tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7905515.post3759019065597559201..comments2024-03-14T11:09:32.759-05:00Comments on Falkenblog: Thinking MetaphoricallyEric Falkensteinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07243687157322033496noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7905515.post-26125897883997734352012-02-18T03:43:59.960-06:002012-02-18T03:43:59.960-06:00Even if you're not a genius, you can use the s...Even if you're not a genius, you can use the same strategies as Aristotle and Einstein to harness the power of your creative mind and better manage your future."<br /><br />The following strategies encourage you to think productively, <br />rather than reproductively, in order to arrive at solutions to problems. "These strategies are common to the thinking styles of creative geniuses in science, art, and industry throughoutsell structured settlementhttp://settlement-cash-structured-for-flow.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7905515.post-46302081620332940352012-02-17T10:31:45.827-06:002012-02-17T10:31:45.827-06:00Deidre McCloskey (when she was Donald), also empha...Deidre McCloskey (when she was Donald), also emphasized the use of metaphors in "Economical Writing". However, one thing I have come to realize is that you have to pick your metaphors very carefully. Let me just focus on sports metaphors. First, sports is zero sum, whereas economics is positive sum. Second "bases loaded and two outs" means nothing to someone who is worried that you are pitching them a "Googly". That is, many metaphors are extremely culture-bound, and so may sow more confusion than meaning.Acad Roninhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17859105860193065352noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7905515.post-75428725608844671162012-02-17T03:09:45.448-06:002012-02-17T03:09:45.448-06:00not me. I think similely.not me. I think similely.A perspiring aspiring academichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14825494718443489230noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7905515.post-9792463268624750352012-02-16T23:26:09.094-06:002012-02-16T23:26:09.094-06:00derman's last book is on this too. methaphors ...derman's last book is on this too. methaphors are little conceptual models. he is saying that the main advantage of using such mental objects or tools (methaphor, here we go) that we are already familiar with is that they save us intellectual work. with the more complex ones that you learn in school, for instance, you are actually using the intellectual work of others, same way you are using a car and a washing machine built by others (another methaphor) instead of making one yourself. or you can use some smaller stuff that you built yourself a while back which is still in "working condition". <br /><br />it's all a trial and error process of pattern recognition in the end. being familiar with all sorts of complex patterns/objects/models can give you a good start.B. A.noreply@blogger.com