Original Thinking

While considering the difficulties of original thinking, the speaker mentions two girls born at the same time, who were 1 rather than twins. He identifies the problem with making implicit assumptions because the listener may have been guilty of 2 two females. He recommends questioning your assumptions, which is the key to 3 thinking. The brain is full of ideas which pop into our consciousness, and we would be 4 if we didn't limit them. The speaker uses schizophrenics as an example, where people can be swamped with 5 and ideas. Luckily, the majority of people have cognitive filters which kill less 6 ideas. When you relax and open your mind, a 7 can pop into your mind. When you exercise elastic thinking, you question an assumption, you 8 a mental barrier, and adapt to change. You need to eliminate anything that would focus your mind, like your phone which you might feel 9, or you might wonder about.