Types of Thinking - Science Behind Day to Day Thinking

Science of Thinking - System 1 & 2 Thinking Processes

With all your amazement, I would like to tell you that any person thinks in two different ways. This is a fact of science behind thinking. You, me, any intelligent or a dumb person have a running thinking process. For any situation, question or scenario we run a thinking process consciously or unconsciously in our mind. Today, I'm going to reveal this phenomenon in brief.

There are two types of thinking. System 1 and System 2. So what is it? Lets Explore.

What is System 1 Thinking Process?
Let's start with an example. Fill in the blanks with the first word pops into your mind. Trust me it's really easy. So ready? Alright then,
1. Bread and ______
2. 2 + 2 = _____
3. Your Name is _____

A majority of people there might come upon a quick answer popped into their mind like, bread & Butter; 2 + 2 = 4 and your name. Isn't it? So this is called System 1 thinking. The easy, fast & effortless answers which pop up into your mind unconsciously is part of system 1 thinking. In a majority of the scenario, we use system 1 thinking. The features of system 1 thinking is Automotive, Primary, Rapid, Blind, Intuitive, Instinctive & WYSIATI (What You See Is All There Is). Sometimes or I would say most of the times this kind of thinking phenomenon misleads us and we might take wrong decisions.

What is System 2 Thinking Process?
If you guessed it's a complex thinking process which acquire a good amount of efforts, energy and pondering. Then you are absolutely right [see you have just used your system 1 thinking]. System 2 thinking is a bit slow. It needs your complete concentration, reasoning & logical power. You have to think deliberately about the situation, question, etc. Let me give an example:
1. The dress you wore two weeks ago on Tuesday was of ______ color
2. 768*9538 = ____

The answers don't pop us that easily. Right? The system 2 thinking process features are Effortful, Secondary, Focused, Considered, Slower & Lazy. Hope the phenomenon is clear to you. If you found it interesting then continue reading :)

History of this Thinking System Phenomenon
If you are curious just like me then read further to know some interesting facts & details of this thinking system phenomenon.  Daniel Kahneman performed the research with Amos Tversky for this subject. He received the Noble prize as well for the same. You may read more about him from the wiki here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daniel_Kahneman

How to be Intelligent? 
The Humans are tend to use system 1 thinking all the time, so when we should use system 2 thinking. We use only system 1 until something force us to use system 2 thinking. We take the wrong decisions, give wrong answers because of this habit. That is the human mind limitations, but is it end? Neah. We can practice, practice and do some more practice to develop our system 2 thinking. Once we develop it, system 2 thinking will perform as system 1. It will be fast, efficient and correct which will lead us to correct and precise decision making.

Let's take an example:
Don't Google it :)
In a lake, there is a patch of lily pads. Every day, the patch doubles in size. If it takes 48 days for the patch to cover the entire lake, how many days would it take for the patch to cover half of the lake?

At 1st glance, you might come up with an answer 24. You might have used your system 1 thinking. The correct answer is 47. Read the question again & think again.

Hope you found the post interesting and informative. If you have any query, feel free to leave a message in the comment section. To get regular updates of such interesting posts subscribe to my blog. And do you want to develop your system 2 thinking? Wait for my next post with some interesting questions which will test your system 2 thinking and help you to develop it.

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Judgmental Thinking - The Unavoidable Nuance of Human Nature Part 2

Hope you have enjoyed the part 1 of judgmental thinking. If you haven't read it, you may explore it here http://talksfest.blogspot.in/2014/03/judgmental-thinking-unavoidable-nuance_20.html

So this is time to speak something more in depth about judgmental thinking, its consequences and how to overshadow the judgmental thinking.

Can a Judgmental Nature be Harmful?
The most important question it is! If you are keeping your judgment just to yourself, it is not harmful at all. But the another trait of human nature is Humans are expressive. The most introvert person will share his thoughts & views (which might be judgments) to the person(s) close to him. Gradually, it will be spread to others because we all are connected to many people emotionally and we express our thoughts with them. This is known as a Mouth Publicity, technically. It may be harmful because it will create a false image of that person. It might create hurdles for him & you. There can be many consequences which might get converted in predicaments.

