Nu Vibez and Roleplay Guide Magazine - December 2015 | Page 32

SOME PEOPLE NEVER LEARN

Journalist: HillarySwift Resident - Photo: Jane Doe / @jnedoe

“Some people never learn. “ At least that’s how the saying goes, when we
come across people who seem to display the same unproductive behaviour
over and over again. Intensive research is not even needed, common sense
would lead us to drop behaviours that have led to bad outcomes. Most of the
time that’s how life goes.
We make a best guess about
what might work, then we try
them and if the outcome is
not so good, we might review
what we did, tinker with our
strategy, then maybe try again.
If it still leads to an outcome
that is not so good, we might
just stop and take a long hard
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look at just where the problem lies before charging ahead
again with another variation
on our plan.
This way of navigating the
world works fine for most of us
most of the time. In the course
of this tria l and error, we learn

about ourselves and others
and the world at large. Mostly
we can split these trial and error behaviours into those directed at inanimate objects, for
example, an obstacle course,
or tinkering with the car, and
those that involve animals such
as pets and humans.