The definition of reverse thinking is based on thinking direction, and the definition of thinking direction is based on our daily thinking habits. Personally, whether it is reverse thinking mainly depends on whether it is consistent with our daily thinking habits.
For example, if the child doesn't want to do the homework left by his father, his father has a brainwave and says, son, I'll do the homework. How about you check it? The child agreed happily, carefully checked his father's "homework" and listed the formula for his father to explain.
Usually, people's brains are unwilling to change their habitual behavior patterns. The reason why the brain resists change: when the distant ancestors of human beings are animals, it is very important to make a quick decision in order to survive. When working as a team, it is helpful to improve the efficiency of cooperation by not changing behavior habits easily. This tendency leads to the tendency to maintain the status quo and hinders personal progress.
Thinking consumes energy, and the brain doesn't like being so tired, so the first reaction of the brain to new thinking is to refuse, and the most essential thing is to be too lazy to think, because thinking will make him feel uncomfortable. This is why cattle people are emphasizing green thinking and getting out of the comfort zone.
This is the origin of reverse thinking, that is, unconventional geological problems, starting with problems, finding problems and seeking breakthroughs. (The following example is a bit heavy, so don't look at it if you eat it. )
This is the progressive level of reverse thinking, that is, not infatuating with the known, not asking the known, and reasonably sublating it.
Conventional thinking algorithm: loss equals expenditure MINUS income.
Expenditure: 30+ 100= 130? Income: 40? Loss: 130-40=90
Inverse thinking algorithm: The money I lost is the money earned by the young man-a pair of shoes 30 yuan plus 60 yuan equals 90 yuan.
You may have a flaw in your thinking: the money my neighbor gave me is real money, and this 100 yuan is 40 for me and 60 for that guy; When I returned 100 yuan to my neighbor, it actually included my 40 yuan.
This is the deep level of reverse thinking, that is, through the self-activity of the mind and the introspection of nature, the rigid obstacles are eliminated and the optimization ideas are cleaned up.
The application of reverse thinking must have a clear purpose, and a specific problem in objective reality should be properly used, and it cannot be abused without purpose.
Reverse thinking has its objective basis, so the application of reverse thinking must be based on its objective basis. Reverse thinking that is divorced from reality will only be a cloud ~ ~ and can't solve practical problems.
Reverse thinking is a thinking mode used by smart people, and Musk's first principle also belongs to generalized reverse thinking. In fact, this way of thinking is reflected in the probability theory and reduction to absurdity in our second year of high school. Using reverse thinking greatly simplifies the operation steps and improves the efficiency.