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Page 1: Science & Technology Environmental Scanning...Continuous scanning-(also called continuous learning) -continuous structured data collection and processing on a broad range of environmental

Scie

nce

& T

echn

olog

y Sc

ienc

e &

Tec

hnol

ogy

Envi

ronm

enta

l En

viro

nmen

tal S

cann

ing

Scan

ning

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sigh

t Sy

nerg

y N

etw

ork

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sigh

t Sy

nerg

y N

etw

ork

Ott

awa

July

9th

, 200

7O

ttaw

a Ju

ly 9

th, 2

007

By W

alte

r D

erzk

oBy

Wal

ter

Der

zko

416

416 --

533

533 --

9667

9667

Smar

t Ec

onom

y Sm

art

Econ

omy

http

://

http

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mar

teco

nom

y.ty

pepa

d.co

msm

arte

cono

my.

type

pad.

com

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vers

ity o

f To

ront

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Page 2: Science & Technology Environmental Scanning...Continuous scanning-(also called continuous learning) -continuous structured data collection and processing on a broad range of environmental

Assu

mpt

ion

Assu

mpt

ion

�� Sci

ence

and

Tec

hnol

ogy

(S&

T) s

cann

ing

as a

sta

nd a

lone

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ienc

e an

d Te

chno

logy

(S&

T) s

cann

ing

as a

sta

nd a

lone

ac

tivity

is a

larg

ely

inef

fect

ive,

if it

's n

ot in

tegr

ated

and

ac

tivity

is a

larg

ely

inef

fect

ive,

if it

's n

ot in

tegr

ated

and

co

uple

d w

ith:

coup

led

with

:

��m

anag

eria

l sen

sem

anag

eria

l sen

se-- m

akin

g ac

tiviti

es,

mak

ing

activ

ities

, ��

man

agin

g ris

k an

d un

cert

aint

y,

man

agin

g ris

k an

d un

cert

aint

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c re

view

s of

dec

isio

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view

s of

dec

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akin

g as

sum

ptio

ns a

nd

mak

ing

assu

mpt

ions

and

m

enta

l mod

els,

m

enta

l mod

els,

��

ongo

ing

stra

tegi

c th

inki

ng a

nd p

lann

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on

goin

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rate

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resi

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ities

suc

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sce

nario

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erci

ses

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ex

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licy

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ong

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a h

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ativ

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lthy

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Page 3: Science & Technology Environmental Scanning...Continuous scanning-(also called continuous learning) -continuous structured data collection and processing on a broad range of environmental

Wha

t is

Env

ironm

enta

l Sca

nnin

g?W

hat

is E

nviro

nmen

tal S

cann

ing?

� Th

e ac

quis

ition

and

use

of

info

rmat

ion

� Th

e ac

quis

ition

and

use

of

info

rmat

ion

abou

t ev

ents

, tre

nds,

and

rel

atio

nshi

ps in

ab

out

even

ts, t

rend

s, a

nd r

elat

ions

hips

in

an o

rgan

izat

ion'

s ex

tern

al e

nviro

nmen

t,

an o

rgan

izat

ion'

s ex

tern

al e

nviro

nmen

t,

the

know

ledg

e of

whi

ch w

ould

ass

ist

the

know

ledg

e of

whi

ch w

ould

ass

ist

man

agem

ent

in p

lann

ing

the

orga

niza

tions

m

anag

emen

t in

pla

nnin

g th

e or

gani

zatio

ns

futu

re c

ours

e of

act

ion�

fu

ture

cou

rse

of a

ctio

n�

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ce:

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ce:

Agui

lar

1967

and

Cho

o 19

98a;

Ag

uila

r 19

67 a

nd C

hoo

1998

a;

Page 4: Science & Technology Environmental Scanning...Continuous scanning-(also called continuous learning) -continuous structured data collection and processing on a broad range of environmental

