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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Jack7" data-source="post: 5637136" data-attributes="member: 54707">In a case like you described that's exactly right. You have "fluid behavioral response" precisely because the opponent is a living, thinking, breathing human being, not a scripted or artificial version of an imaginary opponent. That is to say, the human player brings not only his character to the problem and the situation, but himself. All his own experiences and capabilities.Also I think it is very good when the situation is  being created to think of it as a training exercise or a problem solving session  so as to incorporate the proper elements into the scenario. But once it is  played it is far better to "step outside the original situation" and instead  think of it as a game and a particular "adventure in its own  right."   This has two advantages. Play and games allow much  more open creativity for problem solving, and this expansive viewpoint actually  helps you to see things you previously missed in considering the problem. Play  encourages non-linear thinking and action. But secondly, and this is also an  important point to me, you have associated in your mind the problem or situation  you face with fun (game fun, but still fun). This psychologically shifts the  mental load from one of "burdensome work problem" to one of "problem I can have  fun in solving." Thus you both open your mind to different ways of approaching  the problem while you also psychologically shift your own viewpoint upon the  problem from "this is a drag and an encumbrance" to, "this situation is actually  fun and there may be some very creative ways to solve it."   However at any point during play, or even  afterwards (often this is best - though you can take idea notes at any time) one  may debrief and then analyze what actually happened in game and then apply it to  the problem solving or training efforts you're pursuing. Just as you can Game  Debrief for lessons learned in game, you can likewise Game Debrief for lessons  learned and applicable to the problem you face or the capabilities you hope you  improve for Real Life. So you just keep two different viewpoints in your mind at  once.   During the game the game is at the forefront of  your thoughts. But at any point during it, or after it, you can switch gears and  use the game as a problem solving tool, applying it to your real  problems.    As to your current situation this is an example of  what I call a "Negative," or a "Terminal Problem." You begin at the end with the  problem but you're not really sure what caused the malfunction or what will be  necessary to fix it. But in your case you  apparently have some clues, what with what the intern disclosed.   In cases like that I personally prefer an Indirect  Problem Solving method. If I were to use a game, or something game-like to solve  this, then I'd create a monster or a ship (I'd play this out as a wargame) or an  opponent to represent each element I thought was a likely contributor to the  problem, and a wild-card or cards (ship or opponent) that represented some  element I suspected (but wasn't sure about), or some element I had no real idea  about that could be contributing to the problem.    Then set about interacting these elements and  seeing the differences in outcomes between when all know elements interact,  versus how all known elements interact when you also introduce the wild cards or  the unknown variables.   But maybe others have better ideas or personal  experiences that are more directly applicable to your situation.    Good luck and Godspeed in either  case.</blockquote>

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