Edward De Bono - Six Thinking Hats.pdf

impose higher sentences, the preventive efect can be lost. Nevertheless, it could say that it is
probable that a greater dissuasion has "some efect" in the reduction of the crime. Here we
arrived at the point in which we must determine exact amplitude of the expression "some efect".
From the point of Vista of the additional cost that implies to maintain to people inprisión the
efect it can very little be. But we could deepen more. Perhaps the increase of pain could not
increase or make worse the crimes? The criminal can feel more inclined to kill its victim so that
there is less probability of than capture if the pain is very severe. The prolonged permanence
more in prison by a crime of smaller quantity can turn a delinquent criminal hardened. Finally, the
greater cost than implies to maintain people in prison can have less consequences than if that
same money were spent in to increase the dowry police.
The point interesting which it agrees to stand out in this example it is that it is needed great
amount of imagination in order to generate consequences and possibilities alternatives.
As I wrote in Practical Thinking, the test usually is only lack of imagination. This bond for science, the
right and stops most of which it is not system closed like the mathematics and the philosophical
games of words.
In practice, one of the best forms to show a logic error is to present/display a possibility or
alternative explanation.
.. .It is truth that in many countries the amount of divorces increases on a par that the amount of
machines lavarropas, but that does not mean necessarily that these cause the divorce. The reason
of both tendencies can be in the greater wealth, in the progress of the society, or in the increase of
women who work, etc.
...It is truth that if we probably raised the prices the sales diminish. But if we managed to
present/display the product like offirst quality, we could obtain type diferent from buyer and thus
the diminution of the sales would be compensated by the increase of income.
Here we return to the aspect of "probability" of which we spoke with regard to thought of white hat.
He is perfectly acceptable to indicate one possible alternative, but never is due to maintain that
all the alternatives are equally probable. The thought never must forget that black hat never it is
an argument.
How we approached the subject of the error in the map of the thought?
A person think that an increase of the pain would reduce the crime. Another one thinks that this is
one possible but not demonstrated supposition. When it is possible, one is due to use references to
statistics or some real experience to help to decide subject (thought of white hat). If the subject
cannot be settled, in map the diferent alternative points of view are written down like possibilities.
When the tests are particularly weak, it is possible to be classified possibility like opinion.
Whatever it uses the map has then option to pay attention to that opinion or to ignore it.