#problem-solving — Public Fediverse posts

How Your Brain Can Block Creative Problem Solving:

https://leadingbrainsreview.substack.com/p/brain-snack-how-your-brain-can-block?r=59dsl&utm_campaign=post-expanded-share&utm_medium=web

#brain #neuroscience #creativity #problemsolving

When's the right time to solve small problems? The right answer: "As soon as practically possible!" But our love of heroes gets in the way.

https://www.conferencesthatwork.com/index.php/leadership/2021/02/when-solve-small-problem

#heroes #consulting #leadership #ProblemSolving

A quotation from Margaret Mead

The children must be taught how to think, not what to think.

Margaret Mead (1901–1978) American anthropologist
Coming of Age in Samoa, ch. 14 (1928)

More about this quote: wist.info/mead-margaret/85496/

#quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #margaretmead #belief #education #orthodoxy #problemsolving #solutions #teaching #thinking #thought

Gowers’s Weblog: What sort of maths are LLMs good at?. “A first remark here is that LLMs are not just good at finding counterexamples: they can find proofs of difficult statements as well. However, it is notable that the most famous problems they have solved have almost all been with counterexamples rather than proofs. That is true of the two problems mentioned above, and also of the Jacobian […]

WHEN YOU ‘JUST’ WANT TO COLLECT SOME SPATIAL DATA! 😊
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Australian Researchers Fitted Five Magpies With GPS Trackers To Map Their Movements, But The Birds Began Removing One Another’s Harnesses Within Minutes, Turning A Failed Trial Into An Unexpected Observation Of Cooperation
(When researchers tried to track Australian magpies, the birds turned the tables—systematically removing each other's harnesses and revealing something far more interesting than GPS coordinates.)
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https://youtu.be/mM0j_GybEKw?si=GE3sFw00iXSDMlI0 <-- shared video
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https://spacedaily.com/t-australian-researchers-fitted-five-magpies-with-gps-trackers-to-map-their-movements-but-the-birds-began-removing-one-anothers-harnesses-within-minutes-turning-a-failed-trial-into-an-unexpected-obser/ <-- shared technical article
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http://dx.doi.org/10.20938/afo39007011 <-- shared paper
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https://www.abc.net.au/news/2022-02-22/magpies-show-cooperative-behaviour-by-removing-tracking-device/100851458 <-- shared media article
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[the Aussie magpies need SWAG on their GPS harness!]
“Researchers in Queensland fitted five Australian magpies with tiny GPS trackers, hoping to map their movements and social relationships. The [mischief] had other plans.
Within about ten minutes, an untagged adult female was using her bill to work at the harness on a juvenile. The tracker came off. Nearby, another magpie was helping a second tagged bird on a powerline. Devices that had been designed to stay attached for weeks disappeared within minutes to days.
[The author] like[s] this story partly because it resists the tidy distinction between a successful experiment and a failed one. The researchers lost the movement data they went looking for, but the birds produced an observation nobody had planned…”
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“Recent advances in tracking technology have enabled devices such as Global Positioning Systems (GPS) loggers to be used on a wide variety of birds. Although there are established ethical considerations to these processes, different species may react differently to particular devices and attachments. Thus, pilot studies are still of utmost importance in this field. Here, [the authors] describe one such study trialling a novel harness design for GPS tracking devices on Australian Magpies Gymnorhina tibicen. Despite previous testing demonstrating the strength and durability of the harness, devices were removed within minutes to hours of initial fitting. Notably, removal was observed to involve one bird snapping another bird’s harness at the only weak point, such that the tracker was released. This behaviour demonstrates both cooperation and a moderate level of problem solving, providing potential further evidence of the cognitive abilities of this species. To our knowledge, this is the first study to report the conspecific removal of GPS trackers, and should be considered when planning future tracking studies especially on highly social species…”
#rescuebehaviour #altruism #WhereTheAnimalsAre #wildlife #tracking #spatialanalysis #bird #magpie #Australia #Queensland #research #GPS #tracker #harness #removal #ecosystems #GIS #logging #monitoring #spatial #mapping #social #species #behaviour #cooperation #problemsolving #cognitiveabilities #conspecific #biology

Improve the process for feature requests by removing the handoff that most damages problem frequency and affected revenue.

#FeatureRequests #Startups #ProblemSolving

AI Is Solving CTF Challenges in Minutes

https://www.simulationslabs.com/blogs/AI_Is_Solving_CTF_Challenges_in_Minutes

Comments: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49264578

#HackerNews #AI #CTF #Challenges #Cybersecurity #TechInnovation #ProblemSolving

Great article about the #fascist nature of #AI and why it must be destroyed to save #democracy, #solidarity, #dignity, our #CognitiveCapability, #CriticalThinking and #ProblemSolving skills.

https://tante.cc/2026/04/21/ai-as-a-fascist-artifact/

#fascism #WhiteSupremacy

A quotation from Doctor Who

LEELA: Never mind, Doctor, I’ve found the answer.
DOCTOR: You have?
LEELA: Knife them in the neck!

