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Post by dongocdiep on Feb 21, 2016 17:56:40 GMT
1. What do you think about the quote on the article by Doctor Gowers:"It is always pleasant to be right, but it is generally a much more useful thing to be wrong" ? What an excellent quote by Dr. Gower, and I am amazed of how much it taught me. I have now realized that it is much more beneficial for me to be "wrong" and learn from my mistakes, rather than being "right" and missing a chance of further maturing myself. The quote also taught me to be humble and to see the errors in my way, instead of being conservative all the time. 2. How could you apply rational thinking and logical deduction to your life? I use logical deduction when I am in need of making decisions, standing among different choices. I often list out the pros and cons of various ways to exercute certain things, then eliminate one by one, judging by what they bring, down to one optimal option. For example, choosing a way to travel, I often consider factors such as distance, density and "fun factor". If way 1 is shorter way 2, but is suffering from traffic jam, I will choose the latter one. Rational thinking, however, is something that I have not been able to utilize. I always let my emotions and personal bias "cloud my judgements". I sure hope that I can fix this in the near future. 3. Besides the quote in Question 1, what quote in the article do you like the best? Why? In my opinion, the quote: "I confess that I have been blind as a mole, but it is better to learn wisdom late than never to learn it at all." is the best one. It taught me that it is never too late to learn, and to be brave enough to admit that I am wrong from time to time. Dear Viet, 1) I could not agree with you more. To be honest, I am a perfectionist who always desires to be right. However, this quote awoke me and surely many other people. What we learn from it is that do not mind making mistakes as the most precious thing we can acquire from our failure is the opportunity to learn from our mistakes. Thanks to the errors we made, we grow mature and successful. 2) What a clear and comprehensible example of how you utilize logical deduction. However, what make me astonished is that a boy who is apparently good at logical deduction always lets his heart rule his head. I believe that this article will provide some useful pieces of advice for you to enhance your rational thinking. 3) From the way you chose your favourite, I think you have a progressive spirit which plays a crucial role in success. I hope that you will keep this positive attitude and achieve your ambitions. Thank you so much for your participation!
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Post by dongocdiep on Feb 21, 2016 18:23:45 GMT
1. What do you think about the quote on the article by Doctor Gowers:"It is always pleasant to be right, but it is generally a much more useful thing to be wrong" ?
I absolutely agree with the quote. Making wrong decisions or serious mistakes - there will always be times that we have to encounter these inevitable problems. However, it is the way we response to them that effects our impending personal growth. When successfully covering up the imperfection, people indulge themselves in the hallucination of being flawless and manipulate their own mind into thinking that they have managed to save face or hold on to their self esteem. Unfortunately,they accomplish the exact opposite things that they expect. The more reluctant you are to admit your mistakes, the more self-respect you lose. The definition of your life has nothing to do with the approval of other people, but it rather focuses more on yourself. It is your willingness to accept mistakes - not waiting for the absolution from some parties.- shows that you do have the responsibility with your own life.What is more, there is an undeniable fact that the things that you want is not always the things that you need. The pleasant feeling of being right last for only a moment,nevertheless, the lessons learnt from the wrongdoings are needed to provide the insight necessary for the personal development. Learning from the previous faults, being willing to gain further experience would rather effect people in a better way more than trying to hide the culpability.Sadly, most people know clearly that which choice would be the better one, nonetheless, not all of them has the gut to do the right thing. 2. How could you apply rational thinking and logical deduction to your life?I believe it requires a long time of training and practicing before I can fully develop the habit of rational thinking and logical deduction.For that reason it is a dismal fact that I need to commence by taking some baby steps. In the beginning stage is to have the courage of my flaws and mistakes. Before getting into analyze the people or situation around me, it is myself which I need to understand clearly first. Since it is yourself that you related to the most, if it is not yourself which you need to see through, then I am curious to know what it would be. Not only do I need to accept my flawed self but I also should value my failure. Without acting so, there is a relatively little chance that I could acknowledge other things in a distinct way. 3. Besides the quote in Question 1, what quote in the article do you like the best? Why?“You see, but you do not observe. The distinction is clear.” This quote reminds me how shallow I am as I once was told so. Everyday, countless things happen, however, I do not manage to pay attention to those. I blocked myself from the world outside with headphones or the tiny screen of the smartphone without realizing that I am missing on a lot of greatness in my life. The consequences turn out to be that I take things for granted a lot, which leads to the lack of quality in my afterward decisions. Sometimes I am also said to have no particular emotion toward life and people around me. The progress of adopting a whole new level of mindfulness might not be an easy task, however, it is vital that I should start fostering my observation slowly if I do not want to fail to miss beautiful little things in my life. I was astounded at the way you used justifications to support your opinion. It is indisputable that everyone has to take responsibility for his life and being willing to learn from our mistakes is the best way to perfect ourselves. I am also in favour of your view which stated that we sometimes try to hide from the reality by wearing headphones or keep staring at our smart phones. The modern life is getting increasingly complicated so it is easily comprehensible that some people, including you and me, attempt to ignore surrounding enviroment. Unfortunately, we missed wonderful experiences. Therefore, it is fundamental that we observe how everything happens and draw our own conclusion. Thank you for sharing your profound thoughts with us, Chi!
