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Synergistic thinking - VII: Resistance to depth

Synergistic thinking - I Synergistic thinking - II Synergistic thinking - III Synergistic thinking - IV Synergistic thinking - V Synergistic thinking - VI In this post, I'll not repeat myself and define synergistic thinking and contrast it with imperative thinking again.. Please read the earlier posts in this series for my theory of synergistic thinking. ~*~*~*~*~*~*~ As a teacher, one of the very common traits I see among students is what I call "resistance to depth." This is the mental reluctance to explore deeper in a given topic and instead, try to want to move sideways and work on several diverse projects -- albeit in a superficial manner. There is nothing "morally" wrong about resistance to depth and it should not be treated as such, whenever I urge students to dig deeper. It is a very human tendency -- I display the very same resistance myself; and I'm sure most others do as well. Resistance to depth is a fundamental survival tactic as I will explain