Think Like Einstein: Think Smarter, Creatively Solve Problems, and Sharpen Your Judgment. How to Develop a Logical Approach to Life and Ask the Right Questions

I didn’t know it at the time, but I was making the mistake of thinking too literally. The questions I kept asking were about how someone must have broken into the room and slain the man and snuck back out, and that the room only had the illusion of impenetrability. I couldn’t think outside the box and view the puddle of water as something different – a block of ice, as it could have been a few hours ago.

Now, think fast: Janet and Daniel are found dead on a table with only broken glass and water around them.

making the mistake of thinking too literally

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They’re hard to catch, but people love to use straw man arguments when they feel like they have nothing legitimate on their side, so they have to make their arguments about the implications, or ripple effect, and not the argument itself.

argument to health and obesity, where the first argument is only about the gym itself. Therefore, the straw man argument is when a false argument is created, yet treated as the same issue

An argument is put forth, and then that argument is refuted by the straw man, which actually isn’t

straw man argument.

Here’s how it sounds:

Argument: “This is why the gym should be closed.”
Straw man: “So you’re saying you’re against health and for the obesity epidemic of this country?”
You: “Well, that wasn’t really what I was saying…”

Here’s a riddle you may have heard before.

In other words, you will remember something far better if you study for one hour a day, versus twenty hours in one weekend