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Post by dongocdiep on Feb 21, 2016 18:49:50 GMT
1. What do you think about the quote on the article by Doctor Gowers:"It is always pleasant to be right, but it is generally a much more useful thing to be wrong" ? I totally agree with this saying. From the begining of something you have never done before, it seems great when you can make use of and apply your experience to complete the job in the right way.However, if you are always in the safe zone, your life is sample mold, no challenge and less meaning.I learn somewhere that the knowledge is wide as the oceans what a person know is just like a drop. We can not know every thing. If you make mistake, it is normal. One time failing is a new opportunity to restart and do it over. It is also chance for you to recorgize your ability and the fact that everyone can be wrong. What important is what you learn from the lessons and how you yourself improve each time. And when you did it, I belive you will taste the sweet of success much clearer than when you just coppy someone's way. And that is what I call " a much more useful thing to be wrong". 2. How could you apply rational thinking and logical deduction to your life? Honestly, I feel it struggle to applying rational thinking and logical deduction to my life. Logical deduction help me to arrange information, consider every element and come to an unprejudiced conclusion. But sometimes the most logical solution is not the last choice of mine, because I am often affected by emotion or outside elements. I should balance rational thinking and emotional thinking. 3. Besides the quote in Question 1, what quote in the article do you like the best? Why? “When you have eliminated the impossible, whatever remains, however improbable, must be the truth.” I suppose this quote is a classic aphorsim in Conan Doyle's and Detective stories. The first time I have read this quote in the " Detectve Conan" by Gosho Aoyama", i was totally impressed by the strong and logical thinking of the owner. I am a huge fan of detective story so I remember it as a charactistic of the character and a quote conveying author's mind. In reality, I am not a detective to finding the enomous truth, but in some cases, elimination skill help me to choose the most suitable conclusion in separate situation and it becomes one of my most useful skill in my life. Dear Thanh Ha, 1) We are of like mind. Making mistakes is an inevitable part of life. The prime ministry of the UK once said: "Success is not final, failure is not fatal. It is the courage to continue that counts". What we should do after our failure is to reflect on our mistakes and learn from so that next time we will not repeat the same errors. Moreover, as you said, the taste of victory is sweeter when you realize that you have made mistakes countless times before attain it. 2) There are many problems that cannot be solved by only rational thinking. However, always letting your emotions control your choices will make you become indecisive. Therefore, try to apply advice provided in this article so that you will never feel regretful about your decisions. 3) It is good to know that you are able to utilize elimination skill very well in your daily life. I think being a fan of detective stories for such a long time surely enables you to practise and enhance this skill. Thank you for joining and sharing your stimulating ideas!
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Post by Huong Giang on Feb 22, 2016 2:16:58 GMT
1. What do you think about the quote on the article by Doctor Gowers:"It is always pleasant to be right, but it is generally a much more useful thing to be wrong" ? This statement has brought to me a lot of thoughts. Sometimes, I do not dare to try expressing my point of view if I am not sure if it’s right. After reading this whole article, I realised that although being right is really good; however, if we are wrong or sometimes we make mistakes, we will have lots of things to learn, which is useful for us. Somehow, those mistakes are our teachers.
2. How could you apply rational thinking and logical deduction to your life? Although it’s quite shame, I still have to say that I do not usually have rational thoughts. I am not good at logical deduction. I just lean on my feeling to do almost everything. From now on, I will try to observe and consider things in a logical way more often so that I can solve my problems more efficiently.
3. Besides the quote in Question 1, what quote in the article do you like the best? Why? I am really impressive with the saying of Holmes:“When you have eliminated the impossible, whatever remains, however improbable, must be the truth.” because not only its charming appearance but does it show us the amazing talent of the famous fictional detective in observing and explaining everything.
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Post by dongocdiep on Feb 22, 2016 4:45:51 GMT
1. What do you think about the quote on the article by Doctor Gowers:"It is always pleasant to be right, but it is generally a much more useful thing to be wrong" ? This statement has brought to me a lot of thoughts. Sometimes, I do not dare to try expressing my point of view if I am not sure if it’s right. After reading this whole article, I realised that although being right is really good; however, if we are wrong or sometimes we make mistakes, we will have lots of things to learn, which is useful for us. Somehow, those mistakes are our teachers. 2. How could you apply rational thinking and logical deduction to your life? Although it’s quite shame, I still have to say that I do not usually have rational thoughts. I am not good at logical deduction. I just lean on my feeling to do almost everything. From now on, I will try to observe and consider things in a logical way more often so that I can solve my problems more efficiently. 3. Besides the quote in Question 1, what quote in the article do you like the best? Why? I am really impressive with the saying of Holmes:“When you have eliminated the impossible, whatever remains, however improbable, must be the truth.” because not only its charming appearance but does it show us the amazing talent of the famous fictional detective in observing and explaining everything. Dear Giang, You are completely right when you say that our mistakes are also our teachers. I hope that after reading this article you will have the courage to not only voice your own opinions but also make mistakes to perfect themselves day by day. Moreover, try to balance your rational thinking and emotions when you have to make a decision. About your favourite quote, we certainly admire the brilliancy of this legendary detective. However, the message he wanted to convey to readers is how to utilize elimination skill. Thank you for joining!
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