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The Problem of Thinking Too Much (2002)
- baxtr 2y agoThe end paragraph: >A Psychological Tip Whenever you're called on to make up your mind, and you're hampered by not having any, the best way to solve the dilemma, you'll find, is simply by spinning a penny. No—not so that chance shall decide the affair while you're passively standing there moping; but the moment the penny is up in the air, you suddenly know what you're hoping.
- tifik 2y agoI heard this one, paraphrased, a while back (probably around 2002 I guess). I apply it to others as well by actually spinning a penny when someone can't decide, then watch their reaction. It's shocking how fast people make up their mind when they feel like the decision making power is taken away from them.
- gavmor 2y agoWow, been doing this for twenty years—didn't know it was "a thing"!
- senthil_rajasek 2y agoScene from Board Walk Empire Season 2 that uses the coin flip trick. https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=6WYsM1nIbKs&t=55s&pp=2AE3kAIB https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=6WYsM1nIbKs&t=55s&pp=2AE3kAIB
- dev-jayson 2y agoFor a PDF created in 2002, it's incredibly easy to read on a smartphone.
- 5350-uiop-1130 2y agosome people has no inner dialogue source: https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/intersections/202304/inner-monologues-what-are-they-and-whos-having-them https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/intersections/202304...
- LaundroMat 2y agoWhere did you read that?
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- jeisc 2y agoany brain waves are thoughts
- 5350-uiop-1130 2y agoif a brain waves, who waves back?
- Pigalowda 2y agoThat tracks. I’m surprised even 20% of people have an inner monologue. I assumed most people have the agency of a microbe and only respond to physical stimuli. The only “thoughts” that flash through their minds are visuals of cheeseburgers and tits.
- jeisc 2y agoWile E. Coyote is my hero, he has so much fun building his Roadrunner traps, so it is not the result the most important thing but the process which is more or equally important never less
- NBJack 2y ago"It's not the destination of going headfirst into a desert mesa, but the journey along the repainted yellow lines to it." -W. Ethelbert Coyote
- neuralRiot 2y ago“Satisfaction lies in the effort, not in the attainment. Full effort is full victory.” Mahatma Gandhi
- zvr 2y agoAs you set out for Ithaka / hope your road is a long one -- Ithaka, C.P. Cavafy
- P_I_Staker 2y agoMaybe if I read this article, it will fix it!