Chapter 161 Nonlinear Thinking

When eating in the student cafeteria in the evening, Wang Qi looked nervous because Wu Bin, who was sitting opposite him, was correcting his paper.

"Well... there is progress in the function area." Wu Bin nodded and returned the paper to Wang Qi.

After hearing this, Wang Qi breathed a sigh of relief and took the paper, but his expression was still not very good.

Wu Bin: "Don't be sad. If you are slow in doing the questions, just continue to do more questions. When you get to the college entrance examination, if you really can't improve, use the method I told you. Let go of the big questions and concentrate on the small questions. With your current ability, level, as long as you can perform normally, it’s no problem to hit the second level.”

"Yeah...I know." Wang Qi nodded vigorously and began to eat.

"Hey, why hasn't Gu Fan come down yet?" Xu Hao asked Wu Bin after finishing the last sip of soup.

Wu Bin: "I guess I'll be eating bread and making rolls in the classroom."

"I've worked hard enough... Well, I feel like I've reached a bottleneck, especially in chemistry. I can't get any points anymore."

"Me too..." Wang Qi responded immediately.

"I kind of regret that I didn't study hard until so late." Xu Hao sighed depressedly.

Wu Bin glanced at the two of them and said earnestly: "Is the college entrance examination important? Of course it is important, but more importantly, remember your current state. You study hard not just for the college entrance examination, but also to learn these high school knowledge, so that you can Make them your tools to learn college knowledge and truly apply what you learn."

Xu Hao nodded after listening: "Well... what you said makes sense."

Wu Bin: "So as long as you can really maintain your current momentum, no matter which university you go to, you will be able to learn something really useful, which will become the foundation of your future. Okay, eat, eat, go back to the classroom and continue to do the papers." .”

After eating, Wu Bin returned to class. Before Wu Bin's butt was still hot, he was called out by the head teacher Chen Fang, saying that the principal was looking for him.

Arriving at the principal's office with ease, Wu Bin unexpectedly discovered that the reporter Wu Jinghan who had interviewed him before was also here.

"Hello, classmate Wu Bin." Wu Jinghan greeted Wu Bin first.

"Hello, Reporter Wu." Wu Bin greeted politely.

Seeing the two of them greeting each other, the principal on the side smiled and said to Wu Bin: "Reporter Wu came to see you specially this time. I will just convey it to you. Let's talk."

"Excuse me, Principal Wang." After thanking Wu Jinghan and Wu Bin, they sat on the sofa together and then asked: "Student Wu Bin, your report attracted widespread attention last time, and there were many derivative reports. What can I do? Thank you."

Wu Bin: "It is reporter Wu's good writing that attracts attention. Why are you thanking me?"

"How can you say that? Without you as the protagonist, where would I write such a report? So I still want to thank you."

Then, after several rounds of wrangling between you and me, Wu Jinghan finally revealed the main purpose of this time.

"I have been paying close attention to you since your interview. Recently I heard... that you achieved shocking results in the mock test?"

"It's okay." Wu Bin replied casually.

Wu Jinghan covered her mouth and smiled after hearing this, and said, "Are you sure you want to call all three mock test scores above 640 points just okay? I'm afraid that if I write this directly on the report, many candidates will hate you. My teeth are itching.”

That's right, after the three mock exams, Wu Jinghan, who had learned from Principal Wang that Wu Bin would take the college entrance examination, immediately became curious about the results of the national champion of the physics competition and wanted to know if someone who could learn the competition well could do it. to take into account college entrance examination courses.

However, after seeing Wu Bin's mock test scores, Wu Jinghan was completely confused.

The total scores of the three mock tests were all above 640, and the highest one even reached 645!

You must know that the total score of the Shanghai Mock Test is only 660!

Although most people say that mock test scores cannot be accurate, after all, on the day of the college entrance examination, mental factors have a great impact, but it is still very shocking to be able to get such close to full marks in the mock test three times in a row.

After Wu Jinghan learned the news, he immediately went to find out Wu Bin's scores in various subjects. He found that he had perfect scores in mathematics, science, comprehensive science and English every time. Only in subjects like Chinese, which have a lot of subjective questions, he would be Points deducted.

After learning the news, Wu Jinghan came directly to Xiazhong and wanted to have a chat with this classmate. If you know the content of this chat, you may be able to join the report on the top scorer in the Shanghai College Entrance Examination!

While Wu Jinghan said "Oh my God!" and "Is this okay?" in exclamation, Wu Bin calmly answered every question of Wu Jinghan.

In fact, Wu Bin was able to achieve such exaggerated results because during the incident in the second half of his senior year, the system seemed to give him particularly high marks for writing his own test papers and studying the four major forces of self-study. It can be said that his experience has increased gradually. .

