Replying to LO29468 --
Dear friends,
Is a Mental Model not something like "an unconscious assumption"?
Something one has not reflected.
For me the geocentric universe, or the flat earth of pre-medeival times
are good examples of MM's. At present, the heliocentric, or spherical
earth are MM's. A MM will be a MM, as long as it is not thought over, or
questioned.
MM's are close to prejudices, one of the most severe barriers of creative
thinking. I consider prejudices as thoughts which are reduced to good/bad,
or black/white. MM's encompass a much broader scene.
Leo Minnigh
--leo minnigh <minnigh@dds.nl>
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