Mechanism of Mind
Publisher: Penguin
Year Published: 1968
The human mind can be regarded as an insoluble mystery .. or as a fairly
simple and fallible system which depends on the behaviour of its
mechanical units. Patterns made by drops of water on different surfaces
or by electric bulbs in advertising displays help Dr de Bono, in this
fascinating and provocative book, to build up a picture of a 'special
memory-surface', which might resemble the brain in its selection,
processing and rejecting of information. With simple analogies he
illustrates the mind's tendency to create and consolidate rigid patterns,
to build myths, to polarize and divide, and then relates these mechanisms
to the various modes of thining - natural, logical, mathematical,
and lateral. In conclusion, Edward de Bono coins and defines a new word
of one syllable, with the startling suggestion that its addition to the
language could greatly widen the effectiveness of human thinking.
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