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Misunderstanding as a source of helpful variation

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	One source of helpful variation is one that you might find surprising. Not surprisingly, group problem solving typically yields better outcomes than having people work on solving a problem by themselves. What you might find surprising is that research has shown that one reason for this is that people often misunderstand each other when solving problems in groups. Misunderstandings are a rich source of helpful variation! Everyone’s mind is engaged in coming up with possible solutions. What’s going on in your mind is different from other people’s. Instead of hearing what someone means, you hear what you are expecting to hear. Because of what was going on in your brain, you weren’t able to take in the intended meaning and so you misunderstand what you're hearing, but it fits as a piece of the puzzle you needed with the solution you were working with. This often leads to a good solution, and voila a misunderstanding helps to lead to a good solution.		One source of helpful variation is one that you might find surprising. Not surprisingly, group problem solving typically yields better outcomes than having people work on solving a problem by themselves. What you might find surprising is that research has shown that one reason for this is that people often misunderstand each other when solving problems in groups. Misunderstandings are a rich source of helpful variation! Everyone’s mind is engaged in coming up with possible solutions. What’s going on in your mind is different from other people’s. Instead of hearing what someone means, you hear what you are expecting to hear. Because of what was going on in your brain, you weren’t able to take in the intended meaning and so you misunderstand what you're hearing, but it fits as a piece of the puzzle you needed with the solution you were working with. This often leads to a good solution, and voila a misunderstanding helps to lead to a good solution.

	Herbie Hancock misunderstanding Miles Davis example at 12:09 in the following video: https://~~www~~.~~youtube.com~~/~~watch~~?v=~~eRkgK4jfi6M~~		Herbie Hancock misunderstanding Miles Davis example which I have queued up to start playing for you at 12:09 in the following video (which is the part in which Herbie Hancock tells the story): https://youtu.be/eRkgK4jfi6M?si=hPgimmuWyv-Oquc7&t=729

	Let me make the connection between the previous two paragraphs clearer. Misunderstanding what you’ve said is a source of variation. That can be a way that teddy bears contribute to your process. Now that I’ve made the connection clearer, let me now add something else to that. Instead of a misunderstanding, it could be that they left out an important point (while mirroring back what you said) and leaving it out helps to highlight it for you. This might cause you to then say it again or rephrase it for your teddy bear or flesh out more of why it’s important to you, and you might find doing one of these things to be particularly helpful.		Let me make the connection between the previous two paragraphs clearer. Misunderstanding what you’ve said is a source of variation. That can be a way that teddy bears contribute to your process. Now that I’ve made the connection clearer, let me now add something else to that. Instead of a misunderstanding, it could be that they left out an important point (while mirroring back what you said) and leaving it out helps to highlight it for you. This might cause you to then say it again or rephrase it for your teddy bear or flesh out more of why it’s important to you, and you might find doing one of these things to be particularly helpful.

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2025-07-09T02:08:38Z

Misunderstanding as a source of helpful variation

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	One source of helpful variation is one that you might find surprising. Not surprisingly, group problem solving typically yields better outcomes than having people work on solving a problem by themselves. What you might find surprising is that research has shown that one reason for this is that people often misunderstand each other when solving problems in groups. Misunderstandings are a rich source of helpful variation! Everyone’s mind is engaged in coming up with possible solutions. What’s going on in your mind is different from other people’s. Instead of hearing what someone means, you hear what you are expecting to hear. Because of what was going on in your brain, you weren’t able to take in the intended meaning and so you misunderstand what you're hearing, but it fits as a piece of the puzzle you needed with the solution you were working with. This often leads to a good solution, and voila a misunderstanding helps to lead to a good solution.		One source of helpful variation is one that you might find surprising. Not surprisingly, group problem solving typically yields better outcomes than having people work on solving a problem by themselves. What you might find surprising is that research has shown that one reason for this is that people often misunderstand each other when solving problems in groups. Misunderstandings are a rich source of helpful variation! Everyone’s mind is engaged in coming up with possible solutions. What’s going on in your mind is different from other people’s. Instead of hearing what someone means, you hear what you are expecting to hear. Because of what was going on in your brain, you weren’t able to take in the intended meaning and so you misunderstand what you're hearing, but it fits as a piece of the puzzle you needed with the solution you were working with. This often leads to a good solution, and voila a misunderstanding helps to lead to a good solution.

			Herbie Hancock misunderstanding Miles Davis example at 12:09 in the following video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eRkgK4jfi6M

	Let me make the connection between the previous two paragraphs clearer. Misunderstanding what you’ve said is a source of variation. That can be a way that teddy bears contribute to your process. Now that I’ve made the connection clearer, let me now add something else to that. Instead of a misunderstanding, it could be that they left out an important point (while mirroring back what you said) and leaving it out helps to highlight it for you. This might cause you to then say it again or rephrase it for your teddy bear or flesh out more of why it’s important to you, and you might find doing one of these things to be particularly helpful.		Let me make the connection between the previous two paragraphs clearer. Misunderstanding what you’ve said is a source of variation. That can be a way that teddy bears contribute to your process. Now that I’ve made the connection clearer, let me now add something else to that. Instead of a misunderstanding, it could be that they left out an important point (while mirroring back what you said) and leaving it out helps to highlight it for you. This might cause you to then say it again or rephrase it for your teddy bear or flesh out more of why it’s important to you, and you might find doing one of these things to be particularly helpful.

Lfu at 20:16, 16 October 2023

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	https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S1571064510000199		https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S1571064510000199

			https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/10400419.2022.2059919

	Often, it’s that your teddy bear setup helped you to tweak things a bit (where the tweaking is the source of variation), and then things jump out at you (get selected) and voila the different pieces of the puzzle come together in new ways.		Often, it’s that your teddy bear setup helped you to tweak things a bit (where the tweaking is the source of variation), and then things jump out at you (get selected) and voila the different pieces of the puzzle come together in new ways.

