How Talking Like a Robot Can Help Decision-Making

As a Myers-Briggs INTP personality, I prefer dispassionate modes of thinking. Don’t get me wrong, sometimes it’s very enjoyable to let anger and other emotions flow through yourself. But when trying to determine optimal paths to achieve a specific goal, it’s more efficient to leave emotion out of it.

It’s difficult to do this however, because of the interference of the ego. Often a person’s insecurities and racing thoughts will get in the way of clear thinking. This is especially the case when interacting with others because of the need to observe and understand other people’s reactions in real-time.

One method I have found which can help the thought process operate more effectively is to speak using a robot-like voice. Imagine that you are a robot (or artificial intelligence such as HAL 9000 or the Enterprise main computer) who has been tasked with a goal. Then speak to yourself using a very monotone, measured voice regarding the possible options. You might feel a little bit silly doing this, but you will find that it becomes difficult to get otherwise emotional when you force yourself to speak like this.

This method will not only allow you to consider various scenarios in a more organized manner, but the steady pace of thought will permit your intuition to contribute valuable insights to the process. It can also be used during intense discussions with other people, where careless words could result in emotional outbursts and result in arguments and failure to achieve the objective of the communication.

I suggest you try this method for yourself and observe the results. Perhaps as we move towards the future, more of humanity will see the value in approaches such as this which support more selective rational thinking.

Written by Parker on September 11th, 2006 with comments disabled.
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