in any study it is good to think of possibilities, and if you think of possibilities that are way out sometimes, you may speedily find evidence that yet sometimes they’re incorrect the thinking of them will bring to your mind something else you have thought wouldn’t of otherwise, and that may actually work out. There seem to be two types of thinking. I believe there is the "creative" and the "critical," and if we try to do them both at once we accomplish either one of them. I don’t think one of the greatest things we can do to advance our ability in most any line of thinking or work is to try to separate the two. For the creative, think of what you might do to improve what you are doing; think of ways in which you could accomplish more things. Make new ideas even if they are far off, even if they seem rather absurd: think of them; think think of something and just say, "Oh no, impossible," creatively. Don’t that’s and throw it to the side. But think of various possibilities and then as a separate act apply your critical faculty to examining the possibilities and seeing why they or won’t work, wrong with them, and as you do that often get an insight or see what’s you’ll you’ll something that can be very useful that you have seen if you had not used your wouldn’t creative ability. And I think very helpful in studying the Scriptures. Think of any that’s idea no matter how far out, but then adopt it until you have criticized it and have don’t examined it carefully to see whether valid or not. it’s Edited and Narrated by Dr. Perry Phillips Initial Editing by Ted Hildebrandt Transcribed by Peggy Hennings
in any study it is good to think of possibilities, and if you think of possibilities that are way out sometimes, you may speedily find evidence that they’re incorrect yet sometimes the thinking of them will bring to your mind something else you wouldn’t have thought of otherwise, and that may actually work out. There seem to be two types of thinking. I believe there is the "creative" and the "critical," and if we try to do them both at once we don’t accomplish either one of them. I think one of the greatest things we can do to advance our ability in most any line of thinking or work is to try to separate the two. For the creative, think of what you might do to improve what you are doing; think of ways in which you could accomplish more things. Make new ideas even if they are far off, even if they seem rather absurd: think of them; think creatively. Don’t think of something and just say, "Oh no, that’s impossible," and throw it to the side. But think of various possibilities and then as a separate act apply your critical faculty to examining the possibilities and seeing why they won’t work, or what’s wrong with them, and as you do that often you’ll get an insight or you’ll see something that can be very useful that you wouldn’t have seen if you had not used your creative ability. And I think that’s very helpful in studying the Scriptures. Think of any idea no matter how far out, but then don’t adopt it until you have criticized it and have examined it carefully to see whether it’s valid or not. Edited and Narrated by Dr. Perry Phillips Initial Editing by Ted Hildebrandt Transcribed by Peggy Hennings