Judgment and Thinking Abilities

Judgment

Judgment is the ability to make considered decisions or come to sensible conclusions. It requires discernment, acumen, shrewdness, astuteness, common sense, logic, perception, wisdom and power of reason.

We can see judgment applied from the caveman’s ability to avoid being killed by the sabre-tooth tiger to the farmer adjusting his chemical spray according to his soil conditions. We also see the same farmer taking a calculated risk by rotating his crops based on expected rainfall.

We see the best example of good judgment used by the Founders in the way they initially structured the US government to benefit the citizens and created a meritocracy other nations could emulate.

We see the best recent example of bad judgment in UN Agenda 21 based on the global warming hoax. We saw how prevalent bad judgment is when all world leaders signed up to it in 1992 at Rio.

Thinking

Thinking is the process of using one's mind to consider or reason about something. It is associated with intelligence, logic and rationality. Thinking can take many forms.  One form involves planning to do what you need to do.  Another involves wondering about things and looking up facts to inform yourself.  Thinking is used in problem solving and requires knowledge of processes, cause and effect. Thinking is a solitary endeavor. It’s your life and you’re on your own. You have to have an opinion to participate in collaborative efforts, so you have to have done some thinking.

Emotions can cloud thinking and we need to consider the consequences of bad choices. This isn’t rocket science, but it does require some maturity to make good choices. Wishful thinking is dangerous. Group think is a disaster.  If thinking makes your head hurt, you need to join a slower group.

Thinking about important things is imperative. Thinking about unimportant things is a waste of time and we have no time to waste.

Norb Leahy, Dunwoody GA Tea Party Leader