[Shop-talk] Stubbornness and the impediments to troubleshooting

[Neil Sherry]

Plenty of studies on this sort of thing - in some realms it is known as
'Psychological Inertia' - the tendency for our minds to head along a certain
familiar path. It is vital to how we function - so we can do routine tasks
without stopping to think - like tying our shoelaces, driving - in fact most
of what we do. 
It becomes an impediment when we need to do something different - whether
that is new thinking for innovation and invention or troubleshooting a
problem that doesn't follow the obvious pattern - and in many cases the
answer was blindingly obvious, but we just didn't see it. Think of many
jokes - the plays on words that sneak up on you.
You can't just tell someone to think differently, or snap out of it, we need
tricks to do it. So many lateral thinking techniques do this - and the tip
of talking to the dog or whatever is another good way.
Neil

-----Original Message-----
From: Shop-talk [mailto:shop-talk-bounces at autox.team.net] On Behalf Of Jim
Franklin
Sent: 05 April 2017 13:49
To: Shop-talk at autox.team.net
Subject: Re: [Shop-talk] Stubbornness and the impediments to troubleshooting

I think that is related to the reason I, and others, almost willfully
disregard the answer in front of us. In having to explain it to someone
else, we have to now confront our biases, and the solution becomes clear. I
bet someone could make a lot of money on a book about this. :-)

jim

On Apr 4, 2017, at 7:59 PM, Steven Trovato <strovato at optonline.net> wrote:

> I find that there is a lot of value in finding someone to help.  The
process of explaining all the details and the steps I have taken, is
sometimes enough to show me what I was overlooking.  They may help without
ever saying a word!  If I could convince myself to explain the situation
with the same attitude, it would probably help to enlist the assistance of
the family dog.
> 
> -Steve
> 
> At 08:20 AM 4/4/2017, Jeff Scarbrough wrote:
>> On Mon, Apr 3, 2017 at 8:52 PM, Jim Franklin <jamesf at groupwbench.org>
wrote:
>> > No matter how many times my assumptions are thrown back in my face, I
can't shake this approach of being so cocksure about something. Anyone else?
> 
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