"We now know that new ideas require new connections (in the brain new ideas create new synapases)and therefore new ideas are at a disadvantage to old ideas.* This does not mean we cannot learn new things, but it does mean we must remove or modify existing connections in order to register new thoughts. Old connectionsthat are no longer needed are actually dissolved (physically by special compounds in brain.)...we can now understand that for the mind to accept a new truth, we not only have to create new neural connections, we have to abandon the existing ones and that takes time and energy, which and economizing brain is reluctant to provide."
"Also, as data or information is sensed, it is processed into categories for economy of thought . . .categorization in the mind is physical. Nouns are stored in one physical location of the brain and verbs are stored in another location."
...how we order knowledge...is what we call "strategies". Depending on reinforcement from our environment we will adopt or abandon a given strategy. If we obtain our goals with a given strategy, we will retain it as part of our belief system. Each belief becomes part of the mind's operating system."
The mind is continually sensing, ordering and developing strategies. It is always open to new possibilities but to varying degrees depending on how hard-wired the existing idea is. As adults we week validation of existing beliefs (knowledge and strategies) and do not like change."
"Just like practice makes perfect in sports, repetition of an idea or thought can create a perfect reality that only exists in the mind of the one who created it. It can become real regardless of contradictory evidence."
"WE ARE WHAT WE FEED OUR MINDS"
*The Amazing Brain, Robert Ornstein and Richard F. Thompson
quotations from Seven Steps to Effective Problem Solving and Strategies for Personal Success
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