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Mike Rowe: Safety First is a load of unmitigated nonsense You know Mike Rowe the guy on the Discovery Channel who hosts Dirty Jobs A viewer recently called him out on not wearing the proper safety gear on his show. Prominent Scientists Declare Climate Claims Ahead of UN ... Prominent Scientists Declare Climate Claims Ahead of UN Summit Irrational Based On Nonsense Leading us down a false path How to Get Rid of a Mattress for Free - No Nonsense Landlord Here is how to get rid of a mattress for free. A mattress is one of the things that virtually all low income tenants leave behind. They are also one of the largest ... An Introduction to Biblical Nonsense Absurdity At Its Finest . HOME No reader can truthfully deny that multitudes of curious occurrences are readily observable in the Bible. Heal A Herniated Disc A no-nonsense guide on how to cure ... Along the entire spine is a very long tough ligament known as the Posterior Longitudinal Ligament (PLL). 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But they weren't powerful enough to overcome the overall lack of a meaningful point.Ultimately, Holmes offers some wise cautions against rushing headlong into decision. For instance:"When making a decision, make a habit of consciously considering your stress level at the time. Are you feeling rushed Are you tired Are you having personal problems Formalize reminders of how different kinds of anxiety affect your decisions and the consequences of those judgments" (80).Certainly this is good advise, but it doesn't warrant an entire book. An article would suffice.43 of 45 people found the following review helpful.Certainties Closures Are Not Always Good . . . .By SundayAtDuskFrom start to finish, Nonsense: The Power of Not Knowing is a highly readable, engrossing book that explains how important it is to be able to deal with ambiguity, and not to be always seeking closure. Author Jamie Holmes points out early in the book that successfully dealing with ambiguity and uncertainty does not require a high IQ, but requires that one learns to master the emotional challenge of figuring out what to do when one has no idea what to do. He states that he hopes to convince the reader of "a simple claim": "In an increasingly complex, unpredictable world, what matters most isn't IQ, willpower, or confidence in what we know. It's how we deal with what we don't understand."Those who don't or won't master that ambiguity challenge are more likely to "jump to conclusions", "deny contradictions", be mentally rigid, be prejudice and "revert to stereotypes", assert control elsewhere when losing control somewhere, be less creative, be more confident about an erroneous course of action, and be trusting of those who don't deserve trust and not trusting of those who do. There are also three things that tend to make individuals less likely to successfully deal with uncertainty and, thus, need a quick closure--fatigue, urgency and stress. States Mr. Holmes: "We have to reduce the messy world to manage it. But resolving something--fitting it into a metal box--also means that you stop scrutinizing it. Recognition means closure, and it marks the end of thinking, looking, and listening."Embracing uncertainty, on the other hand, helps creativity and invention, deepens empathy, improves your "odds of making rational decisions", makes you less likely to fixate or clutch to "one aspect of a complex and shifting reality", and opens you to outside influences and traveling . . . which in turn feeds creativity and invention. As the author quoted Jerome Bruner: Creativity often results "when the ambiguity wins". Even mind traveling in books can be a big help, according to Mr. Holmes. He says: "And it's why reading fiction--which puts us in other people's shoes--can both lower our need for closure and make us more empathetic." (Interestingly, in novels, I prefer stories with closures, but I don't feel the same way about short stories.)On page 87 of Nonsense: The Power of Not Knowing is a "closure test" that the reader can take. But don't imagine this book is a self-help one, because it's not. It's more a book for those who like to think. The author provides many interesting stories, too, to help the reader visualize both successful and unsuccessful attempts to deal with ambiguity. Those stories include ones on: A doomsday group in the 1950s; the incredible increase in marriages after the 1906 earthquake in San Francisco; the 1992 Ruby Ridge standoff; the 1993 Waco standoff; the 1973 Yom Kippur War; and the fallacy of more and more medical testing because "the culture of medicine has little tolerance for ambiguity and uncertainty".In addition, there are stories about: The use of brain scans in criminal cases; the failure of the midi-skirt to replace the mini-skirt in the early 1970s; how ambiguity aversion leads to higher insurance premiums; Toyota; the Zara fashion store in New York; Alexander Graham Bell; the Hand To Hand school in Jerusalem; bilinguals; Anton Chekhov; puzzles ("The act of puzzling is a protest against the mind's reduction of ambiguity."); and how in the business world "strategies with the greatest possibility of success also have the greatest possibility of failure". (While reading that part of the book, I thought it was a shame Mr. Holmes did not look at Paul Reichmann and the Canary Wharf project--The Reichmanns: Family, Faith, Fortune, and the Empire of Olympia York. In fact, Paul Reichmann's entire career as a builder would have been most interesting to explore in this book; since it is believed that the reason he took on so many projects with so many uncertainties was because, for him, there were no uncertainties where his religious beliefs were concerned.)When I reached the epilogue of the book, I was surprised. One, because there were so many pages left. It turns out the book has approximately 75 pages of notes. Two, because it didn't feel like the book was concluding. But I guess that is appropriate for a book that is proposing it is not good to constantly seek certainties and closures. Nonsense: The Power of Not Knowing actually reminds me in some ways of Kevin Ashton's How to Fly a Horse: The Secret History of Creation, Invention, and Discovery. Both books were about creativity, both books made me think quite a bit, and both books used up a lot of my supplies in my Post-it Study Kit with Tabs, Flags, Arrow Flags, Note Tabs, Grid Notes, Full Adhesive Notes, Label Pads, and Flag + Highlighter. ( Kevin Ashton, though, sounded more like Thomas Edison, from Mr. Holmes' description, than Alexander Graham Bell. :) I also felt the great need to quote both authors in the reviews of their books. Hence, let me end this review with two quotes that I liked from Jamie Holmes. One: "The heroes of this book are all protesters, and they are protesting the premature destruction of the world's mystery." Two: "Owning our own uncertainty makes us kinder, more creative, and more alive."3 of 3 people found the following review helpful.The Next Malcolm GladwellBy A. J. McCaffreyI loved Jamie Holmes writing style because I love Malcolm Gladwell's. Engaging, immersive anecdotes that reveal the major themes at deeper and deeper levels. Extremely well researched. Once I was done reading the book, I started reading it again from the beginning to let the themes sink in at a deeper level. This book has important implications for how we teach our children. Do our students always expect problems to have one clear answer Based on most classrooms, the answer is "yes." How do we prepare our students for the ambiguity of the real world I am discussing this book with my teaching colleagues for how to change our classrooms.See all 72 customer reviews... Heal A Herniated Disc A no-nonsense guide on how to cure ... Along the entire spine is a very long tough ligament known as the Posterior Longitudinal Ligament (PLL). It attaches to each vertebrae and serves the purpose of a ... Prominent Scientists Declare Climate Claims Ahead of UN ... 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