HaHa
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http://www.nytimes.com/2009/08/16/opinion/16gopnik.html?pagewanted=2&_r=1&em
When I was reading this article, I was struck in particular by a couple of bits.
"Babies and very young children are terrible at planning and aiming for precise goals. When we say that preschoolers can’t pay attention, we really mean that they can’t not pay attention: they have trouble focusing on just one event and shutting out all the rest. This has led us to underestimate babies in the past. But the new research tells us that babies can be rational without being goal-oriented.
Babies are captivated by the most unexpected events. Adults, on the other hand, focus on the outcomes that are the most relevant to their goals."
"Each kind of intelligence has benefits and drawbacks. Focus and planning get you to your goal more quickly but may also lock in what you already know, closing you off to alternative possibilities."
It seems to me that the mind of an ENTP works in a very similar way to that of a small child. This might contribute to our apparent "immaturity" along with the prodigious creativity. Anyone smarter than me want to offer an opinion?
When I was reading this article, I was struck in particular by a couple of bits.
"Babies and very young children are terrible at planning and aiming for precise goals. When we say that preschoolers can’t pay attention, we really mean that they can’t not pay attention: they have trouble focusing on just one event and shutting out all the rest. This has led us to underestimate babies in the past. But the new research tells us that babies can be rational without being goal-oriented.
Babies are captivated by the most unexpected events. Adults, on the other hand, focus on the outcomes that are the most relevant to their goals."
"Each kind of intelligence has benefits and drawbacks. Focus and planning get you to your goal more quickly but may also lock in what you already know, closing you off to alternative possibilities."
It seems to me that the mind of an ENTP works in a very similar way to that of a small child. This might contribute to our apparent "immaturity" along with the prodigious creativity. Anyone smarter than me want to offer an opinion?