Lfu at 19:58, 16 October 2023

2023-10-16T19:58:10Z

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			https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S1571064510000199

	Often, it’s that your teddy bear setup helped you to tweak things a bit (where the tweaking is the source of variation), and then things jump out at you (get selected) and voila the different pieces of the puzzle come together in new ways.		Often, it’s that your teddy bear setup helped you to tweak things a bit (where the tweaking is the source of variation), and then things jump out at you (get selected) and voila the different pieces of the puzzle come together in new ways.

Lfu at 21:11, 7 April 2022

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	These are choices that you get to make when you are using a recording device, so one point I'm making is that they are sources of variation that you can intentionally play with. But, with asking you to notice how different each case would be, I was also trying to show you that lots of little things will be different (from working by yourself) in any teddy bear situation you're in. So, the other point I was trying to make with these examples was that there are lots of little sources of variation that teddy bears bring.		These are choices that you get to make when you are using a recording device, so one point I'm making is that they are sources of variation that you can intentionally play with. But, with asking you to notice how different each case would be, I was also trying to show you that lots of little things will be different (from working by yourself) in any teddy bear situation you're in. So, the other point I was trying to make with these examples was that there are lots of little sources of variation that teddy bears bring.

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	Often, it’s that your teddy bear setup helped you to tweak things a bit (where the tweaking is the source of variation), and then things jump out at you (get selected) and voila the different pieces of the puzzle come together in new ways.

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	~~Now, let's look at what's happening with selection. In this case, it's the selection of what's getting said, paid attention to, fleshed out more, explored more, etc.~~

	One simple example of a different source of selection that's often at work with Teddy Bear Talk Support involves the process of talking out loud. If you shift from working quietly at your computer where you can think of five things at once, then you're now having to do the selection process of filtering out what you’re saying to just one thing at a time.

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Lfu at 21:09, 7 April 2022

2022-04-07T21:09:19Z

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	Often, it’s that your teddy bear setup helped you to tweak things a bit (where the tweaking is the source of variation), and then things jump out at you (get selected) and voila the different pieces of the puzzle come together in new ways.		Often, it’s that your teddy bear setup helped you to tweak things a bit (where the tweaking is the source of variation), and then things jump out at you (get selected) and voila the different pieces of the puzzle come together in new ways.
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	One simple example of a different source of selection that's often at work with Teddy Bear Talk Support involves the process of talking out loud. If you shift from working quietly at your computer where you can think of five things at once, then you're now having to do the selection process of filtering out what you’re saying to just one thing at a time.		One simple example of a different source of selection that's often at work with Teddy Bear Talk Support involves the process of talking out loud. If you shift from working quietly at your computer where you can think of five things at once, then you're now having to do the selection process of filtering out what you’re saying to just one thing at a time.

Lfu at 19:11, 11 April 2021

2021-04-11T19:11:24Z

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	Now, let's look at what's happening with selection. In this case, it's the selection of what's getting said, paid attention to, fleshed out more, explored more, etc.		Now, let's look at what's happening with selection. In this case, it's the selection of what's getting said, paid attention to, fleshed out more, explored more, etc.

	One simple example of a different source of selection that's often at work with Teddy Bear ~~Tech~~ Support involves the process of talking out loud. If you shift from working quietly at your computer where you can think of five things at once, then you're now having to do the selection process of filtering out what you’re saying to just one thing at a time.		One simple example of a different source of selection that's often at work with Teddy Bear Talk Support involves the process of talking out loud. If you shift from working quietly at your computer where you can think of five things at once, then you're now having to do the selection process of filtering out what you’re saying to just one thing at a time.


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	Now, let's look at what's happening with selection. In this case, it's the selection of what's getting said, paid attention to, fleshed out more, explored more, etc.		Now, let's look at what's happening with selection. In this case, it's the selection of what's getting said, paid attention to, fleshed out more, explored more, etc.

	One simple example of a different source of selection that's often at work with Teddy Bear ~~Tech~~ Support involves the process of talking out loud. If you shift from working quietly at your computer where you can think of five things at once, then you're now having to do the selection process of filtering out what you’re saying to just one thing at a time.		One simple example of a different source of selection that's often at work with Teddy Bear Talk Support involves the process of talking out loud. If you shift from working quietly at your computer where you can think of five things at once, then you're now having to do the selection process of filtering out what you’re saying to just one thing at a time.

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Lfu: /* Misunderstanding as a source of helpful variation */

2020-11-29T01:03:04Z

Misunderstanding as a source of helpful variation

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	A helpful framing may be to '''imagine yourself not as a controlling dictator of ~~our~~ mental processes but instead as a playful participant.		A helpful framing may be to '''imagine yourself not as a controlling dictator of your mental processes but instead as a playful participant.
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Lfu at 21:34, 28 November 2020

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	~~Let's first take a look at purposely introduce lots of variation~~

	~~Let's first look at having a recording device for a teddy bear (instead of having a person for a teddy bear) and see what it looks like when we purposely introduce lots of variation into our process.~~



	~~look at how that gives us~~
	~~we can intentionally work with variation and selection.~~

	~~to look at some different sources of variation and different sources of selection that Teddy Bear Tech Support can bring into your process.~~

	Let’s say that you need to write something (like for an email or a class assignment) and you’re wanting to get clearer on what the most important points are that you need to make.		Let’s say that you need to write something (like for an email or a class assignment) and you’re wanting to get clearer on what the most important points are that you need to make.

Lfu at 03:37, 20 October 2020

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