Comments on: Everything is fizzling and bobbling about http://snarkmarket.com/2010/5930 The stomping grounds of Tim Carmody, Robin Sloan and Matt Thompson. It's a long-running conversation about media, journalism, technology, cities, culture, design, books, music, movies, the future and the past. Fri, 10 Feb 2012 01:58:56 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1 By: Betty Ann http://snarkmarket.com/2010/5930/comment-page-1#comment-12618 Betty Ann Fri, 30 Jul 2010 17:00:39 +0000 http://snarkmarket.com/?p=5930#comment-12618 Oh yes and "surfing on entropy" from this quoted conversation between luminaries on Tumblr http://notational.tumblr.com/post/872011316/surfing-on-entropy Oh yes and “surfing on entropy” from this quoted conversation between luminaries on Tumblr http://notational.tumblr.com/post/872011316/surfing-on-entropy

]]> By: Frank http://snarkmarket.com/2010/5930/comment-page-1#comment-12612 Frank Fri, 30 Jul 2010 15:57:44 +0000 http://snarkmarket.com/?p=5930#comment-12612 YESSSSS. Oh, sorry. YESSSSS.
Oh, sorry.

]]> By: Allen Tan http://snarkmarket.com/2010/5930/comment-page-1#comment-12549 Allen Tan Fri, 30 Jul 2010 08:03:26 +0000 http://snarkmarket.com/?p=5930#comment-12549 It makes sense, since IQ tests your brain's ability to make and recognize patterns that are not obvious. If you're running through all kinds of random connections and combinations in your head, you'd be likely to hit upon the correct one. Like brute-force password cracking. I like your closing sentence, though. The more we can churn out ideas, test them, and reject the ones that don't work - the more ideas we'll have that, well, work. Instead of holding back and thinking about them for years. It makes sense, since IQ tests your brain’s ability to make and recognize patterns that are not obvious. If you’re running through all kinds of random connections and combinations in your head, you’d be likely to hit upon the correct one.

Like brute-force password cracking.

I like your closing sentence, though. The more we can churn out ideas, test them, and reject the ones that don’t work — the more ideas we’ll have that, well, work. Instead of holding back and thinking about them for years.

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