tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8078379512095504946.post2081186841037816271..comments2024-03-29T04:06:37.402-07:00Comments on Had Enough Therapy?: More Cognitive FluencyStuart Schneidermanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12784043736879991769noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8078379512095504946.post-3249735867777092952012-09-12T13:13:51.775-07:002012-09-12T13:13:51.775-07:00Thank you for the post, really useful data.Thank you for the post, really useful data.Estellahttp://www.knopm.uw.edu.pl/forum/index.php?action=profile;u%3D479712noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8078379512095504946.post-37596626568512446512010-03-18T09:40:49.201-07:002010-03-18T09:40:49.201-07:00Very interesting post on chess... though I am much...Very interesting post on chess... though I am much better at bridge than at chess.<br /><br />It's good to see great minds thinking alike.<br /><br />In some ways it is a difficult and complex calculation that leads to war against the Taliban. But after cutting through the complexities the issue turns out to be a rather simple one. Fight or surrender?<br /><br />The issue of fighting the last war is certainly germane. Armies make plans. They have strategies. The great leaders are those who can adopt when things do not go according to plan.<br /><br />Does this make them more cognitively fluent? It's a good question, deserving of more reflection than I can give it today.<br /><br />It also happens that people sometimes invoke complexity when they are afraid to make the right decision.Stuart Schneidermanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12784043736879991769noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8078379512095504946.post-57958782037246503552010-03-17T12:06:55.480-07:002010-03-17T12:06:55.480-07:00Synchronicity--it seems that I did a post on congn...Synchronicity--it seems that I did a post on <a href="http://rlpchessblog.blogspot.com/2010/02/physiological-and-psychological-studies.html" rel="nofollow">congnitive fluency and chess</a> on the same day (Feb. 3) that you did your original post. And I linked the same article from Boston.com.<br /><br />My take is that real intelligence consists of knowing when the simple (and "easy") is the most <i>effective</i> approach or interpretation, and when it's right to overcome that human tendency and embrace the complexity.<br /><br />For example: "peace" good, "war" bad. Almost instinctively, we believe this deep in our brains--the oldest part of the brain wants to know that any physical threats to our survival are far away, where they can't hurt. The fact that going to war (against the Taliban, for instance) is the best way to ensure longer survival for more people is a complex calculation and balancing of many factors. And it is also a aspect of cognitive fluency that most people will try to impose the pattern of the last war on the next one. Apparently, only the few are able to think outside these boxes. <br /><br />Whether these are likely to be the ones we elect to high office is another matter.Robert Pearsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01357942424904415208noreply@blogger.com