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A study showed that the average person has more than 6000 thoughts every day. That is approximately 4 thoughts every minute, or 1 thought every 15 seconds.
Despite having thousands of thoughts every day, we hardly could claim ourselves to be deeply creative and innovative.
In this stash, I will share 3 unintuitive ideas to challenge your thinking and encourage you to think outside the box.
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Known as the Mpemba effect, the phenomenon that hot water freezes faster than cold water was named after Erasto Mpemba.
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If youāre a chemist, you may feel underwhelmed or disappointed by this idea. āIsnāt this just a failed experiment then?ā.
If you took some time to explore the controversy online, however, you may discover a treasure trove of interesting theories proposed by science fanatics that tries to prove this phenomenon right.
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What is the average age of 3 boys aged 10, 15, and 20? Well, you can simply add all their ages up 10 + 15 + 20 = 45 and divide it by 3 ā giving you the answer of 15.
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You have 3 types of storybooks ā Book A, Book B, and Book C ā of varying quantities. You need to find the average number of words in the storybooks.Ā
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Here are your TWO options:
Even if youāre not a mathematician, you may be inclined to pick the 2nd option.
Perhaps surprisingly to some, both approaches are actually correct.
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Both averages are perfectly valid and one may be more suitable than the other depending on the context.
Surprised? Wellā¦ the learning point here isnāt about math.
Itās about realizing how we could adopt a shift in perspective and still derive the right answer.
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Are you more likely to receive help in a room with 3 people, or a room with 30 people? The answer may be surprising to some.
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Diffusion of Responsibility
Social Influence
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Both diffusion of responsibility and social influence makes it less likely for a person to receive help in a room with 3 people than in a room with 30 people.
The Bystander Effect, a counter-intuitive theory that the more people are present, the less likely youāll receive help, is yet another idea that challenges conventional logic.
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Thatās it! Do you feel weird, surprised, ambivalent, or even confused? If you did, then Iām glad that I have sparked some thoughts in your mind.
Recap of Our 3 Counter-Intuitive Ideas
I hope you have experienced some level of paradigm shift through learning about these thought-provoking ideas from numerous disciplines.
Keep learning. Keep thinking. Keep improving.
Iāll catch you in the next stash. Cheers!
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