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thinking: what it is, when to do it and when not

Submitted by Paul Grobstein on Wed, 06/09/2010 - 9:40am.

Interesting question put by Jenna this morning.  Can one learn to turn off the fuschia dot (I-function, story teller)?  Among other things, it can sometimes make it hard to "make decisions."  I think its worth thinking more about what the "thinking function" is useful for, what its not.  Suspect that's relevant in the bird brain context, as well as the sudoku context (cf Paul's Sudoku Journal, 9 Jan).  And lots of others, including athletic performance, writer's block, an ongoing discussion of formal systems/mindfulness/randomness, and life in general.   

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