produce, with its variety of nutrients, vitamins, fibers, etc, all tangled together, with a taste which may not be as refined as refined sugar, but which is really rich.
- wruza 4y agoYou’re right, this aggression and escapism reports to anxiety, which interferes with C. But personally I don’t find it worth to tolerate bad feelings (been there) or dig deeper for years (done that) only to own better things or to be at better places. Fine as it is.
- nine_k 4y agoIt's a completely fine and relatable choice, as long as it's a consciously made choice. It's a "sour grapes" situation that usually invites cooling down and actually thinking a bit more. Which apparently is not your situation (good).