This component of executive intelligence is perhaps what makes you human. Abstract reasoning is what allows you to work on your emotions, feelings, doubts, fears, and other psychological aspects. You can think in abstract terms about “things” that don’t exist in the physical world but in the mental or emotional one. You can also think about what you think (metacognition). Abstract reasoning is what helps you feel that your existence is worth it. Without the capacity for abstract reasoning, you would have an excessively pragmatic and meaningless life.
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