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Fundamental Thinking Erorr

We’re All Insane! Second Edition will teach you how to think better and saner.

Fundamental thinking error that underlies most thinking problems is that identification is reality. To do better in life stop making this error now.

“If you don’t believe in the innate unreasonableness of human beings, just try raising children.” —Thomas Sowell

This thinking error is so common that it deserves its own page.
The error can be considered under the basic heading of an error in generalizing or, more specifically, an error in overgeneralizing.
The error is found everywhere, but it is the favorite of the educated, the legal system, propaganda, news, and damning.
This same error causes the arrogance of science and the political elite.
It also causes nearly all of the problems that science creates for itself.

In the area of examination or discussion, find one exact verbal match to your idea.
Use this exact verbal match to cover the entire situation, event, or discussion area.
Focus on this verbal match as reality and ignore the actual events themselves and any influences on those events.
Use the existence of this verbal match to deny any other point of view.

Chemical imbalance theory: find the fact that when someone is depressed, there is a corresponding effect in the chemical imbalance in their brain chemistry.
Use this fact to explain the depression, ignoring all reality for this one verbal reality.
Deny the influences of thinking, feeling, habit, personality, environment, stress, coping skills, problem-solving skills, relationship skills, support system, physical health, mental health, spiritual health, employment, family conflict, etc.
Say anyone who disagrees with this pharmaceutical viewpoint is anti-science and anti-medicine.

General Semantics sees the “is” of identity as the underlying problem or main thinking error.

Many have recognized treating thoughts as things as a problem, as can be seen from the number of words used to express this idea: concretize, hypostatize, objectify, reify, and thingify.

This author speaks of reified thoughts as thought-things, as thoughts that are treated as things instead of as thoughts.

Read and discover the best diagrams and maps of how people play games with your mind and heart.