Doctor Who (1963-1989) British science fiction television series, original run (BBC)
15×02 “The Invisible Enemy,” Part 4 (1977-10-22) [w. Bob Baker, Dave Martin]

More about this quote: wist.info/doctor-who-1963/8531…

#quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #fourthdoctor #leela #answer #doctorwho #killing #problemsolving #solution #violence

And not just for the young in actual age!

Why #illustrations in #books matter for young readers
https://www.seattleschild.com/childrens-book-illustrations-literacy/

#reading #amreading #fun #literarydevelopment #interpretation #decoding #confidenceboosting #sequencing #criticalthinking #problemsolving #graphicnovels

💁🏻‍♀️ TIL: 🧱🧠 Play-based #preschool programs help #children develop emotional regulation and social skills that last into elementary #school, according to researchers.

Dramatic #play improves emotion regulation and #language development, while constructive play predicts higher #math achievement. The benefits extend well beyond early #childhood, supporting learning through #highschool.

👉 https://theconversation.com/play-is-essential-for-young-children-including-when-it-comes-to-their-learning-285572

#learning #emotions #problemsolving #preschool #kindergarten #education #parenting #teaching

A quotation from Eisenhower

People talk about the middle of the road as though it were unacceptable. Actually, all human problems, excepting morals, come into the gray areas. Things are not all black and white. There have to be compromises. The middle of the road is all of the usable surface. The extremes, right and left, are in the gutters.

Dwight David Eisenhower (1890-1969) American general, US President (1953-61)
Interview (1963-11-05) by William Stringer, “Midroad View at Gettysburg,” Christian Science Monitor

More about this quote: wist.info/eisenhower-dwight/17…

#quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #eisenhower #dwighteisenhower #centrism #compromise #extremism #fringe #gray #gutters #leftwing #middleoftheroad #problemsolving #radical #reactionary #rightwing

Mathematics is the canary in the coal mine of any education system: It's a delicate pyramid that crumbles if the base is not strong.

Using IMO results, here are the countries that improved most from 2006 to 2026 and those that declined the most. Using rank percentile within each year’s field:

Most improved
🇸🇦 Saudi Arabia: 2.2% → 69.8% (+67.6pp)
🇲🇾 Malaysia: 22.5% → 83.6% (+61.1pp)
🇰🇬 Kyrgyzstan: 14.6% → 70.7% (+56.1pp)
🇧🇩 Bangladesh: 11.2% → 67.2% (+56.0pp)
🇮🇳 India: 61.8% → 94.8% (+33.0pp)

Biggest declines
🇲🇩 Moldova: 91.0% → 55.2% (−35.8pp)
🇮🇹 Italy: 87.6% → 68.1% (−19.5pp)
🇫🇮 Finland: 57.3% → 39.7% (−17.6pp)
🇩🇪 Germany: 96.6% → 83.6% (−13.0pp)
🇹🇼 Taiwan: 89.9% → 80.2% (−9.7pp)

#Mathematics #MathEducation #Education #STEM #IMO #InternationalMathematicalOlympiad #MathOlympiad #EducationPolicy #Learning #AcademicExcellence #DataVisualization #EducationResearch #GlobalEducation #SchoolEducation #STEMEducation #ProblemSolving #Innovation #FutureSkills #StudentSuccess #EducationalDevelopment #MathematicsMatters #Statistics #GlobalRankings #India #SaudiArabia #Malaysia #Bangladesh #Kyrgyzstan #Finland #Germany

Run The Solution Room to foster meaningful connections and provide peer support and solutions to participants' current professional challenges.

https://www.conferencesthatwork.com/index.php/event-design/2018/05/why-you-should-run-the-solution-room-at-your-next-event

#meetings #EventDesign #SessionFormat #TheSolutionRoom #connections #participation #ProblemSolving

**Pigeonhole Principle:** More items than containers means at least one container holds >1 item.
Ex: 13 socks (B/W). Pull 3, at least 2 are same color. (N=3 items, M=2 colors).
Pro-Tip: Focus on your 'items' (pigeons) & 'containers' (holes)!
#DiscreteMath #ProblemSolving #STEM #StudyNotes

“Grids #005” by Thomas Typewriter – a new illustration

https://thomastypewriter.art/2026/07/13/grids-005-by-thomas-typewriter-a-new-illustration/