"The way people think..." Your thoughts?

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I'm feeling rather proud of this post and felt it deserved its own thread.


On a different angle, I've noticed the way very many NT's seem to think. Quick, but simple... surface-level only. No depth. A procedure only - no knowledge of why it's done.
The vehicle equivalent of a sports car.

I tend to think very, very differently. Significantly slower to get started, but can think fast once rolling - at a far greater depth. I don't just learn a simple procedure then regurgitate it, I dig for all the reasons WHY something is done to learn the job thoroughly and KNOW why something is done. Better yet, then I can improve it or make corrections when something goes wrong. Even "simple" speech is a complicated, thought-out process... and I have to analyse facial expressions, tone, humour, double-meanings, hidden meanings, etc.... thinking like mad about all implications and outcomes.
I'll call this the vehicle equivalent of a cargo truck with an extra trailer.

In simple things, the sports car zips right past me - laughing all the way about how much better s/he is.

In complex things, I can handle the load and crunch the data, and give a true solution. Few have admired this though, because most day-to-day thinking doesn't require a "semi." Even when faced with a difficult problem many people prefer the "sports car" approach because it's quick and appears to offer a solution right away. When the ill-advice goes awry (as it often does) someone else will be blamed, if any blame is laid at all! Often, the Powers That Be will have no connection between the old problem and the new problem created by the quick and dirty solution.

Too many people feel that "slow thinkers" are dum-dums, rather than considering I may be a heavy, complex-thinking near-genius. Then again... if I take so long doing the everyday stuff, how big of a genius could I possibly be?

Yeah your basically right.

From my experience most people rely heavily on instinctual reaction and behavioral programming autonomic reflexes.

I think its a common cultural misconception rather than an instinctual response to believe a fast answer denotes intelligence regardless of the responses content.

In any event I find it sad to look about and see glorified parrots so averse to original thought you begin to question their sentience.

I don't judge a person by their intelligence.. a persons capacity for raw processing is mostly determined by genetics.. but I find cognitive laziness.. not bothering to take the time and effort to figure something out.. to be repulsive.

I guess I don't really think of it as lazy-it just isn't natural for some people to think about things in depth. Just as trying to keep up with socializing wears me out, analyzing too much for others wears them out. Either way, it requires a lot of focus when trying to do something that doesn't come easy. But I must admit, I get bored quickly with a lot of people because they won't just stop and try to figure things out. Not their fault though.

It took tech geeks 9,000 years ago to make a halfway decent cup to drink out of and a home that could be lived in where the temperatures ran 120 degrees. They want their televisions, their sports cars, their shallow entertainment, their comfortable bathrooms, they have to come to us.