Scan

ning

Obj

ectiv

esSc

anni

ng O

bjec

tives

��D

etec

ting

Det

ectin

gim

port

ant

econ

omic

, soc

ial,

cultu

ral,

envi

ronm

enta

l, im

port

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omic

, soc

ial,

cultu

ral,

envi

ronm

enta

l, he

alth

, sci

entif

ic, t

echn

olog

ical

, and

pol

itica

l tre

nds,

situ

ati

heal

th, s

cien

tific

, tec

hnol

ogic

al, a

nd p

oliti

cal t

rend

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ituat

i ons

, and

on

s, a

nd

even

tsev

ents

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entif

ying

Iden

tifyi

ngth

e po

tent

ial o

ppor

tuni

ties

and

thre

ats

for

the

the

pote

ntia

l opp

ortu

nitie

s an

d th

reat

s fo

r th

e or

gani

satio

n im

plie

d by

the

se t

rend

s, s

ituat

ions

, and

eve

nts

orga

nisa

tion

impl

ied

by t

hese

tre

nds,

situ

atio

ns, a

nd e

vent

s

��G

aini

ng a

n ac

cura

te

Gai

ning

an

accu

rate

und

erst

andi

ngun

ders

tand

ing

of y

our

orga

niza

tion'

s st

reng

ths

of y

our

orga

niza

tion'

s st

reng

ths

and

limita

tions

an

d lim

itatio

ns

��Pr

ovid

ing

Prov

idin

ga

basi

s fo

r an

alys

is o

f fu

ture

pro

gram

inve

stm

ents

a ba

sis

for

anal

ysis

of

futu

re p

rogr

am in

vest

men

ts

Sour

ce:

http

://w

ww

.cce

.cor

nell.

edu/

adm

in/p

rogr

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ents

/sca

niSo

urce

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/ww

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/pro

gram

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umen

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nt

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m

Page 5: Science & Technology Environmental Scanning...Continuous scanning-(also called continuous learning) -continuous structured data collection and processing on a broad range of environmental

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angi

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l iss

ues

map

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angi

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l iss

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map

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omy

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ssib

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atio

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gyEn

viro

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tSe

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rpris

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l-bei

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izat

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ogra

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t Tec

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ce:

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Page 6: Science & Technology Environmental Scanning...Continuous scanning-(also called continuous learning) -continuous structured data collection and processing on a broad range of environmental

Whe

re t

o St

art?

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re t

o St

art?

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anni

ng is

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onol

ithic

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ivity

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anni

ng is

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act

ivity

.

��En

viro

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tal s

cann

ing

incl

udes

bot

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incl

udes

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okin

g at

lo

okin

g at

info

rmat

ion

info

rmat

ion

(vie

win

g) a

nd

(vie

win

g) a

nd lo

okin

g fo

r lo

okin

g fo

r in

form

atio

n (s

earc

hing

).

info

rmat

ion

(sea

rchi

ng).

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esea

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in o

rgan

izat

ion

scie

nce

sugg

ests

tha

t it

mig

ht b

e he

lpf

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earc

h in

org

aniz

atio

n sc

ienc

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gges

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hat

it m

ight

be

help

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o ul

to

dist

ingu

ish

betw

een

four

mod

es o

f or

gani

zatio

nal s

cann

ing:

di

stin

guis

h be

twee

n fo

ur m

odes

of

orga

niza

tiona

l sca

nnin

g:

--un

dire

cted

vie

win

g: s

ensi

ngun

dire

cted

vie

win

g: s

ensi

ng--

cond

ition

ed v

iew

ing:

sen

seco

nditi

oned

vie

win

g: s

ense

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ing

mak

ing

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form

al s

earc

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arni

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form

al s

earc

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arni

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form

al s

earc

h: d

ecid

ing

form

al s

earc

h: d

ecid

ing

Sour

ce:

The

Art

of S

cann

ing

the

Envi

ronm

ent,

ASI

S Bu

lletin

So

urce

: Th

e Ar

t of

Sca

nnin

g th

e En

viro

nmen

t, A

SIS

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tin A

rtic

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reAr

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-- prin

t,pr

int,

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acul

ty o

f In

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atio

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udie

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acul

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nive

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of To

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Page 7: Science & Technology Environmental Scanning...Continuous scanning-(also called continuous learning) -continuous structured data collection and processing on a broad range of environmental

Info

rmal

sea

rch

Form

al s

earc

h

Sour

ce:

Envi

ronm

enta

l sca

nnin

g as

info

rmat

ion

seek

ing

and

orga

niza

tiona

l lea

rnin

g ;

Choo

, 20

01

Gen

eral

sca

nnin

g,

brow

sing

with

no

part

icul

ar

purp

ose�

notic

ing

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ive

sear

ch, r

eply

ing

on r

outin

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for?

