Basics of smarter approach

2024 Author: Seth Attwood | [email protected]. Last modified: 2023-12-16 15:55

A reasonable approach is a universal approach to self-perfection and improvement of the surrounding world, the only way to properly interact with the entire Universe as a whole, in line with the concept of its development. It is very difficult to describe a reasonable approach through imperfect language and limited human thinking, because it is difficult to describe a broad concept through some separate concepts of natural language, created to reflect less inclusive entities. Therefore, it is hardly possible to describe a reasonable approach, in general, in such a way, but it is quite realistic to carry out its basic description and is within our powers through the elements already existing in our written culture.

In the process of his development, throughout his life, a person is faced with many tasks that need to be solved, and problems, the elimination of which he has to deal with. A reasonable approach allows a person to do all this as correctly as possible.

Reasonable methodology includes all possible ways to solve any problems, but not always in the form of specific methods and algorithms, but rather in the form of a whole culture of thinking, thanks to which a person is able to both refer to the experience of predecessors and develop a new, unprecedented way of solving a problem, especially if we take into account the fact that in the course of the development of civilization the tasks facing people become more complicated and change in every possible way, requiring more and more perfect methods of their research.

How can a certain methodology include everything? To do this, it is necessary, at a minimum, that the methodology within itself contains the possibility for potential changes, depending on who, how and for what purpose uses it. Solving problems, humanity discovers new patterns, phenomena and facts that may not fit into the previous picture of the world, then the picture of the world collapses or changes, sometimes delivering a lot of problems to its carriers (for example, it is enough to recall the history of any scientific revolution, or, at worst the end, the history of understanding the relative position of the Sun and other planets). A reasonable methodology includes the ability to be specific in relation to a given task and depending on the current situation. However, it is not entirely correct to understand it this way, because a reasonable approach already contains the possibility of solving any problem, which means that it covers all possible cases with all possible outcomes in advance. A person is not omnipotent, therefore, using a reasonable approach, he modifies his picture of the world gradually, but the approach remains the same, in a broad sense. In other words, picking bananas from a tree with a stick in the prehistoric period, when the monkey first took a stick, is a reasonable approach, although now it would look strange. To question the geocentric model of the solar system, when strange, inexplicable trajectories of the planets and errors in the predictions of the geocentric theory were discovered, in order to then immediately build the correct model - this would also be a reasonable approach, but as we know, in fact, the history of the geocentric model contains a lot of unreasonableness and this theory was not rejected as soon as it should have been. At the same time, when the geocentric model only appeared and fully described reality, then this was also reasonable. Unreasonableness began with attempts to attract by the ears new facts, which, like mushrooms after rain, began to appear, starting from a certain point in scientific history, and did not fit into the geocentric model. The same can be said about the flat Earth: as long as this idea worked without failures, the cognitive methodology that led people to this model could well be described as reasonable.

From the examples given, it should be clear that despite the fact that a reasonable approach is universal and potentially contains the ability to solve any problem and explain any phenomenon, its application by a person in practice is not devoid of the need to reconsider his beliefs from time to time. A reasonable approach seems to be the guardian of a holistic picture of the world, holistic and consistent, therefore, when contradictions appear, a reasonable approach must eliminate them. By the power of people, of course, and not by itself.

One might get the impression that a reasonable approach is a kind of mythical abstraction, behind which, in essence, there is nothing. For example, the reader can imagine a magic button, by pressing which, we get a solution to any problem. And it is perfectly legitimate to ask the question: where is this button? This is a misconception, because a reasonable approach is the most real tool, but it cannot be described specifically due to its universality. It cannot, for example, be described in the form of an algorithm, just as an algorithm for independent thinking cannot exist; think for yourself: if you knew the algorithm, acting strictly according to which, you immediately received an independent solution, would it then be independent? The act of independent thinking is one of the most important components of a reasonable approach. Although, we can say that all the components of a reasonable approach are the most important, and we can even say that this approach consists of completely different elements. This will not change the essence.

