de Bono on Islam - the 'thinking' religion

I feel, our youngish scholars in the west, especially those who are/were/shall be enrolled in uni degree courses, should also be exploring Game Theory as an additional means of bolstering our arguments and/or making strategic decisions, plans regarding issues affecting the Sunni cause.

From the linked wiki article:

Game theory is the study of mathematical models of strategic interaction among rational decision-makers.[1] It has applications in all fields of social science, as well as in logic, systems science and computer science. Originally, it addressed zero-sum games, in which each participant's gains or losses are exactly balanced by those of the other participants. In the 21st century, game theory applies to a wide range of behavioral relations, and is now an umbrella term for the science of logical decision making in humans, animals, and computers.​

This page also discusses the surprisingly broad spectrum of fields in which this tool has proven relevant.

Allah knows best

 

Food for Thought

1. Place all the hard boiled facts on the table (as many as possible)
2. Marinate them in emotional arguments, add a dash of crushed intuition and just a lil bit of I-feel-so pepper
3. Bring a pan of paranoia to boil - adding lumps of everything that can go wrong and a cupful of deep-dyed pessimism
4. Chop some fresh green all-will-be-wells and mix in a spoonful of optimism with day-dreaming to taste
5. Lower the marinated facts in boiling paranoia and add the hopefills prepared in the previous step - cook until strands of lateral thinking begin to separate out and a layer of clear promising solutions settles at the bottom
6. Garnish with grated summaries, fermented conclusions and crisp comments

Serve hot

 

An interesting excerpt from Edward de Bono's interview:

http://www.indianexpress.com/story/299351._.html

de Bono:

"You know something interesting about Islam? The Prophet Muhammad had more to say about thinking than any other religious leader.
In the Hadith, he says, 'One hour of thinking is better than 70 years of praying.' He says, 'The ink of a scholar is more holy than the blood of a martyr.' He says, 'One learned man gives more trouble to the Devil than a thousand worshippers.' That's Mohammad. In the Koran there are 130 verses about thinking. So, actually, when I go to the Middle East and tell them this, they don't know."


It is heartening to see de Bono highlighting the Prophet's (sallallahu alayhi wasallam) continued emphasis on thinking. Here's one intellectual not brainwashed by western propaganda.