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ativ

ely

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un

stru

ctur

ed e

ffor

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ob

tain

par

ticul

ar in

fo for

pa

rtic

ular

pu

rpos

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imen

ting

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iber

ate

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ned

sear

ch, i

n an

eff

ort

to

obta

in s

peci

fic in

fo for

a

spec

ific

pu

rpos

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scov

erin

g

Page 8: Science & Technology Environmental Scanning...Continuous scanning-(also called continuous learning) -continuous structured data collection and processing on a broad range of environmental

Sour

ce:

Envi

ronm

enta

l sca

nnin

g as

info

rmat

ion

seek

ing

and

orga

niza

tiona

l lea

rnin

g ;

Choo

, 200

1

Env

Env

Scan

ning

as

Info

Sea

rchi

ngSc

anni

ng a

s In

fo S

earc

hing

Page 9: Science & Technology Environmental Scanning...Continuous scanning-(also called continuous learning) -continuous structured data collection and processing on a broad range of environmental

Sour

ce:

Envi

ronm

enta

l sca

nnin

g as

info

rmat

ion

seek

ing

and

orga

niza

tiona

l lea

rnin

g ;

Choo

, 200

1

Env

Env

Scan

ning

as

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ning

as

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�nO

rg�n

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ning

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ning

Page 10: Science & Technology Environmental Scanning...Continuous scanning-(also called continuous learning) -continuous structured data collection and processing on a broad range of environmental

Scan

ning

Tim

efra

mes

Scan

ning

Tim

efra

mes

��A

dA

d-- h

oc s

can

nin

gh

oc s

can

nin

g--

Shor

t te

rm, i

nfre

quen

t ex

amin

atio

ns u

sual

ly in

itiat

ed

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t te

rm, i

nfre

quen

t ex

amin

atio

ns u

sual

ly in

itiat

ed

by a

cris

is

by a

cris

is

��R

egu

lar

scan

nin

gR

egu

lar

scan

nin

g--

Stud

ies

done

on

a re

gula

r sc

hedu

le (

say,

onc

e a

year

) St

udie

s do

ne o

n a

regu

lar

sche

dule

(sa

y, o

nce

a ye

ar)

��C

onti

nu

ous

scan

nin

gC

onti

nu

ous

scan

nin

g--

(als

o ca

lled

cont

inuo

us le

arni

ng)

(als

o ca

lled

cont

inuo

us le

arni

ng)

--co

ntin

uous

co

ntin

uous

st

ruct

ured

dat

a co

llect

ion

and

proc

essi

ng o

n a

broa

d ra

nge

of

stru

ctur

ed d

ata

colle

ctio

n an

d pr

oces

sing

on

a br

oad

rang

e of

en

viro

nmen

tal f

acto

rs

envi

ronm

enta

l fac

tors

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ost

com

men

tato

rs f

eel t

hat

in t

oday

's t

urbu

lent

bus

ines

s en

viro

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t co

mm

enta

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fee

l tha

t in

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ay's

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nt b

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ess

envi

ronm

ent

the

nmen

t th

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st s

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us s

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lobe

st s

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low

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ifica

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gnifi

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age

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ikip

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ce:

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Page 11: Science & Technology Environmental Scanning...Continuous scanning-(also called continuous learning) -continuous structured data collection and processing on a broad range of environmental

Scan

ning

Sou

rces

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ning

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rces

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ppor

ted

by a

con

tinuu

m o

f on

line

info

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ppor

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by a

con

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m o

f on

line

info

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d co

mm

unic

atio

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etho

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rang

e fr

om:

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mun

icat

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tha

t ra

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from

:

