THE POWER OF THINKING WITHOUT THINKING 思考不如直覺

Perhaps you are that sort of person who always struggle in making decision, just like me. You keep imagine the possible outcomes of each decision yet this ironically becomes an obstacle of making decision. The power of “thinking without thinking” from the book ‘Blink’ written by Malcolm Gladwell is probably something you and me long for. The principle is simple but hard to follow: be true to your intuition. Sounds non-scientific? This reminds me of a psychological research I have studied before: ever struggled over whether or not to change your first answer in exams? Answer from psychologists is positive: students who change dubious answers usually improve their test scores, thanks to the mysterious power of intuition.

也許你跟我一樣，時常有這樣的時候：站在決定岔口之前，踟躕不前。你在腦海不斷構思推想每一個決定的後果，但不住的思索沒能協助你下決定，反之成為了絆腳石。Malcolm Gladwell的暢銷作品《Blink》所提及的思考力量，一種毋需思考的思考力量，也許就是你我最需要的東西。秘訣知易行難：依照直覺所指示，就成。聽來沒科學根據？我忽然憶起大學唸心理學時曾經讀過的一個研究實驗。考試覆卷時，你有否曾陷入應否改變題目答案的兩難局面？心理學家的答案很淺易：即管依從直覺塗改吧，大部分答案更改後都會變為正確。這直覺的力量確實神秘而無從稽考。