Comments on: The 3 Levels of Critical Thinking Skill http://www.pickthebrain.com/blog/the-3-grades-of-thinking/ Sat, 21 Nov 2009 02:44:23 -0800 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Justin Nyangor http://www.pickthebrain.com/blog/the-3-grades-of-thinking/comment-page-1/#comment-73758 Justin Nyangor Sat, 11 Jul 2009 07:34:24 +0000 http://www.pickthebrain.com/blog/the-3-grades-of-thinking/#comment-73758 I read this essay today and i was completely astounded that there were others like me. I too have long felt like a grade 2 thinker trapped in a grade 3 world. I have tried to progress to a grade one thinker, tried to capture that interest which has eluded me for many years. I seem to focus hard on the randomness of the grade 3 thinkers and the emotions that they stir among one another. I thought that i hated the masses, i thought i despised their inability to think. But i think what i hated/despised was the wasted potential, and also the self pity that has been festering and growing within me due to my realization. They say "ignorance is bliss" but they also say "knowledge is beauty". As i read this essay the part that spoke volumes to me was near the ending, when he encountered the small man in the hat. They conversation or (lack of) was amazing to read, like a ray of hope i felt the warm light of understanding. Even if we wander through the darkness of this world alone there are others that we can trust to be grade one thinkers. Even if we can't communicate the knowledge alone gives hope to the grade two thinkers in the depths of despair. I would rather open my eyes to the possibilities of beauty, than live blind in the impossibility of bliss. Thank you John, thank you Mr. Golding, and most of all thank you to all the grade one thinkers out there. may we have the pleasure of encountering one another someday. For that possible encounter is what keeps me going in life I read this essay today and i was completely astounded that there were others like me. I too have long felt like a grade 2 thinker trapped in a grade 3 world. I have tried to progress to a grade one thinker, tried to capture that interest which has eluded me for many years. I seem to focus hard on the randomness of the grade 3 thinkers and the emotions that they stir among one another. I thought that i hated the masses, i thought i despised their inability to think. But i think what i hated/despised was the wasted potential, and also the self pity that has been festering and growing within me due to my realization. They say “ignorance is bliss” but they also say “knowledge is beauty”. As i read this essay the part that spoke volumes to me was near the ending, when he encountered the small man in the hat. They conversation or (lack of) was amazing to read, like a ray of hope i felt the warm light of understanding. Even if we wander through the darkness of this world alone there are others that we can trust to be grade one thinkers. Even if we can’t communicate the knowledge alone gives hope to the grade two thinkers in the depths of despair. I would rather open my eyes to the possibilities of beauty, than live blind in the impossibility of bliss.
Thank you John, thank you Mr. Golding, and most of all thank you to all the grade one thinkers out there. may we have the pleasure of encountering one another someday. For that possible encounter is what keeps me going in life

]]> By: Top 3 Secrets To Be A Better Thinker | Self Help Station http://www.pickthebrain.com/blog/the-3-grades-of-thinking/comment-page-1/#comment-53760 Top 3 Secrets To Be A Better Thinker | Self Help Station Sat, 12 Apr 2008 12:39:37 +0000 http://www.pickthebrain.com/blog/the-3-grades-of-thinking/#comment-53760 [...] Ready? Here are the top three secrets to becoming a better thinker: [...] [...] Ready? Here are the top three secrets to becoming a better thinker: [...]

]]> By: Jody Sachse » Blog Archive » Distractions, Dreaded Projects, Signal-to-Noise, Water … Oh My! http://www.pickthebrain.com/blog/the-3-grades-of-thinking/comment-page-1/#comment-12967 Jody Sachse » Blog Archive » Distractions, Dreaded Projects, Signal-to-Noise, Water … Oh My! Fri, 13 Jul 2007 20:20:32 +0000 http://www.pickthebrain.com/blog/the-3-grades-of-thinking/#comment-12967 [...] Pick the Brain: The 3 Grades of Thinking [...] [...] Pick the Brain: The 3 Grades of Thinking [...]

