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		astrofinch on March 28, 2012 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: The Psychology of Tackling Hard Problems One idea: positively reinforce the behavior of taking a solid swing at your problem regardless of whether you successfully solve it. In other words, cheer yourself on for ruling out apparently promising solutions as well as successfully solving problems.

EvilTerran on March 28, 2012 | [–]

Sounds like what I've read of the quest for the Higgs Boson -- "We know it's not here, I'd say that's progress! Now let's look over there instead!"

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