“You can spend minutes, hours, days, weeks, or even months over-analyzing a situation; trying to put the pieces together, justifying what could’ve would've happened... or you can just leave the pieces on the floor and move on.” Tupac Shakur
THREE MEN TRAPPED: By Malladi V. Krishna Murthy
A philosopher, a scientist and a simple man – none of whom could swim – were trapped in a cove with sheer cliff faces. They split up, but the tide kept coming in. Rescuers lowered a rope with a safety harness.
The philosopher said, ‘Ah, this looks like a rope, but I might be mistaken – it could be wishful thinking or an illusion.’ So he didn’t attach himself, and he was drowned.
“The scientist said, ‘Ah, this is an 11 mm polyester rope with a breaking strain of 2800 kg. It conforms to the MR 10-81 standard,’ and then proceeded to give an exhaustive, and entirely correct, analysis of the rope’s physical and chemical properties; but he didn’t attach himself, and he was drowned.
“The simple man said, ‘Ah, I’m not sure if it’s a rope or a python tail, but it’s my only chance, so I’m grabbing it and holding on with my whole life.’ He was saved.
Too much analysis can be fatal.
‘People who lean on logic and philosophy and rational exposition end by starving the best part of the mind.’— William Butler Yeats