Do smart people think too much.........?

Question

just curious..

Answer 1

If dumb people think too little, then yes.

Answer 2

"Cogito, ergo Sum." "I think, therefore, I am." Rene' Descartes, 1632

Deductive reasoning
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Deductive reasoning is the kind of reasoning in which the conclusion is necessitated by, or reached from, previously known facts (the premises). If the premises are true, the conclusion must be true. This is distinguished from abductive and inductive reasoning, where the premises may predict a high probability of the conclusion, but do not ensure that the conclusion is true.

Deductive reasoning is dependent on its premises. That is, a false premise can possibly lead to a false result, and inconclusive premises will also yield an inconclusive conclusion. Given, false premises are included in our list of logical fallacies.

Somebody could say, "Since the street is wet, it must have rained". However, there is a hidden argument in this statement: "If it's raining then the street gets wet." Using the premise "If it's raining then the street gets wet" one could argue that "Since it's raining the street is wet" but not "The street is wet so it must be raining".

This is because the wet street is an unavoidable product created by the rain but the wet street does not have to be caused by rain. The basic statement "if something then something else" could logically be followed by "something is; so something else must be" and "something else is not; so something else cannot be". These are the first two basic valid reasoning types.

Popular misuses of the term

It is occasionally taught that deductive reasoning proceeds from the general to the particular, while inductive reasoning proceeds from the particular to the general. This is false - or at least, is not the way logicians use these terms. There are deductively valid arguments that proceed from the particular to the general (Oscar is grouchy, therefore something is grouchy) and inductive arguments that proceed from the general to the particular (most Rice University students are smart, therefore this particular Rice University student is smart).

Sherlock Holmes frequently describes his methods as involving deductive reasoning in the various stories about the character. However, most of his "deductions" in fact used inductive or abductive reasoning; very few were actually deductive in nature. There was nearly always some concievable, if vanishingly unlikely, way his conclusions could have turned out to be incorrect, a fact exploited by many parodies of the Sherlock Holmes stories.

Answer 3

Sure. It's gotten us far in science, but looks like backwards in social science. They say high IQ's are sane though. I don't think so. Bush is a math wiz. Maybe it's that some people know how to think. Search hbar12 for the longer answer, but basically people think backwards a lot. The most effective way is to just collect data and let the subconscious figure it out. If not it's like using a calculator and then deciding which answers you like and calculating them yourself and putting them back into the calculator until you get what you want. It turns out the subconscious does all the work and you only get in the way. Try it out. Testing is the scientific way and it's so true. You will open up your mind to phenominal levels, higher and higher. You wont need drugs. The New York Times article on my Yahoo Groups says that we are like a monkey on the back or a tiger. I presume the tiger could turn and eat the monkey at any time.

Answer 4

I had a friend that was really smart and he had so much in his head that he got bad grades because he couldn't concentrate on the important things. His first year at collage was wasted too. But finally he got it together. If a smart person don't think about being smart then they will do fine.

Answer 5

I do not know if it is considered smart or not lol! I would think so.
I would think the smartest people are those who do not think about everything all the time and are those who are happy with just being. These people seam to have a peace that others envy. I know I do!

Answer 6

NO.... smart people dont think too much
But this is true they think on multiple dimensions of a single problem. And whatever they think they just concentrate one thought at a time. give maximum brain processing to a single thought and then think about the next. and finally make the appropriate decision.

what dumb people do.. they gonna think about many things at a time, hence dont have full concentration on any of those, so finally make wrong decisions.

Answer 7

If they are book smart then yes!!!!! and usually if they're book smart, they have 0 common sense. I'm a little of both so I can balance out fairly well. Good Question

Answer 8

Smart people don't think at all, they get all their smarts from throwing up what they see in textbooks. Only people searching for wisdom think. A baby can be smart, still some people die never truly knowing wisdom.

Answer 9

if they are smart and insightful enough, they'll balance out the hyper left brain function that allows them to be viewed as "smart" in our unbalanced, over materialistic culture, with some right brain activity. being overbalanced in any area, and sacrificing the bounty available through other modes of consciousness doesn't appear too smart to me. there are numerous people with unusually high i.qs. who are not smart enough to avoid narcissist personality disorder, or worse, based on my experience---especially in washington, d.c. ;-)

Answer 10

Yes. That's why ignorance is bliss and knowledge is a burden. The more you think and the more you know, the more you have to think about, the more you worry and overanalyze and have insomnia & drive yourself mad! It's easier to be less intelligent & not have to think so much, to just sort of blunder through life carefree...

Answer 11

good heavens,yes! i have stratospherically intelligent friends who rarely if ever,savor the moment,because theyre so busy over-thinking and "reading into" every minute detail.it frustrates them,and everyone around them.my priest was once in a house fire,and being philosophical,he sat there and reflected on the nature of his relationship with god,while waiting to either burn or be rescued.come on! dont u think even god was watching this ,saying"u idiot !look for the exit! run!"