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How we use abstract thinking

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The problem this book aims to solve"Conversations don't click," "explanations aren't understood," "unable to apply knowledge," "narrow-minded." The author states that the root cause of all these is a ...
While we’ve become increasingly reliant on metrics for design decisions, there is something more powerful in human creativity: the art of mental stargazing and the hidden currents of our intuition.
Last time, I considered whether we could represent an individual's thinking tendencies as a combination of three parameters, using object thinking, spatial thinking, and verbal thinking as the three ...
Theory: The dreads and dangers of abstract thinking are a big reason why we now all like to stay so busy and bombarded with stimuli all the time. Abstract thinking tends most often to strike during ...
Asking “why” and conjuring up possible answers is an important thinking process. It gives rise to some of the most beautiful states of mind, such as curiosity and imagination. These psychological ...
Since the dawn of philosophy, thinkers from Plato to Kant have considered how beauty affects human experience, and whether it has the power to transform our state of mind. Now, a new study from the ...