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atio

n ch

arac

teris

ed b

y no

velty

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var

iety

to

info

rmat

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lty a

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oin

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atio

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teriz

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seco

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ary

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ront

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Popu

lar

Scie

nce

& T

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urce

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r Sc

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NSF

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f co

nnec

ting

the

dots

��To

o si

mpl

istic

; tr

ivia

lizes

cog

nitiv

e w

ork

Too

sim

plis

tic;

triv

ializ

es c

ogni

tive

wor

k��

Mis

ses

the

skill

of

wha

t co

unts

as

a �d

ot�

in t

he f

irst

Mis

ses

the

skill

of

wha

t co

unts

as

a �d

ot�

in t

he f

irst

plac

epl

ace

��Rel

atin

g do

ts is

crit

ical

but

als

o Rel

atin

g do

ts is

crit

ical

but

als

o ��

whi

ch d

ots

are

tran

sien

t si

gnal

s w

hich

dot

s ar

e tr

ansi

ent

sign

als

��w

hich

are

fal

se s

igna

ls o

r no

ise

that

sho

uld

be ig

nore

d;

whi

ch a

re f

alse

sig

nals

or

nois

e th

at s

houl

d be

igno

red;

��

whi

ch a

re w

eak

sign

als

of c

hang

e, t

hat

coul

d gr

ow in

to t

rend

s w

hich

are

wea

k si

gnal

s of

cha

nge,

tha

t co

uld

grow

into

tre

nds

and

maj

or d

river

s ov

er t

ime

and

maj

or d

river

s ov

er t

ime

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Assu

mpt

ion

Assu

mpt

ion

�� Sci

ence

and

Tec

hnol

ogy

(S&

T) s

cann

ing

as a

sta

nd a

lone

Sc

ienc

e an

d Te

chno

logy

(S&

T) s

cann

ing

as a

sta

nd a

lone

ac

tivity

is a

larg

ely

inef

fect

ive,

if it

's n

ot in

tegr

ated

and

ac

tivity

is a

larg

ely

inef

fect

ive,

if it

's n

ot in

tegr

ated

and

co

uple

d w

ith:

coup

led

with

:

��m

anag

eria

l sen

sem

anag

eria

l sen

se-- m

akin

g ac

tiviti

es,

mak

ing

activ

ities

, ��

man

agin

g ris

k an

d un

cert

aint

y,

man

agin

g ris

k an

d un

cert

aint

y,

��pe

riod

ic r

evie

ws

of d

ecis

ion

peri

odic

rev

iew

s of

dec

isio

n-- m

akin

g as

sum

ptio

ns

mak

ing

assu

mpt

ion

s an

d m

enta

l mod

els,

and

men

tal m

odel

s,��

ongo

ing

stra

tegi

c th

inki

ng a

nd p

lann

ing,

on

goin

g st

rate

gic

thin

king

and

pla

nnin

g,

��fo

resi

ght

activ

ities

suc

h as

sce

nario

pla

nnin

g or

wild

car

d fo

resi

ght

activ

ities

suc

h as

sce

nario

pla

nnin

g or

wild

car

d ex

erci

ses

& c

onse

quen

ce e

xerc

ises

and

ex

erci

ses

& c

onse

quen

ce e

xerc

ises

and

��

polic

y de

velo

pmen

t po

licy

deve

lopm

ent

��al

ong

with

a h

ealth

y do

se o

f la

tera

l cre

ativ

e th

inki

ng.�

alon

g w

ith a

hea

lthy

dose

of

late

ral c

reat

ive

thin

king

.�

��W

alte

r D

erzk

oW

alte

r D

erzk

o

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Men

tal M

odel

s, W

orld

view

s &

M

enta

l Mod

els,

Wor

ldvi

ews

&

Assu

mpt

ion

surf

acin

gAs

sum

ptio

n su

rfac

ing

��M

enta

l mod

els

can

be c

oaxe

d fr

om p

eopl

e M

enta

l mod

els

can

be c

oaxe

d fr

om p

eopl

e w

ith t

he r

ight

gui

delin

es &

too

lsw

ith t

he r

ight

gui

delin

es &

too

ls��

Assu

mpt

ion

surf

acin

g is

far

mor

e As

sum

ptio

n su

rfac

ing

is f

ar m

ore

trou

bles

ome

for

mos

t pe

ople

trou

bles

ome

for

mos

t pe

ople

��As

sum

ptio

ns a

re a

pro

blem

for

fut

uris

ts,

Assu

mpt

ions

are

a p

robl

em f

or f

utur

ists

, fo

resi

ght

prac

titio

ners

and

man

y an

alys

ts

fore

sigh

t pr

actit

ione

rs a

nd m

any

anal

ysts

fo

r nu

mer

ous

reas

ons*

. fo

r nu

mer

ous

reas

ons*

.

