Monday, May 31, 2010

Tacit knowledge: you don't know how much you know

Tacit knowledge: you don't know how much you know: "TAKE a long look at the Mona Lisa. How do you see her? As blobs of paint or as a woman with an enigmatic smile? Now explain how you came to see those blobs of paint as a smile. For your second mission, think back to learning to form sentences. Your parents never told you 'verb in the middle' (if you're English) or 'verb at the end' (if you're German) but still you picked it up. And, more remarkable, once you did, have you any idea how come this sentence breaks the rules but read it you still can?"