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By: Lucas F. de Oliveira

Another possibility occurred to me. Directions (and instructions in general) are given through language, which means they are expressed through our explicit memory system. However, their purpose is to...

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By: amelie

Good advice for communication. Of course you’ll always have the folks from Maine who say things like “turn left where the pharmacy used to be”. I don’t quite get why we compare something like Theory of...

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By: 1weaver

good stuff. would that it were applied universally wherever people gather to dialogue on timely issues. practice makes (almost) perfect.

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By: plexity

The counter to the Maine man is the “and if you get to the big pub on the right with the hanging baskets, think it’s called the Chequers, you’ve gone too far” This “error detection” addition is the key...

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By: 5i5i

It’s just about empathy. It’s really not that hard to put yourself in someone else’s situation and tailor the instructions accordingly.

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