Pivot!
We were bringing the large shelf up the stairs. It wasn't heavy, but it was difficult to carry alone because of its size.
Thump: Another clash between the top corner and the wall
This task was a true test of collaboration and communication. Forget trust falls and spaghetti towers. Instead, work together to relocate and rearrange large objects through tight spaces.
The large-scale challenge reminds me of a smaller-scale one on your screen: the classic video game that develops your spatial-visual reasoning as blocks accelerate downward into the existing pile. You thought you could make it past the level, but once again, game over. Your decision making skills are forged in the heat of the moment.
Cognitive scientists used Tetris to understand how people perceive situations and decide to act as they work towards the game objective.
One approach is to look at the configuration until you figure it out in your mind, and then do it: taking a step towards the goal.
The other approach is to rearrange and manipulate the space in order to reveal more information and deepen your understanding.
The former is called pragmatic action.
The latter, epistemic.
At surface level, the epistemic actions don't seem to make progress towards the goal. However, the players who had more epistemic actions performed better than the ones who tried to reason only in their mind.
Start doing and things will make sense
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