Sunday, August 23, 2009

Analogical

Analogical decision is kind of opposite of Logical decision.

It is a borrowed decision from prior similar context. Some kind of Pattern Recognition. Finding a similar problem that was solved before and applying prior same solution.

“Don’t break if it is working”, “Let’s not reinvent the wheel”: these phrases might indicate Analogical thinking.

analogical decisions are safer compared to Logical ones.

analogical decisions are less accurate/relevant decisions compared to Logical ones.

analogical decisions are easier to accept, it was done before, people know about it.

Thus analogical decisions are most popular.