How To Avoid Being Judgmental?
It is impossible for a human to avoid judgmental thinking, but you can avoid it. How? The solution is, don't make the strong statement. Just put it as your point of view. If possible mention "I might be wrong". Keep the doors open for other possibilities. For example, When we see someone putting himself upfront, very strongly, all the time, everywhere. Don't pass the statement like he must be egoistic. You can express the same thought like "I think he must have an ego problem". More better statement could be "I may be wrong but I think he might have an ego problem". See you said what you wanted to without being judgmental ;)

Last, but not the least, most important thing to I would like to share everyone is Someone is like that may be because of certain reason which we don't know. We even shouldn't delve to know. He might have passed from something which made him like this. Everyone have right to live the life & personality of his choice.We shouldn't pass our imaginary conclusion - judgment about him without knowing what he has passed through. Right?

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Judgmental Thinking - The Unavoidable Nuance of Human Nature Part 1

Judgmental Thinking - Unavoidable Feature of Human Brain 

Judgmental Thinking. Nobody can refrain this core trait of a human nature. We all behave in a judgmental way at a certain point, Consciously, Unconsciously, Intentionally, Unintentionally . We all know what is being judgmental, but still let me give a brief.

What is Judgmental Thinking?
When we don't know the whole picture of something we start making assumptions about it. At a certain point, we reach to a conclusion from the assumptions we made. That conclusion is known as Judgment. The whole process of assuming & reaching to imaginary conclusion is known as Judgmental thinking. I must admit human nature, the brain & scientific facts behind it are really fascinating. Isn't it?

Let's take an example. If we are passing by a road & see on a sidewalk somebody is beating someone badly. In the majority, we think like, "Aw how cruel the person is? Why the hell is he beating this innocent guy? How brutal he is!" There can be another side of the coin. The person who is baring the drubbing might be guilty. Or do you think anyone just gets whacked by someone without any reason? We behave judgmentally in such scenario.

Why Do We Behave Judgmentally? 
That's an interesting question. isn't it? Simple answer is we don't have much time to dig up the matter in deep to know the facts & to come upon a right conclusion. So in such situation, our mind use the experience & information we have, create an imaginary picture of the next person and/or situation, give us a conclusion - judgment.

Do We Need To Be Judgmental?
Well, scientifically our brain does this to save us from some extra research to excavate the facts. So it is helping us to use our energy & power of brain at right place. So it is something called energy management by the Brain. How smart it is! :)

There are some more facts about this interesting and the most common trait of human nature like can such nature harm us? what we avoid it? I will share it in the upcoming part of the blog. Stay tuned and give your views in the comment section. I would love to hear it.

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How to Get The Information Out?

One of the million dollar question how to get the information out of someone? How to read somebody's mind? This question arises in anyone's life. We might want to get the information of some vital assignment or if you are in love, you might want to know does that person really like you or not? etc. We all are trying to find the key of it. So I have brought the key of it for you.

First the disclaimer, This is not a foolproof method, but it will work in 90 to 99% scenarios. There is one very effective saying of very effective personality, "Ash Vyas" that "There is a right key to everyone's heart, we just need to find it". :) So this one is the master key for the majority of scenarios with the majority of people.

So what is the key? The key is "To Oppose". Yes, the key is, get the next person in defense mode by constantly opposing him. When the person comes into the defense position, he will give all the information & evidences needed to prove you were wrong and himself right.

This formula work in all situations like if you want to take a survey about something, just raise the topic in the crowd whom you want to survey. Then speak either positive or negative aspects of that topic with strong & confident tone. Gradually people will start divided in two groups, one in favor and one in against. ;) Even the most reserved person will give his point in 1-2 word or line. If you are in love with somebody and want to know what she feels about you, let me give you the trick. Just speak against yourself. Say you are the worst person on this planet. If she doesn't have any feelings & she is modest, she will say just 1-2 lines like "There is nothing like that. Don't think so". But if she has some feelings, she will defend you from you. She will give you thousands of concrete evidences to prove you that you are so good. To have fun, keep on opposing, get some more thought collection of the next person ;) :)

It might sounds unpractical to you then you can try it on your own. It's gonna be fun. :) You might wonder how do I know this? Well like many more subjects, I like to study human nature because its really variable & fascinating. I like to assess people & their mindsets including myself to have some more instincts of human nature. :) This is a result of that constant observation.

One interesting fact is the person can't resist himself by doing this even if he knows this fact. That's the human nature. :) So even if you have read this post, I or people like me can still apply this key on you ;) But still different people, different nature, so there can be people who don't reveal their thoughts to you by this key ;) So now you have the key to get the hidden info out so have fun!

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