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Some people don't give a shit, and are perfectly happy to go through life this way. Case in point, my boss at the moment does something I've noticed quite ofte
by Niksko 11y ago
Some people don't give a shit, and are perfectly happy to go through life this way.
Case in point, my boss at the moment does something I've noticed quite often in stupid people. As soon as the train of thought requires more than about 10 or 15 seconds of quiet thinking and analysis, he immediately changes the subject. He either changes the subject to something that (to my mind) is completely unrelated, or he makes some vague self-affirming statement.
On the one hand, this is annoying as fuck. On the other hand, if I look at it objectively, his brain is just wired that way. He doesn't have the capacity to break down an argument or situation to its atomic level, so his brain compensates by changing the subject and continuing the analysis, albeit on another topic.
It's really just another manifestation of the idea that our brains are constantly analysing things, but it just so happens that this manifestation is incredibly frustrating to anybody who enjoys getting to the bottom of and solving problems.
- ThomPete 11y agoAn analytical mind is not what makes people millionaires, its not what makes the musician great at playing, the artist great at painting or the programmer great at programming, its not even what makes the investor great at investing. An analytical mind is itself a hinder for making decisions so you need to strike a balance.
- druddha 11y agoI disagree with every word you wrote here. A great programmer must first analyze the problem he has intends to solve or he will likely produce a solution that does not appropriately solve the problem. Great musicians practice for thousands of hours, analyzing their performance and making necessary adjustments. Same for painters. An analytical mind does not necessarily make decision-making more difficult. Often even a cursory analysis can make a decision much easier. Overanalysis is an issue related to anxiety. If the amount of time you spend analyzing a problem effectively negates any value you might gain from making the most beneficial decision, then you have overanalyzed. A great example is selecting products in the grocery store. If you spend 20 minutes comparing the prices of various jars of peanut butter to ultimately save $.50, then you have probably overanalyzed the problem. But analysis itself is an unavoidable, and often beneficial, aspect of being alive.
- ThomPete 11y agoWe are talking about overanalyzing not just analyzing. So I think you are reacting to something I didn't really write. The context is overanalyzing. And ex. a musician practice for thousands of hours (done that myself) they don't analyze. They can but thats not what makes you a good musicians.
- mindcruzer 11y agoI have noticed this exact same behavior in one of my friends. It is indeed annoying as fuck. It's impossible to have any kind of intellectual conversation with him. When he claims to know why something is the way it is, and then I question him about it, and he just changes the subject, or uses some kind of blanket statement and walks away.