Gary Ackerman @garyackerman@qoto.org

A blog post on wicked problems, now with audio:
https://hackscience.net/2018/01/01/wicked-problems/

A blog post, now with audio:
https://hackscience.net/2018/01/01/technology-aceptance/

Wicked problems are interconnected. Each can be both a cause and an effect of others, complicating understanding and solution design. Solutions might even cause unacceptable problems for others. #Interdependence #Systems

For wicked problems, every solution matters. Planners don't get to test like scientists/engineers. Solutions have permanent effects on people. Problem solvers have no right to be wrong and must implement the best possible solution. #Responsibility #Impact

There is no stopping rule for solving wicked problems. Even if conditions are met, uncertainty remains. Solutions can be deemed sufficient for now, but refinements are always possible as conditions change.

"We express empathy and sympathy and disgust. We learn to sense others’ state of mind and to communicate (and sometimes deceive others about) our state of mind."

So, I’m an atheist. If you are paying to have “join my church” messages appear in my social media feeds, you are wasting your money.

"Human babies are born too small to support even the basic movements necessary for independent life until months after birth, and we are dependent on adults for years. During these years, we learn. We learn a lot."

Unlike tame problems which are definable, understandable, and consensual, wicked problems are ill-defined, not completely definable, and lack agreement on their existence or resolution. #Planning #SocialIssues

A blog post now with audio:
https://hackscience.education/2018/07/12/humans-as-learners/

Even if the mythological learning styles are marginal to your argument, I am skeptical of the whole thing.

I try to adopt Richard Feynman’s view, “the world us much more interesting if you don’t know.”

Competence is one’s capacity to perform. Competencies are one’s perceptions of their competence. These may not be the same.

We adopt tools. We adapt our work to leverage the capacity if the tools we adopt. We exapt novel and unintended uses of tools.

Computers remember what they count and count what the remember.

That which makes us more skeptical is for our benefit and the benefit of society.

Why does “mindless alliance and acquiescence” seem such a familiar stance?

I think cognitive load theory can also be used to understand lousy lectures. We spend so much thought trying to get through your convoluted language, we can’t get to your point.

Note to faculty: If you talk twice as fast just to get to your joke, you are missing the point of adding a little humor to your classroom. #teaching #highered #highschool oh, yeah, and if you are the only one speaking... your students are probably not listening.

Yeah, I’ve decided I really can’t read meaningfully in a small screen... or a large screen... give me a hardcopy and pencil and I will understand your work.