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[MBTI General] NF seeking book recommendation RE: logic, decision making, or critical thinking...

jamiek

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I'm looking to strengthen the rational side of my personality, so I'd love any book recommendations that y'all may have. I've read a bit about cognitive biases, so am more interested in an overview of logic, decision making, or critical thinking. Given that this subject area isn't my strength, though, I'm open to any and all suggestions.

Thanks in advance!
 

violet_crown

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Have you considered studying math? You could use a site like Khan Academy to review/learn just about any topic in mathematics you could think of.
 

xisnotx

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Lol so you want another person to tell you how to think critically?

Id second learning a programming language...it gives you a platform from which you can structure thought.
 

Istbkleta

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Lol so you want another person to tell you how to think critically?

Id second learning a programming language...it gives you a platform from which you can structure thought.

Not everybody has been practicing Ti since birth.

I'd say the language is not leading to synergies unless u r in IT so take a look at your life and think how you can integrate this in a way that leads to some kind of value creation.

language, chemistry problems, math problems, GMAT, etc.

But my impression is that most of higher edu is Te-Fi, not Ti (independent, original, own vs. somebody else's T).

Alternatively, have an affair with a Ti-dom (I hear ISTPs are pretty good-looking + NFs like affairs = synergy)
 

jamiek

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Thanks everyone for the recommendations... I can't wait to do some of the reading y'all recommended.
 

yenom

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All things must be examined, debated, investigated, without exception and without regard for anyone's feelings.

I like this sig.
 

visaisahero

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I enjoyed Nassim Taleb's Black Swan. Also, More Sex Is Safer Sex, by Steven Landsburg.
 

Rasofy

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Since you're an INFJ, you may want to take a look at these classics:

-How to doorslam reasonably

-Doorslamming deconstructed

-Game theory applied to doorslaming
 

jamiek

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Since you're an INFJ, you may want to take a look at these classics:

-How to doorslam reasonably
-Doorslamming deconstructed
-Game theory applied to doorslaming

And let's not forget:

- The Adoorable Life: Introduction to Your First Doorslam

Does closing my internet browser instead of responding to this thread count as a doorslam?!? :)
 

theAdamMeister

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"How to SpeedRead People" by the Teigers. I loved it (but I usually prefer reading applied stuff, so it may not be your taste - i.e., you might be looking for fiction reading).
 
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