How Do I Know What To Do?

Isnt that a wierd question. How do I know what to do?. How do I know how to take a shower correctly, put on a matching set of clothes and go to class?I think this concept we are discussing about mental models is really interesting.

 One example from Boxes And Arrows was really interesting. It had to do with being able to properly go to a restaraunt to eat food. What do you need to know before going into the restaurant. How do you get seated? can you just go in and sit down and wait to be served?

How we formulate the answers to these questions in our heads before having to make the decision is based on our personal experiences. Have we seen it happen on TV before? Have we actually been to a restaraunt before?Having information likes this is what makes a mental model. I tried surfing the net to answer the question, where do I go if I cant find what I am looking for?.

First I went to google.com, being the mothership in the galaxy of the internet. But with a question as basic as this, google was relatively useless. So I decided to try Ask.com, formerly Askjeeves.com, but sadly, Jeeves is no more. I digress, you would think ask.com would be the perfect place for me to find the answer. I would be asking the internet where to go if i cant find what im looking for on the internet. Ask.com was as helpful as google, and google wasnt helpful at all.

I think that if people cant find what they are looking for, they make their topic more basic, as to attract as many possible listings as possible, then they can dig deeper into their topic at those listings. 

Then I realized I had been using a site for years that answered any and all questions I had, but with a catch. The site only dealt with movies and television. Of course I am talking about www.imdb.com. Any question you have about an actor from an obscure early 90’s comedy? I almost guarantee that they imdb.com will have the answer.  The site is used by millions of people just as a site to provide answers that people had regarding movie trivia. The amount of knowledge this site holds is too far beyond the amount of time it would take you to try to learn it all.