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So what you are saying is that Black and White thinking limits your options because its only two colors. Adding Grey is good, unless you only think in Grey bec

So what you are saying is that Black and White thinking limits your options because its only two colors. Adding Grey is good, unless you only think in Grey because that is only 1 color, and 1 color is less than 2. We should all think in at least 3 colors. Which requires a basic understanding of statistics. But what about thinking in colors that are actual colors? Like... at least the primaries. What type of education would be required to throw in some Blue or maybe Red?

bena 7y ago
You're over-stretching the metaphor at that point. "Black and white" can just as easily be "blue and red" thinking. Any binary choice works. "Gray" is just supposed to represent seeing things in a more analog fashion. You could replace it with "purple". The problem arises when all you do is point out the gradients rather than make a decision based on the information given. So the idea isn't to "introduce more colors" but to finally make a decision. "Yes, this is grey. But it's a really, really, really dark grey. It's mostly black with a tiny bit of white." A good live example is gambling. You're often forced to make decisions based on incomplete information where every decision has some upside and some downside. You can't sit there hemming and hawing.