7: Skill: Connection—Needle in a Haystack

“The popular show Mythbusters took this very approach in an episode that aired in 2004.”

“Exploding House.” Mythbusters, episode 23, 2004 season. Original airdate: November 16, 2004.

“For the past thirty years Robert J. Henry has been exploring the wilderness around Lake Ontario.”

Robert J. Henry, personal interview with Thor Muller, December 13, 2011.

“Most people (if they noticed it at all) would pause for a moment and go on, never thinking of it again.”

Henry, J. “Making Room for Serendipity.” Wanderings, June 7, 2008. http://wanderings.edublogs.org/2008/06/07/making-room-for-serendipity/.

“When it comes to solving needle-in-haystack problems, isolation is the enemy.”

There is a counter-case: ...

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