How to Solve Problems Using Our Conscience and Our Unconscious Mind

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In a book by brewster giselin, virtually every single person tells you that the key idea they had, they weren't even thinking consciously about it when it popped into their heads. A friend of mine used to in calculus class, whod get stumped on a problem, and he learned, don't just keep working on it. Go to sleep. Wake up in the morning and the solution may be there. And i use it myself as generating thought questions fr for a seminar. If i wait until just before thesem ar right questions for next week's seminar, they're not going to be very good. They're so much better than what i would have done. Thereare

Richard Nisbett is one of the world's most respected psychologists. His work focuses on issues in social psychology and cognitive science. Richard is also the Theodore M. Newcomb Distinguished University Professor of Psychology Emeritus at the University of Michigan.

Richard's most recent book is Thinking: A memoir.

Read more about Richard at his website: richardnisbett.com.

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