Brainteasers That'll Remind You That The Obvious Solution Isn't Always The Right One

byEugene

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5 years ago

Hello Family, some things to think about...

1) We sometimes hide behind rhetorical ploys like “common sense” or “obvious” for lack of an ability to justify our answers.

2)If you ask a question that builds on the obvious info that someone gave you, you'll seem like you're more interested - and interesting.

3) Perhaps it's better sometimes to just ask a simple question and deal with the obvious comments rather than to preempt them.

4)As simple as the question may appear, the actual, factual answer usually isn’t going to be obvious and it will take some substantial “digging” in order to find the right information.

5) The problem with obvious answers is that people rarely bother writing them down.

6) Most questions don’t have an obvious answer, but some do, so if something is instinctive to you, don’t disregard it just for its simplicity.

7) Sometimes I forget an obvious answer and end up searching for it twice.

8) I realize that a question I have is dumb when I spend a long time finding the solution, and it turns out to be obvious.

9) Occasionally, in our efforts to do or say what we think is right, we can miss the obvious.

10) A second possible cause of missing the obvious is being distracted or misled by the context.

11) Sometimes we have to look beyond the holy and search for the obvious.

12) Only after the right answer appears do we recognize it to be obvious.

They’re not obvious because they’re easy to find, they’re obvious because, in fact, there’s an answer.