* Ba

sed

on f

ram

ewor

k &

pap

er b

y Jo

seph

Coa

tes

1999

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1) T

acit

natu

re o

f as

sum

ptio

ns*

1) T

acit

natu

re o

f as

sum

ptio

ns*

��M

ost

peop

le a

re o

bliv

ious

of

the

Mos

t pe

ople

are

obl

ivio

us o

f th

e as

sum

ptio

ns t

hat

they

car

ry in

the

ir he

ads

assu

mpt

ions

tha

t th

ey c

arry

in t

heir

head

s��

Oft

en a

ssum

ptio

ns a

re u

nspo

ken

&

Oft

en a

ssum

ptio

ns a

re u

nspo

ken

&

unex

amin

edun

exam

ined

��Th

ere

are

few

occ

asio

ns f

or u

s to

bec

ome

Ther

e ar

e fe

w o

ccas

ions

for

us

to b

ecom

e ex

plic

itly

awar

e of

our

tac

it be

liefs

expl

icitl

y aw

are

of o

ur t

acit

belie

fs

* Ba

sed

on f

ram

ewor

k &

pap

er b

y Jo

seph

Coa

tes

1999

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2) A

ssum

ptio

ns a

bout

ass

umpt

ions

*2)

Ass

umpt

ions

abo

ut a

ssum

ptio

ns*

��Th

e m

ost

fund

amen

tal a

nd t

here

fore

the

Th

e m

ost

fund

amen

tal a

nd t

here

fore

the

m

ost

deep

mos

t de

ep-- s

eate

d as

sum

ptio

ns a

re t

he

seat

ed a

ssum

ptio

ns a

re t

he

ones

tha

t ar

e ne

ver

spok

en, q

uest

ione

d or

on

es t

hat

are

neve

r sp

oken

, que

stio

ned

or

disc

usse

d, s

o�di

scus

sed,

so�

��If

we

assu

me

that

the

y ar

e un

iver

sal o

r If

we

assu

me

that

the

y ar

e un

iver

sal o

r ne

arly

so,

why

sho

uld

we

draw

the

n in

to

near

ly s

o, w

hy s

houl

d w

e dr

aw t

hen

into

th

e di

scus

sion

the

disc

ussi

on��

The

The

wdw

tfg�

sw

dwtf

g�s ?

(w

hat

do w

e ta

ke f

or

? (w

hat

do w

e ta

ke f

or

gran

ted?

)gr

ante

d?)

* Ba

sed

on f

ram

ewor

k &

pap

er b

y Jo

seph

Coa

tes

1999

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3) M

any

assu

mpt

ions

are

sup

pres

sed*

3) M

any

assu

mpt

ions

are

sup

pres

sed*

��M

any

assu

mpt

ions

are

or

wou

ld b

e se

en b

y M

any

assu

mpt

ions

are

or

wou

ld b

e se

en b

y m

any

to b

e an

tisoc

ial &

the

refo

re a

re

man

y to

be

antis

ocia

l & t

here

fore

are

su

ppre

ssed

, ign

ored

or

deni

ed.

supp

ress

ed, i

gnor

ed o

r de

nied

.��

For

exam

ple,

who

is p

ublic

ly g

oing

to

say:

For

exam

ple,

who

is p

ublic

ly g

oing

to

say:

�I h

ate

(��

.)�

or

�I h

ate

(��

.)�

or

�I t

hink

(�

�)

are

dum

b or

bac

kwar

d.�

or

�I t

hink

(�

�)

are

dum

b or

bac

kwar

d.�

or

�You

can

�t tr

ust

a (�

�.)

