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I also have been working with a psychologist who is deeply skeptical about individuals' self-reflections on their own thinking. My own reaction has been that it's so exciting to work with subjects who can talk, after all those years of trying to make sense out of rocks, and landforms and other things that are not able to talk about what they are doing or why they are doing it. To disregard what individuals tell us they are doing seems like a missed opportunity.

In support of the notion that the best, biggest ideas can come while relaxing, I sketched out the "Where are We?" map skills curriculum in my head while swimming. Within a half hour swim at my local YMCA, the basic functionality of the software was all laid out, crystal clear in my mind. The final published version of the software was remarkably true to the swimming vision, including all four modes of use of the software.

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