It only took him two months to reach level 21, and the talent points obtained after level 15 had the effect of directly lighting up two levels on the talent page.

This allowed Wu Bin to use up all his talents in mathematics and chemistry in one breath.

Moreover, the system also gave Wu Bin a very powerful reward because he had completed all three pages of math, physics and chemistry talents.

That’s nonlinear thinking +5!

To understand nonlinear thinking, you must first understand what linear thinking means.

The meaning of linear thinking is simple, but it is also very simple, that is, the literal meaning.

A linear, uniform, unchanging, single, one-dimensional way of thinking.

Take the simplest example.

When some people play backgammon, their minds only think about winning if their pieces are connected to five pieces, without even considering the order of moves.

Such a result is obvious. If he only considers connecting his pieces into five pieces when playing second, of course the person who plays first will win in the end.

Others include, "I graduated from 985, so I will definitely be able to join a Fortune 500 company."

"You are from the Northeast, so you must be good at drinking wine, duang, duang, duang and drinking liquor."

Including the words in the proverb: No pain, no gain, etc., etc...

These are actually linear thinking, and their unified feature is that they cannot withstand any scrutiny at all. They all try to use the simplest linear thinking to interpret the nonlinear real world.

In order to make more effective use of this thinking bonus, Wu Bin also summarized the difference between linear thinking and non-linear thinking.

First of all, from a literal understanding, [linear relationship] means that the relationship between two elements is clear and fixed. It can be expressed by a straight line, and there is a fixed ratio between them.

[Nonlinear relationship] means that the relationship between two elements is constantly changing and cannot be described by formulas. It can only be expressed by curves, surfaces or irregular lines.

Here you can use an example from a book called "The Technology of Thinking" that Wu Bin has read.

Suppose an apple falls from a tree in a gentle breeze. Applying the law of universal gravitation, we can calculate the speed and direction of the apple falling. The apple and gravity here are a [linear relationship]

But also in a gentle breeze, a leaf falls from a tree. Applying the law of gravity cannot determine the speed and direction of the leaf falling, because the speed and direction of the leaf falling will be affected by the size of the wind, the shape of the branch, The influence of factors such as leaf shape, the leaves and gravity here are a [non-linear relationship]

After understanding these two kinds of thinking, Wu Bin naturally wanted to compare them.

For example, words like "paper talk" or "nerd" refer to people who only copy book knowledge to solve problems and do not make adjustments according to the actual situation. This is typical [linear thinking]

[Nonlinear thinking] is a kind of systematic thinking, which can see that the various elements in the system are connected to each other, and the thinking path is similar to a non-planar, three-dimensional network structure.

It is this that allows Wu Bin to weave a tighter "knowledge network" so that knowledge points cannot easily pass through it.

Of course, this does not mean that [linear thinking] is completely bad. In fact, it also has its own advantages. That is, people who are particularly strong in linear thinking can easily focus on doing only one thing, unlike people who are highly developed in non-linear thinking. That way it's always "even rain and dew"

So how to balance the two kinds of thinking is also very important.

After thoroughly analyzing the two kinds of thinking, Wu Bin discovered one thing, that is, the vast majority of people are more accustomed to thinking in linear thinking.

As for the reason, it is that humans prefer to do things regularly and feel more secure.

Yes, security.

Human beings' need for security is completely engraved in their bones. To be precise, it should be engraved in their genes. Everyone likes certain straight lines rather than uncertain curves.

As for doing things regularly, it's even simpler.

This can be confirmed in various fields, including the field of science. It is almost impossible to find a triangle, a square or even a geometric figure in the natural environment. However, humans have constructed geometric figures for the sake of a sense of order. , and apply it in mathematics and art design.

This is the best proof that the brain prefers simple structures. It will seek order from the complex world and gain aesthetic pleasure between rules and irregularities.

Our pursuit of order inspires the creation of art, and also affects our understanding of the non-linear world.

Anyway, the summary is, don’t be fancy with me, a square is a square, a circle is a round, how wonderful!

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Nowadays, with the improvement of non-linear thinking, Wu Bin's ability to accept knowledge and cross-apply it has been greatly improved, and he will no longer be constrained by rules and regulations.

And he also tried to use this kind of thinking to develop a graphic teaching method.

Because he realized that writing is actually a kind of linear thinking. After all, language and writing can only be arranged sentence by sentence in a logical order, which is a linear relationship.

Graphics, on the other hand, are closer to non-linear thinking. They can concentrate all elements and connections on the same surface in one go, breaking through the linear track of time and logic, allowing you to see the overall situation clearly.

Just like using words to explain the power law, it is not as easy to understand as a power law distribution chart. As for how to make the coverage of this graphic teaching method larger, that is what Wu Bin is still researching.