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NL888 Posted 18 years ago
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thinking above the curve

01) thinking above the curve = ?02br
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002) over-logic = super logic?02br
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00I have heard it called 'thinking above the curve'. And it's that; I have heard it called the 'over-logic', and it's that too. Whatever you call it, ...0-
  

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0 01blockquote 01cite 10NL88812cite 10I have heard 11b 10it12b 10 called 'thinking above the curve'. And 11b 10it12b 10's that; I have heard 11b 10it12b 10 called the 'over-logic', and 11b 10it12b 10's that too. Whatever you call 11b 10it12b 10, 12blockquote 10 There's nothing in the context you've supplied that tells us what 01b 00it02b 00 is.

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  • 0 01blockquote 01cite 10NL88812cite 10I have heard 11b 10it12b 10 called 'thinking above the curve'.
  • And 11b 10it12b 10's that; I have heard 11b 10it12b 10 called the 'over-logic', and 11b 10it12b 10's that too.
  • Whatever you call 11b 10it12b 10, 12blockquote 10 There's nothing in the context you've supplied that tells us what 01b 00it02b 00 is.
  • 02br 00In any case the expressions in single quotes are simply different names for whatever 01i 00it02i 00 is.
  • 02br 00Compare:02br 00I've heard it called a 'mibulact', and I've heard it called a 'tulaqualog', and I've heard it called a 'sixtuballic phremostat', but to me it's simply a triangle.
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01cite10NL88812cite10I have heard 11b10it12b10 called 'thinking above the curve'. And 11b10it12b10's that; I have heard 11b10it12b10 called the 'over-logic', and 11b10it12b10's that too. Whatever you call 11b10it12b10, 12
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0Thanks CJ. More context below:02br
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00 At one moment I had none of this; at the next I had all of it. If there is any one thing I love about writing more than the rest, it's that sudden flash of insight when you see how everything connects. I have heard it called "01b00thinking above the curve02b00," and it's that; I've heard it called 01b0
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0 Hi, would anyone like to reply this?0-
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0As the writer explains, those are some terms for a flash of inspiration he gets as an author. Read the whole paragraph again - the paragraph is telling you about an experience he has as an author. He has heard that experience referred to by those two phrases.0-
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0Thank you.02br
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00 Would anyone like to explain what is the "curve" there? And does "over-logic" mean "get over logic?"0-
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0The curve is the curve (which is usually a 01b00bell 02b00in shape) representing the 01b00statistical distribution02b00 of similar events. 02br
00Above the curve means 01b00above the (statistical) average/median, above the habitual/usual/normal.02b0-
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0 According to C.A.Jones, this expression was coined by Stephen King and indicates a particular kind of creative writing.02br
00Here's the link to her book "05000" (page 128). 0260hrefhttp://www.EnglishForward.com#errorcThe Way of Story: The Craft And Soul of Writing
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0 Forget about King, this exists for more than 100 years in statistics ... The only problem is that your authors don't know math and think it's been invented in their field. 0-
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01cite10NL88812cite10explain what is the "curve" there? And does "over-logic" mean "get over logic?"12blockquote
10The curve is probably the bell curve (the normal curve) of statistics. To be thinking above this curve is to be outside of the normal rules of thinking in some (possibly metaphysical) way. "over-logic"
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0The writer DID define it when he said: 01font00"it's that sudden flash of insight when you see how everything connects"02font0-
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