Thinkering
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Getting down on one knee, curling ones wrist to ones chin, and looking up, mimicking the pose of [Auguste] [Rodins] classic sculpture The Thinker.
(Created by Dave Silverman, reported by Staks [Rosch], Thinkering: The atheist answer to Tebowing, Dec. 30, 2011, examiner.com) -
A portmanteau of thinking and [tinkering]. Means to think about something by tinkering with objects relating to the problem under consideration. Usually unguided, exploratory and individual, often a very good way to explore aspects of difficult problems or to find solutions where none are obvious. In other words, an active form of thinking.
Akin to solving a [puzzle] (like a [rubiks cube]) by trying to solve it rather than just sitting and staring at it. -
Tinkering with ideas none of which are clear and [actionable]. The thought process is less analytical, keeps you aloof from pragmatic, practical options and steers you towards blowing bubbles in the air, ultimately unproductive. If you are ADD then God help you, you jump from idea to idea until you start [seeing double]… triple… multiple.
There is value in [thinkering]. May be youll run into that one idea and create something from nothing, like you will find a treasure in a garage sale. -
There was planking (laying like a board on random objects), then owling (sitting like an owl on random objects), then [teapotting] (doing [the teapot] anywhere), now [thinkering] (sitting on the edge of random objects like a thinker).
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