Symbolic Forest

Yesterday’s post about applying human assumptions to the rest of the universe set my mind off running down another tangent, about our tendency firstly to oversimplify the world, and secondly to insist on the validity of our oversimplified mental map of the world in the face of all the evidence that it is wrong.

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Keyword noise: heterochromia, eyes, assumptions, The Mother, teaching, evidence.

I was still thinking idly about teaching H how to drive, the other day, when Colleague K came down to Room 3B (The IT Office) and said: “Do you know algebra? Wee Dave said you would.”

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Keyword noise: algebra, GCSE, maths, quadratic equations, simultaneous equations, teaching.

I seem to be becoming a worse driver.

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Keyword noise: bad driving, cars, cycling, driving, fog, learning to drive, safety, speeding, teaching.