.��Y

ou c

an�t

trus

t a

(��

.) .�

��Ta

ints

you

r ou

tlook

on

scie

nce

& t

echn

olog

y Ta

ints

you

r ou

tlook

on

scie

nce

& t

echn

olog

y so

urce

sso

urce

s��

Cons

eque

ntly

, man

y se

rious

issu

es d

iscu

ssed

Co

nseq

uent

ly, m

any

serio

us is

sues

dis

cuss

ed

unde

r a

�man

tle o

f hy

pocr

isy.

�un

der

a �m

antle

of hy

pocr

isy.

* Ba

sed

on f

ram

ewor

k &

pap

er b

y Jo

seph

Coa

tes

1999

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4) M

any

assu

mpt

ions

cre

ated

ad

4) M

any

assu

mpt

ions

cre

ated

ad --

hoc*

hoc*

��M

any

assu

mpt

ions

are

man

ufac

ture

d ad

hoc

, M

any

assu

mpt

ions

are

man

ufac

ture

d ad

hoc

, �u

nder

the

pre

ss o

f ci

rcum

stan

ces�

& d

on�t

real

ly

�und

er t

he p

ress

of ci

rcum

stan

ces�

& d

on�t

real

ly

repr

esen

t an

y co

ntin

ued

deep

repr

esen

t an

y co

ntin

ued

deep

-- sea

ted

belie

f on

ly

seat

ed b

elie

f on

ly

ephe

mer

al o

pini

ons.

ep

hem

eral

opi

nion

s.

��W

hy d

o m

any

DW

hy d

o m

any

D-- M

s qu

ickl

y an

d un

equi

voca

lly

Ms

quic

kly

and

uneq

uivo

cally

di

smis

s ne

w t

echn

olog

ies?

dism

iss

new

tec

hnol

ogie

s?��

New

bus

ines

s co

ncep

ts, t

echn

olog

ies

or id

eas

ofte

n N

ew b

usin

ess

conc

epts

, tec

hnol

ogie

s or

idea

s of

ten

evok

e fo

r th

e fir

st t

ime,

eith

er

evok

e fo

r th

e fir

st t

ime,

eith

er la

tent

ass

umpt

ions

,la

tent

ass

umpt

ions

,w

hich

the

y w

ere

not

awar

e of

ear

lier

(cla

shw

hich

the

y w

ere

not

awar

e of

ear

lier

(cla

sh-- t

ensi

on)

tens

ion)

or

or

��

Den

ial;

Den

ial;

The

real

izat

ion

that

som

ethi

ng d

id n

ot f

eel

The

real

izat

ion

that

som

ethi

ng d

id n

ot f

eel

right

, �gu

t fe

el�.

The

y m

anuf

actu

red

ad h

oc

right

, �gu

t fe

el�.

The

y m

anuf

actu

red

ad h

oc

assu

mpt

ions

to

dism

iss

new

idea

s, c

once

pts

and

assu

mpt

ions

to

dism

iss

new

idea

s, c

once

pts

and

tech

nolo

gies

tech

nolo

gies

* Ba

sed

on f

ram

ewor

k &

pap

er b

y Jo

seph

Coa

tes

1999

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5)Res

earc

h ab

out

Assu

mpt

ions

& B

elie

fs*

5)Res

earc

h ab

out

Assu

mpt

ions

& B

elie

fs*

��Ps

ycho

logi

cal r

esea

rch

has

show

n th

at is

Ps

ycho

logi

cal r

esea

rch

has

show

n th

at is

m

ore

diff

icul

t fo

r a

pers

on t

o ch

ange

the

ir m

ore

diff

icul

t fo

r a

pers

on t

o ch

ange

the

ir m

ind

afte

r st

atin

g a

belie

f.m

ind

afte

r st

atin

g a

belie

f.��

Ther

efor

e on

e sh

ould

ten

d to

pla

y do

wn

Ther

efor

e on

e sh

ould

ten

d to

pla

y do

wn

assu

mpt

ions

and

ass

umpt

ion

assu

mpt

ions

and

ass

umpt

ion --

rela

ted

rela

ted

info

rmat

ion

until

dis

cuss

ion

loos

ens

up &

in

form

atio

n un

til d

iscu

ssio

n lo

osen

s up

&

befo

re p

ushi

ng a

nyon

e to

spe

ak o

ut.

befo

re p

ushi

ng a

nyon

e to

spe

ak o

ut.

