Asking right questions is more important than worrying for right answers.
The Questions I ask direct my thinking. And this thinking process is very important. So, to get the right questions, we have to ask more questions.
To ask more questions, our thinking has to be divergent rather than convergent.
So which way it is better.
Is it to ask one question at a time?
or
is it better to write down all questions at once and think about them later?
But, writing all the questions at once has the possibility in limiting the time for divergent thinking. And also, after thinking about one question and arriving at the very reasonable answer has the possibility of stopping there and not asking enough questions.
I think I've to follow negative empiricism rather than a positive one, because it is easy to get confirming evidence rather than dis confirming one. Some times dis-confirming evidence is the best. It is difficult to prolong the quest for dis-confirming evidence.
Still, I've to adopt this method of thinking. How? Being skeptical?
Skeptical empiricism is the good way.
The Questions I ask direct my thinking. And this thinking process is very important. So, to get the right questions, we have to ask more questions.
To ask more questions, our thinking has to be divergent rather than convergent.
So which way it is better.
Is it to ask one question at a time?
or
is it better to write down all questions at once and think about them later?
But, writing all the questions at once has the possibility in limiting the time for divergent thinking. And also, after thinking about one question and arriving at the very reasonable answer has the possibility of stopping there and not asking enough questions.
I think I've to follow negative empiricism rather than a positive one, because it is easy to get confirming evidence rather than dis confirming one. Some times dis-confirming evidence is the best. It is difficult to prolong the quest for dis-confirming evidence.
Still, I've to adopt this method of thinking. How? Being skeptical?
Skeptical empiricism is the good way.
Asking questions are sometimes the best way to quench the thirst of curiosity. Negative or positive doesn't matter, once a question is being asked, and answer is provided, our cognitive brain forms another question based on answer or sometimes a totally different one. Those who have the tendency of asking many questions does not wait for reasonable answer and present themselves with the series of questions.
ReplyDeleteI think better way is ask whatever is in mind , writing it down makes it superficial and later as you read the questions you realize that you don't want to ask them and it endup being striked.....
I agree.
ReplyDeleteThe main point why I like to write the questions first is because of Availability & Confirmation biases.
If you start thinking about some event, there can be many stories which will explain how the event happened.
If the first story seems apt though it's not the true reason, our brains will readily accept that story because of confirmation bias.
That was what I was thinking when I wrote those lines.
Hmm... True...that is,
ReplyDeleteBut written very well indeed...
Thanks :)
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