There’s a danger in the internet and social media. The notion that information is enough, that more and more information is enough, that you don’t have to think, you just have to get more information – gets very dangerous.
EDWARD DE BONOIntelligence is something we are born with. Thinking is a skill that must be learned.
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Once a new idea springs into existence, it cannot be unthought. There is a sense of immortality in a new idea.
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I’m tired of dreaming. I’m into doing at the moment. It’s, like, let’s only have goals that we can go after.
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A myth is a fixed way of looking at the world which cannot be destroyed because, looked at through the myth, all evidence supports the myth.
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I do a great deal of work with young children, and if you give a child a problem, he may come up with a highly original solution, because he doesn’t have the established route to it.
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To develop thinking as a skill, it should be deliberate, focused, confident, and enjoyable.
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It’s not enough to rage against the lie.. you’ve got to replace it with the truth.
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The analysis of data will not by itself produce new ideas.
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Logic will never change emotion or perception.
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Traditional thinking is all about “what is” Future thinking will also need to be about what can be.
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Humor is probably the most significant characteristics of the human mind. Far more significant than reason. In fact, reason is actually a very cheap commodity.
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People should realize we’re jerks just like them.
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The music that really turns me on is either running toward God or away from God. Both recognize the pivot, that God is at the center of the jaunt.
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Sometimes the situation is only a problem because it is looked at in a certain way. Looked at in another way, the right course of action may be so obvious that the problem no longer exists.
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The concept of logical thinking is selection and this is brought about by the processes of acceptance and rejection. Rejection is the basis of logical thinking.
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The quality of our thinking will determine the quality of our future.
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