Convergent Thinking
The ability to narrow the number of possible solutions to a problem by applying logic and knowledge.
The term convergent thinking was coined J. P. Guilford, a psychologist well-kno...
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Thinking
"Thinking" is an essentially human activity occurring in two basic forms. We may think in order to attain knowledge of what is, must, or may be the case; we also may think with ...
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Random thoughts on the passing scene:Since electricity is generated mostly by burning coal, has anyone calculated how much pollution is created by electric cars, even though none of that pollution ...
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This is the third one of these things I've gone too, and I'm continually amazed at how each season gets more and more crowded. At 9 a.m., the supposed start time of the show, there were bitches fig...
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A little more than a week into Michael Bloomberg’s pseudo-campaign for president, the inevitable backlash has begun. In accordance with the conventions of counterintuition, the on-second-thou...
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Esther Yang has a message to supporters: Think happy thoughts because the stars are aligned.
No, seriously. Here's an email a reader passed on from Yang:
-----Forwarded Message-----
From: nine@...
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More U.S. blacks attempt suicide than previously thought, according to a landmark study that could help explode the myth that black suicides are rare because of a mind-set that took hold durin...
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A fast-growing region near the state capital is at greater risk of a potentially catastrophic flood than originally believed, and insurance rates could double for some residents, the government sai...
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