Squirm Test
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The squirm test is a thought experiment / exercise to determine whether or not a group has shared understanding.
- Sit in a circle. Everyone should be sitting on their hands.
- One person stands, and explains what s/he thinks is the understanding in the room.
- That person sits, the next person in the circle stands, and repeats the exercise.
- Do this until everyone has had the chance to speak.
The amount of shared understanding of the room is inversely proportional to the squirming in the room that happened while people spoke. If no one squirmed, you have strong shared understanding.
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