Pattern-Recognition

I was stuck on a database indexing problem for three days. The problem: Queries were slow. I’d tried different index strategies. Nothing worked. Then I went rock climbing. Completely unrelated to the database problem. Or so I thought. At the climbing gym, I watched an instructor teach a beginner: Instructor: “Don’t try to solve the whole wall at once. Look for the next handhold. Then the next one. Chain them together.” ...

Brain Series Current: Pareidolia The McGurk Effect All Posts The Baader-Meinhof Phenomenon You see a face in the electrical outlet. Another in the clouds. Your morning toast looks like it’s staring at you. ...