The Truly Smart vs Just an Average Person

-The Cognitive Bias Checklist...

The mental model of evaluation are psychological representation of real hypothetical, or imaginary situations according to the formal definition of probabilistic thinking. We as a people all unconsciously create models in our minds about:

~How the world works the economy works and politics works

~How other people work, How our brain works

~How our day is supposed to go and so on

The basic difference between great thinkers and ordinary thinkers is that the process of using models is unconscious and reactive for ordinary thinkers, while it is conscious and proactive for great thinkers. One of the most effective and universal mental models is the 80/20 Rule.

Considering all that may appear on a 'To Do list', what and who are the 20% that will create 80% of the results?

~Mental models are fundamental and critical mental tools

~Mental models represent large chunks of reality that can be combined to create even more complex and useful supermodels.

~Mental models should be taught early in one's life, why? because nearly everything else builds on it and them

~Mental models trigger higher-order thinking to become literate

~Which brings a slew of higher-order thinking capabilities known as the "Alphabet Effect"

~ This brings forth a multiple and diverse model with many imperfections that cancel each other out allowing a new 'emergent model' that transcends all of the others.

Steve Braxton, Freelance/Critical Writer, Contributing Blogger, Hall Of Fame Storyteller, Narrator & Orator