Monday, March 30, 2009

So where is that puzzle in your mind ?

What separates us from the great apes is our drive to solve puzzles.

You can teach a Monkey to balance three pieces of wood in order for him to get a snack but when you make one of the wood pieces uneven he will not be able to solve the problem or realize that there is a problem. The monkey will try and try and try until he gets tired of it. If you do the same experiment with a 5 year old you will see that this kid will stop and look closely at the pieces of wood when something seems to be wrong.

What the kid is doing is troubleshooting, he is thinking out of the box where is the monkey keeps on trying and trying even though it will never work.

This example will make sense to most of you out there and as part of my Tipping point experiment I want to invite you to another puzzle experiment that might be somewhat complicated to grasp initially. I call it "The puzzle in your mind" experiment.

The puzzle is unique in almost every way but one, all humans have this puzzle but for every one it is slightly different, due to the inner self. The way you perceive the world will affect the way your personal puzzle is showing itself.

You might be confused now and maybe even annoyed since this is already the second post with an "open end". Well I will elaborate about this in the days / weeks to come but ill do it gradually so it can be understood better.

For now I will leave you with a few puzzle examples that at least some of you have.


Puzzle 1: What is the .....
Puzzle 2: Why is it ......

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