THE (EPISTEMIC) MOTHER OF ALL STRATEGIES: BYPASS

BYPASS PATTERN TABLE
TYPEDIFFICULT
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POSSIBLE
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MATION
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INVERSE
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"Stone Soup" Folk TaleTramp bypasses peasant woman for handoutGets boiling pot of water with stone for stone soupGets vegetable and meat bits, salt pinch, "to make stone soup tasty"Removes stone, sups soup*
Folk TaleFarmer complains to his priest about scolding wife, noisy children, small hutPriest says, first, to take a goat into the hut, then chickens, then farmer's mother-in-lawFarmer does so but reaches "breaking point"Then priest says get rid of all of them, and happy farmer says he'd never realized how roomy his hut was
PrehistoricWater for suppliantWater in jugTransport jugHold for drinking*
Tribal LawsViolate taboosMythic drama or storyPerform or tellCatharsis*
TheologyChristian view of man's "fall" and the "post-fall" conditionsOriginal sin and "fall from grace"Temporal existence in worldRedemption through Christ
Communi-
cation
Thoughts to mindsArticulated thoughtSpeak or write languageHear or read and receive thoughts*
BusinessGoods or Services ExchangeSell goods or servicesStore moneyBuy goods or services* (mid)
ArithmeticRepeated countingRecursive definitionAdditionState count*
ArithmeticRepeated addingRecursive definitionMultiplicationState sum*
ArithmeticRepeated multplicationRecursive definitionExponentiationState product*
ConstructionReach heightSet up ladderClimb and workDescend, move ladder*
ConsumptionFood for futureCollect foodstuffsStoreDistribute later*
CriminologyCope with criminalsSentence to prisonIncarcerateRelease*
DecorationDye part of eggWax maskingDip in dyeRemove wax*
Electric EngineeringPower transmissionElectric generatorTransmission lineElectric motor* (mid)
"The Great Escape"
movie
Escape prison campTunnel downEscape undergroundTunnel up to surface
and escape
*
Means (averages)Harmonic mean hReciprocate dataArithmetic mean of reciprocalsInvert as harmonic mean h* (mid)
Means (averages)Geometric mean gLogarithms of dataArithmetic mean of logsAnti-log as g* (mid)
OrthopedicsHeal broken limbSplint breakSplinted healingRemove splint*
TelephonyVoice across spaceTransduced to electricityCurrent along lineTransduced to sound*
Transpor-
tation
Move scattered belongingsPack belongingsMove packageUnpack, scatter*
CountingCount setsRussell's cardinal definitionCardinateObtain set count*
GeometryCircle to squareCircle to ellipsehomologizeSquare to rectangle*
GeometryGeometric constructionCoordinatizeConstructRemove coordinates*
Gödel's undecidability proofTest proposition pGödel number of pDiagonalizeUndecidable form*
Group theoryPartition group GSubgroup g of
G
(norml subgroup) H:Hg(inv) gHg=H*
InformationConserve informationMagnetic mappingStoreDegauss information*
KenningSea-stallion:shipShip:seaHomologize (::)Stallion:land*
MetabolismSmall body "pipes"Solid to liquidLiquid transportLiquid to solid*
MilitaryTank crossing ditchPontoon over ditchCross pontoonRemove pontoon*
MiningTransport problemsOre to slurryTransport slurryDrain slurry*
Respiratory or circulatoryTransport problemsGas to liquidLiquid transportLiquid to solid*
SatireLampoon the powerfulAesopian format:
Humans replaced by animals
Lampoon animalsUnderstood
as satirizing
powerful humans
*
Scot ClansRepresent a ScotClan nameName to clan"The Mac-
Donald" as
representative
*
Solid state physicsParamagnetic coolingImpose magnetic fieldThermal insulationRemove magnetic field*
Tarski modelingTruth-value of propositionLanguage to metalanguageTruth predicationEvaluate proposition*
Transpor-
tation
New destinationPlace A: map AMap A to BMap B:Place B*
Elimination algorithmEliminate equation from
equations-set
Dualize equationsSubtract like-termsReduce equation set*
Logical law of
excluded middle
(tertium non datur
)
Direct proof of theoremTreat statement to be proven as falseShow this
assumption leads to
a contradiction
(by "double negative is
positive") claim indirect
proof
of statement
Mathematical problemSolving a difficult functional equation for an unknown function fTake an integral transform
of function f
Solve the easy
functional equation satisfied
by transform of f
Take in inverse
of the integral transform,
returning to the functional
domain
Electronic ProductionProducing IBM PC clone without violating patent rightsAnalyze properties of ROM chip, only component unique to IBM PCTranslate properties into specifications"Reverse engineering": engineers (who don't know ROM properties) satisfy spe-
cifications with new chip, making clone legal
Double Blind TestingPossible bias from doctors evaluating their own workDoctors administer drug or method to some of sample, "placebo" to othersList of sample passed to doctors who know nothing of treatment distributionIndependent doctors examine all of sample, reporting possible improvements or declines, providing for evaluation of drug or method
BYPASS DIAGRAMS.