“Thinking is difficult, that’s why most people judge.”

[Sunstone]

“Thinking is difficult, that’s why most people judge.” -- Carl Jung

What do you make of Jung's remark? Do you agree or disagree with it?


BONUS QUESTION: Have you read, Thinking Fast and Slow by Daniel Kahneman? If so, what do you make of it?

 

[BSM1]

I'll have to think about it.

 

[beenherebeforeagain]

My considered judgment is that Jung was strange and Kahneman is brilliant!

[I've actually read quite a bit of Jung, and Kahneman as well.]

 

[Brickjectivity]

“Thinking is difficult, that’s why most people judge.” -- Carl Jung

What do you make of Jung's remark? Do you agree or disagree with it?


BONUS QUESTION: Have you read, Thinking Fast and Slow by Daniel Kahneman? If so, what do you make of it?

Judgment is faster, and often what matters is agreeing with people around you. You can think all you like, but you can't think for other people.

 

[Jeremiahcp]

It depends on the type of thinking you are doing.

 

[Skwim]

Jung seems to suggest that one is dependent on the absence of the other. I disagree.

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[The Holy Bottom Burp]

Haven't read Jung or Kahnerman, so I guess I don't get the bonus points! If I'm reading it correctly he is saying intuition/prejudice/following cultural norms is easier than thinking more 'objectively'? Seeing the "bigger picture" yes? If so, I'd agree, looking at the man or woman who appears to be "different" without making instant judgements takes more thought, more tolerance, more understanding of humanity and human history than just sticking them in a pigeon hole as a .............(insert racial/sexual/social stereotype of your choice here).

 

[Augustus]

“Thinking is difficult, that’s why most people judge.” -- Carl Jung

What do you make of Jung's remark? Do you agree or disagree with it?

First of all, we judge simply because we don't have the time to think actively regarding the thousands of things that we experience every day, most of which have little importance.

We also judge at times because we don't need to think as we have experienced the situation countless times before. So as well as being difficult, thinking can also be unnecessary.

On more significant issues that we are emotionally invested in, our brain 'alters reality' to protect us from being 'wrong'. Was reading something earlier (can't remember where), that showed some people actually lost the ability to read graphs that contradicted their beliefs (they were able to accurately interpret an identical graph on a neutral issue).

Thinking is difficult because our cognition evolved to be irrational, biased, self-deceiving and hypocritical. We cannot cure ourselves of this, although some people are better at mitigating the problems than others.

BONUS QUESTION: Have you read, Thinking Fast and Slow by Daniel Kahneman? If so, what do you make of it?

Excellent book, especially in the sense that it shows how being irrational is actually 'rational' from an evolutionary perspective.

Why everybody (else) is a hypocrite: evolution and the modular mind by Robert Kurzban is another interesting book.