Thinking
by Mo Shafieeha and · updated 4mo ago
Thinking
- I find for myself that my first thought is never my best thought. My first thought is always someone else’s; it’s always what I’ve already heard about the subject, always the conventional wisdom. It’s only by concentrating, sticking to the question, being patient, letting all the parts of my mind come into play, that I arrive at an original idea. B... See more
from How to Think: The Skill You've Never Been Taught by Farnum Street
Arthur Itey added 4mo ago
- The value of a position in chess consists of its probability of victory for the player. Moves are evaluated according to how they affect this probability of victory.
We can apply this to our thinking: knowledge-based value creation consists of enriching data, information, and pre-existing knowledge with value-giving properties. Value-giving properti... See morefrom Discussion: Learning from Chess about Thinking (What is a good idea?)
Ashish added 5mo ago
Learning how to think really means learning how to exercise some control over how and what you think. It means being conscious and aware enough to choose what you pay attention to and to choose how you construct meaning from experience. Because if you cannot exercise this kind of choice in adult life, you will be totally hosed.
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David Foster Wallace,from carry yourself lightly by Nix 🕊
Alara added 8mo ago
It is not genius which reveals to me suddenly, secretly, what I have to say or do in a circumstance unexpected by other people: it is reflection, meditation.
-Napoleon
Alara added 8mo ago
- research on intellectual humility has exploded in the past 10 years. Psychologists now have many different ways to assess intellectual humility. Social scientists know that possessing a high level of intellectual humility is associated with multiple positive outcomes, like having more empathy, more prosocial behavior, reduced susceptibility to misi... See more
from Being humble about what you know is just one part of what makes you a good thinker by Eranda Jayawickreme
Laura Pike Seeley added 8mo ago
- Reading is a mere makeshift for original thinking. - Schopenhauer
happy xiao added 8mo ago
Non-dual thinking: Sometimes the answer isn't this OR that but this AND that. Hard work AND rest Stability AND change Acceptance AND problem solving Independence AND interdependence Ruggedness AND Flexibility Caring deeply AND non-attachmentSupritha S added 9mo ago
sari added 10mo ago
- the brain is commonly regarded as a thinking machine, but it’s more often the opposite: a machine that tries to circumvent thinking. This is because cognition costs time and calories, which in our evolutionary history were scant resources.
andrea added 10mo ago