The Mechanism of Mind - Edward de Bono

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 rejection 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 thinking – 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