So, when a person is faced with a task or problem, he must understand how to solve it correctly. But what does “right” mean? A reasonable approach differs from any rational or scientific approach in that, among other things, it gives, albeit complex, but quite specific instructions for the word "correct". The correct solution is the solution that eliminates the original problem or task, while not violating the harmony and integrity of the existing picture of the world and without contradictions allows you to get out of the current situation. From a number of decisions, it is preferable to choose the simplest one, but this may depend on a number of factors, for example, on how a particular person understands what is “easy” for him. This is a superficial description, one could add a couple of thousand words to it, then it will become more detailed, but I will not do this, since this article only gives indirect descriptions of the basic elements.

You ask: what to do if it is impossible without contradictions? A reasonable approach to that and universal, which includes the possibility of such an outcome of events when the picture of a person's world begins to burst at the seams because the correct solution simply does not fit in there, without breaking so carefully constructed model, but somehow it is necessary to shove it in. Reasonable methodology says that in this case the person's picture of the world is rebuilt in order to accommodate not only old facts (if their interpretation remains correct, and does not become false due to new data, as it can sometimes happen), but also new circumstances that arose in connection with the solution of that unusual problem that led to the need to reorganize their ideas.

A reasonable approach is as broad as possible and cannot be part of some other, comprehensive approach, because if this were so, then there would be a problem that a reasonable approach would not help to solve, and it, by definition, allows you to solve any problem.

The rational approach is the only one, because if there were two fundamentally different rational approaches, then they would be fundamentally different from each other in some way, which means that one of them would include the other, due to the fact that it is all-encompassing.

A reasonable approach and a holistic consistent picture of the world are two important elements that characterize Homo sapiens. The initial act that sets this tandem in motion is an internal impulse, which can be called the word "desire", but can be called differently. The main thing is not to confuse emotionally a desire aimed at satisfying, for example, a social need, with a desire to understand the incomprehensible and expand your picture of the world. These are still different desires, and the second of them is consciously controlled by a person, and sometimes this control is given to him with the expenditure of very tangible forces. In general, you can call it whatever you like, but the fact is that this primordial spark is clearly fixed in our culture, igniting the desire to improve oneself and the world around us, in other words, development in line with the harmonious movement of the entire Universe.

Despite the fact that a reasonable approach in a broad sense cannot be described specifically, nevertheless, in relation to our era and to modern people in particular, it can be clarified by a number of basic principles. These basic principles can be very different, each person could develop them for himself, but here are the simplest and most understandable for the majority.

A reasonable person must understand an incomprehensible phenomenon, a problem or a task before drawing conclusions or starting to take decisive and irreversible actions. A reasonable person should try to find a way to explain, prove or somehow motivate his position in relation to a certain process or phenomenon, and he should explain it not only for himself, but also for other people who need it. A reasonable person cannot sacrifice common sense for the sake of emotional comfort, but he can sacrifice the latter in order to achieve justice. Justice, truth, freedom - these are just a few words that can characterize the thinking style of a reasonable person. A reasonable person cannot "stand still", he is constantly developing and improving, in a certain sense, his task is to pull along, and not to reach for others. A reasonable person thinks through the whole situation well before doing something important, but there are times when you need to make a decision instantly. In this case, the habit of thinking, which a reasonable person constantly fosters in himself, will allow him to intuitively make the right decision with a much greater probability than in a similar case, an example of a person with an ordinary consciousness. The habit of thinking, constructively eliminating the defects of one's picture of the world, courage in resolving internal contradictions - these are the rules by which a rational person differs most from other people. A reasonable person will not run away from a problem or turn a blind eye to it, because he knows that it will overtake him anyway; on the contrary, a sane person may perceive a problem as an excuse to test their skills, become better, and learn new things.

Now for the important point: the elements of a smart approach described here are just one way to understand the idea. In a broad sense, a reasonable approach in general, it seems to me, cannot be described completely through the existing elements of culture, but one can try to "touch" it through indirect descriptions. And such a description could have been made differently, without changing the essence of what was said. Each person who adheres to a reasonable approach, at least intuitively, subsequently creates his own projection of a reasonable methodology, applicable in his own life.