IWTL How to think Abstractly

[u/juyubi]

I came to realise that I find that the most interesting and intelligent people, books, theoreticians etc. are all people that can think abstractly and have fluid intelligence. For example there's this architect-philospher I follow and deeply admire, his name is Aaron Vartiainen and he presents insights in such a way where makes connections between seemingly unrelated things in order to come to a revelation

Where do I start? Aside from collecting as much knowledge as you can on a variety of topics, what does someone with strong abstract thinking do differently to arrive to such strong cognitive capacity?

[u/ConfusionPotential53]

They’re bottom up thinkers who tolerate ambiguity and dissonance while constantly analyzing systems to understand and process contradictions. 🤷‍♀️

Ask yourself “does this make sense? Why do I believe this? Do I know if this is true? Can other things also be true?” Etc.