Siheyuan: Returning from studying abroad, with extraordinary understanding

The human brain is divided into two systems. One is the primitive brain system, which is responsible for human instincts, such as emotions, breathing, digestion, subconsciousness, etc.

The other is the rational brain system, which is the evolved consciousness that can think rationally.

This rational brain has the functions of summarizing, ruminating, discovering patterns, learning, creating and inventing, and can be called a smart brain.

The rational brain evolved from humans’ use of tools. Compared to the primitive brain, it has only a few million years of history and is at most one-tenth of the primitive brain.

Humans have always been controlled by the primitive brain, which is dominant, while the rational brain is auxiliary.

To put it simply, people are controlled by emotions.

For example, a person who despises the poor and loves the rich, when seeing the life of rich people, will imagine himself as a rich person and how his life would be. Such beautiful fantasies can make people feel very happy.

When (he) continues to fantasize, the brain will continue to strengthen its memory. Coupled with the constant bombardment of information from the outside world, his or her idea that "the life of rich people is just like what he or she fantasizes about" will be further strengthened.

By constantly fantasizing, you can get constant emotional stimulation and make yourself happy.

Under such repeated reinforcement, his thoughts and behaviors will be guided, he will look down on the poor, insult and abuse the poor, curry favor with the rich, be servile to the rich, and pray for their appreciation, so that he can live a rich life.

Once this idea is deeply rooted in their hearts, they will do all kinds of weird things.

There are such people in both modern and ancient times.

To put it bluntly, they are all people who are controlled by their emotions, that is, people who are controlled by their primitive brains.

In fact, when it comes down to it, it’s all about admiration for the strong.

And being superior to others is also an extension of admiring the strong.

For example, rich people actually have strong power over others and can live a comfortable life.

The desire to be rich actually means that you want to live a better life, without having to worry about your future, and be able to do whatever you want.

The idea of ​​being superior and admiring the strong is engraved in human genes.

In primitive society, if you have more resources and are stronger than others, you can survive.

The primitive brain knows that you can survive, so it naturally gives you happy emotions.

It is not enough to survive, you need to live better, so there are more desires.

The primitive brain regards every desire as prey. Every desire that is satisfied means that you have harvested a prey, so your emotions will be greatly satisfied and you will naturally feel happy.

To put it in modern terms, it actually means a goal and a purpose. To achieve a goal and a purpose is to harvest the prey. How can you not be happy?

Of course, human emotions have thresholds. Once there are too many similar things or the purpose is low, you will lose interest, feel emotionally resistant, and have bad emotions.

That is to say, I'm tired of it.

It is not enough for people to survive, they also need to reproduce, so those who understand will understand.

In most cases, humans are controlled by the primitive brain. Without the primitive brain, humans cannot survive.

However, the rational brain is not useless. It can, in turn, tell the primitive brain how to survive better.

For some people, the rational brain can play a huge role.

For example, through reading and studying, or as people grow older and gain more experience, they can control their emotions and think about problems more rationally.

When encountering difficulties, know not to back down.

There are always more solutions than problems. This sentence is to tell everyone that the difficulties before you are not a life-and-death crisis. As long as you have the courage to face them, you can solve them and you will not die.

The greatest function of the rational brain is reflection and summary.

For example, if you do something wrong, you will think over and over again about what you did wrong and what you would do if you encountered the same thing.

However, not everyone is willing to calm down and think.

Because sometimes thinking will lead you into a dead end and make you get stuck in a rut.

Because you can't think of a solution for a long time, your primitive brain will tell you that if you can't solve this difficulty or problem, you will die, so you will keep thinking.

Difficult moments linger in your mind, and if there is a time limit, you will become even more anxious.

You will stare at the time and tell yourself that if you can't solve it, you will die.

When you reach a critical point and are denied by others again, you will collapse directly!

People refuse to be denied, because being denied means death.

If we understand how the brain works, we can find solutions.

For example, when you encounter difficulties, tell yourself in your heart that this is not a crisis, you don’t need to escape, and you will not die even if you cannot solve it.

Therefore, there is no need to be afraid and retreat, but to understand the objective situation.

Without death threats, what are you afraid of?

Then, the primitive brain will step back and the rational brain will take over and start working, thinking about solutions instead of avoiding them.

If you understand the situation carefully, know what the difficulty is, what its nature is, whether existing methods can solve it, and if you cannot solve it yourself, can't you ask others for help?

If you think in this way, you won’t feel fear anymore.

Regardless of whether the difficulty can be solved or not, you have already taken the first step.

When you try your best to solve a problem, even if you fail to solve it in the end, you will have a clear conscience.

Just because it doesn’t work this time doesn’t mean it won’t work next time.

For example, Jiang Yuanhang.

He understood the situation at the ironworks, and when he couldn't solve a problem himself or could not think of a solution, he asked others for help.

However, asking others for help does not mean that you don’t have to think for yourself.

He was still thinking about solutions in his office.

Even if you can't think of a solution, at least when you ask others for help and they give you similar solutions, you will be able to understand them quickly.

I don’t think about it at all. Even when others give guidance, I still can’t solve the problem.

People still need to be independent!

The organization told him to be independent and self-reliant.

Even if you have help from others, you should have an independent mindset, learn advanced things from others, and apply them to your own needs.

Things are not static. Everything is different, so we need to analyze specific problems specifically.

Otherwise, it will become dogmatism.

After Jiang Yuanhang thought for a long time, he finally gave up.

He has to give up, he has reached a dead end.

From the analysis of contradictions, his main contradiction now is not to find a solution, but to improve his own knowledge level.

Or maybe it was his level of understanding of iron smelting, otherwise, he would always be wandering there.

Jiang Yuanhang didn't think any more about it, but went to communicate with his colleagues in the technical department. Perhaps he could think of some solutions during the communication.

A person's knowledge is limited, so it is necessary to communicate with others.

Mutual communication, different ideas, different ways of thinking, communication and collision may create different sparks!