]]> By: Mercurial » Blog Archive » Thinking as a hobby http://www.pickthebrain.com/blog/the-3-grades-of-thinking/comment-page-1/#comment-12959 Mercurial » Blog Archive » Thinking as a hobby Fri, 13 Jul 2007 18:53:06 +0000 http://www.pickthebrain.com/blog/the-3-grades-of-thinking/#comment-12959 [...] points to the three degrees of thinking that William Golding discovered early in life. I love that ability [...] [...] points to the three degrees of thinking that William Golding discovered early in life. I love that ability [...]

]]> By: anja merret - chatting to my generation » Blog Carnival on Observations on Life July 8, 2007 http://www.pickthebrain.com/blog/the-3-grades-of-thinking/comment-page-1/#comment-12378 anja merret - chatting to my generation » Blog Carnival on Observations on Life July 8, 2007 Sun, 08 Jul 2007 20:09:09 +0000 http://www.pickthebrain.com/blog/the-3-grades-of-thinking/#comment-12378 [...] Wesley presents The 3 Grades of Thinking posted at Pick the [...] [...] Wesley presents The 3 Grades of Thinking posted at Pick the [...]

]]> By: Chessiq http://www.pickthebrain.com/blog/the-3-grades-of-thinking/comment-page-1/#comment-12333 Chessiq Sun, 08 Jul 2007 05:27:42 +0000 http://www.pickthebrain.com/blog/the-3-grades-of-thinking/#comment-12333 One of my chess friends once said that you don't improve until you start asking the right questions, and then you don't become noticeable until you start providing solutions (annotating another's games or creating your own lines of play). One of my chess friends once said that you don’t improve until you start asking the right questions, and then you don’t become noticeable until you start providing solutions (annotating another’s games or creating your own lines of play).

]]> By: Paul http://www.pickthebrain.com/blog/the-3-grades-of-thinking/comment-page-1/#comment-12245 Paul Sat, 07 Jul 2007 04:13:46 +0000 http://www.pickthebrain.com/blog/the-3-grades-of-thinking/#comment-12245 If you want to move beyond grade 2, take something you're highly critical of and make it into something that works for you. The trick is that you absolutely must start with something you're dissatisfied with before trying to flip it, otherwise you're just an optimist at heart, along with the rest of grade 3. Good luck all. If you want to move beyond grade 2, take something you’re highly critical of and make it into something that works for you.

The trick is that you absolutely must start with something you’re dissatisfied with before trying to flip it, otherwise you’re just an optimist at heart, along with the rest of grade 3.

Good luck all.

]]> By: ianmack http://www.pickthebrain.com/blog/the-3-grades-of-thinking/comment-page-1/#comment-12099 ianmack Thu, 05 Jul 2007 19:39:51 +0000 http://www.pickthebrain.com/blog/the-3-grades-of-thinking/#comment-12099 thanks for pointing out this excellent essay. it crystallized what i've long thought about my most cynical friends - cynicism is a dead end. you can delight in pointing out hypocrisy, but eventually, unless you discover the hidden doorway of creativity, you're stuck. and it's a lonely hole. thanks for pointing out this excellent essay. it crystallized what i’ve long thought about my most cynical friends – cynicism is a dead end. you can delight in pointing out hypocrisy, but eventually, unless you discover the hidden doorway of creativity, you’re stuck. and it’s a lonely hole.

]]> By: Will Canard http://www.pickthebrain.com/blog/the-3-grades-of-thinking/comment-page-1/#comment-12094 Will Canard Thu, 05 Jul 2007 17:39:12 +0000 http://www.pickthebrain.com/blog/the-3-grades-of-thinking/#comment-12094 It seems so that "everyone" thinkith they are the master. It seems so that “everyone” thinkith they are the master.

]]> By: Sara http://www.pickthebrain.com/blog/the-3-grades-of-thinking/comment-page-1/#comment-12092 Sara Thu, 05 Jul 2007 17:19:22 +0000 http://www.pickthebrain.com/blog/the-3-grades-of-thinking/#comment-12092 Hey, cool! :) Chris, you may enjoy Schopenhauer. Hey, cool! :)

Chris, you may enjoy Schopenhauer.

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