* Ba

sed

on f

ram

ewor

k &

pap

er b

y Jo

seph

Coa

tes

1999

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6) B

ewar

e of

the

Hyp

e tr

ap*

6) B

ewar

e of

the

Hyp

e tr

ap*

��M

ost

inve

ntor

s, m

any

scie

ntis

ts a

nd a

lmos

t al

l M

ost

inve

ntor

s, m

any

scie

ntis

ts a

nd a

lmos

t al

l m

arke

ters

who

hav

e a

high

sta

ke in

new

&

mar

kete

rs w

ho h

ave

a hi

gh s

take

in n

ew &

ra

dica

lly d

iffer

ent

scie

nce,

tec

hnol

ogy

(pro

duct

s ra

dica

lly d

iffer

ent

scie

nce,

tec

hnol

ogy

(pro

duct

s or

ser

vice

s) o

ften

ado

pt a

ssum

ptio

ns t

o sa

tisfy

or

ser

vice

s) o

ften

ado

pt a

ssum

ptio

ns t

o sa

tisfy

or

just

ify t

heir

own

goal

s.or

just

ify t

heir

own

goal

s.��

This

lead

s to

one

of th

e m

ost

com

mon

err

ors

in

This

lead

s to

one

of th

e m

ost

com

mon

err

ors

in

fore

cast

ing:

ant

icip

atin

g th

at c

hang

e w

ill o

ccur

fo

reca

stin

g: a

ntic

ipat

ing

that

cha

nge

will

occ

ur

soon

er t

han

it ac

tual

ly d

oes

soon

er t

han

it ac

tual

ly d

oes

* Ba

sed

on f

ram

ewor

k &

pap

er b

y Jo

seph

Coa

tes

1999

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7) A

ssum

ptio

ns b

ut n

o m

etric

s*7)

Ass

umpt

ions

but

no

met

rics*

��M

any

larg

e or

gani

zatio

ns a

nd e

spec

ially

M

any

larg

e or

gani

zatio

ns a

nd e

spec

ially

go

vern

men

ts, o

pera

te s

o m

uch

on c

onse

nsus

go

vern

men

ts, o

pera

te s

o m

uch

on c

onse

nsus

an

d on

pol

itica

l acc

epta

bilit

y th

at t

he �

stat

ed�

and

on p

oliti

cal a

ccep

tabi

lity

that

the

�st

ated

� as

sum

ptio

ns b

ehin

d pr

ojec

ts a

nd p

rogr

ams

are

assu

mpt

ions

beh

ind

proj

ects

and

pro

gram

s ar

e of

ten:

ofte

n:��

too

mus

hyto

o m

ushy

��am

bigu

ous

ambi

guou

s ��

vagu

e or

vagu

e or

��si

mpl

y un

stat

ed

sim

ply

unst

ated

to b

e an

ythi

ng b

ut u

sele

ss o

r m

isle

adin

gto

be

anyt

hing

but

use

less

or

mis

lead

ing

* Ba

sed

on f

ram

ewor

k &

pap

er b

y Jo

seph

Coa

tes

1999

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8) �

Kill

the

mes

seng

er�

still

rea

l*8)

�Ki

ll th

e m

esse

nger

� st

ill r

eal*

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ntil

very

rec

ently

in c

orpo

ratio

ns a

nd g

ov�t

it

Unt

il ve

ry r

ecen

tly in

cor

pora

tions

and

gov

�t it

w

as c

omm

on t

o ki

ll th

e m

esse

nger

as

wel

l as

to

was

com

mon

to

kill

the

mes

seng

er a

s w

ell a

s to

de

ny t

he u

ncon

geni

al m

essa

ge.

deny

the

unc

onge

nial

mes

sage

.��

Chan

ging

: �lea

rnin

g ba

d ne

ws

earli

er is

bet

ter

Chan

ging

: �lea

rnin

g ba

d ne

ws

earli

er is

bet

ter

than

lear

ning

it t

oo la

te.�

than

lear

ning

it t

oo la

te.�

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l whe

n th

e ba

d ne

ws

chal

leng

es o

r Rea

l whe

n th

e ba

d ne

ws

chal

leng

es o

r co

ntra

dict

s w

idel

y re

cogn

ized

inst

itutio

nal

cont

radi

cts

wid

ely

reco

gniz

ed in

stitu

tiona

l as

sum

ptio

ns.

assu

mpt

ions

.��

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stle

blow

ers

are

typi

cal v

ictim

s; f

ired,

dow

nW

hist

lebl

ower

s ar

e ty

pica

l vic

tims;

fire

d, d

own --

grad

ed, n

ot p

rom

oted

or

give

n us

eles

s w

ork

in

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for

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en a

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orld

, not

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top

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ple

with

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wor

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stitu

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act

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than

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lleng

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iefs

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amin

ed b

elie

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to in

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ry e

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ears

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rea

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as la

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sym

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away

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val

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cars

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mer

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ansp

orta

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angi

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alue

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d ex

pect

atio

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and

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ions

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way

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tel c

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eepi

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ons

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�t go

far

eno

ugh*

11)

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far

eno

ugh*

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l to

ofte

n, t

hose

who

cha

lleng

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l to

ofte

n, t

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sum

ptio

ns, ha

ve o

nly

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alle

nge

and

assu

mpt

ions

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ve o

nly

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alle

nge

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ard

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com

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rwar

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ith a

ltern

ate

assu

mpt

ions

assu

mpt

ions

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ctim

of

myo

pia;

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hoto

mou

s th

inki

ng o

r Vi

ctim

of

myo

pia;

dic

hoto

mou

s th

inki

ng o

r di

chot

omy;

2 s

ides

vs

3 or

mor

e si

des

dich

otom

y; 2

sid

es v

s 3

or m

ore

side

s��

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ACT

ener

gy w

orks

hop

i.e. P

ACT

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gy w

orks

hop

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sed

on f

ram

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k &

pap

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seph

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tes

1999

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ptio

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alue

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ene

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gets

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mon

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sely

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mon

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and

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sely

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arge

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into

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part

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cul

ture

& s

ocie

ty.

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cul

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& s

ocie

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sed

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ram

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1999

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cont

inui

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cont

inui

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for

mos

t pe

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to

antic

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�s h

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icul

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icul

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for

m n

ew a

ssum

ptio

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to f

orm

new

ass

umpt

ions

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cena

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sed

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ranc

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nora

nce*

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nora

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is o

ften

a f

acto

r in

som

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lse

assu

mpt

ions

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ranc

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oft

en a

fac

tor

in s

ome

fals

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sum

ptio

ns��

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ranc

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ten

com

es f

rom

bei

ng u

naw

are

of n

ew

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ranc

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ten

com

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rom

bei

ng u

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are

of n

ew

know

ledg

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dis

cove

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dis

cove

ries

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ne ju

dge

was

com

men

ting

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is s

ente

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elat

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th

eft

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ed� m

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naw

are

that

br

ain

rese

arch

ers

had

show

n a

deca

de e

arlie

r th

at

brai

n re

sear

cher

s ha

d sh

own

a de

cade

ear

lier

that

kl

epto

man

ia is

due

to

a br

ain

lesi

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ith a

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ain

lesi

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adja

cent

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n ad

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com

puls

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judg

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ut o

f ig

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nce,

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ated

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fal

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ut o

f ig

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fal

se

assu

mpt

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ptom

ania

is p

rimar

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al/s

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tal

assu

mpt

ion

that

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ptom

ania

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rimar

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tal

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ctde

fect

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ram

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tes

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inui

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e no

rm*

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ost

of u

s liv

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a w

orld

in w

hich

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ost

of u

s liv

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orld

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co

ntin

uity

is t

he n

orm

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e do

min

ant

cont

inui

ty is

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m, th

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ant

them

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our

live

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them

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live

s.

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aily

rou

tine,

wee

kly

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rly

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ly r

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utin

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early

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utin

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usin

ess

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ero

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mpt

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mpt

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ence

and

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hnol

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T) s

cann

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ptio

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nd

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mpt

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and

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enta

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els,

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enta

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ing

stra

tegi

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inki

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nd p

lann

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rate

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thin

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nnin

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resi

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