I have been reading David Brooks' book on The Social Animal.  Lots of ideas to chew on.  There are two levels of knowing:  Level 1 is the intuitive level.  Level 2 is the rational level.  Creating systems, mathematical thought and analyses, exact recipes, etc. are in level 2.  The Grid illustrates that in Square 1 is the actual theory or perhaps system we are teaching.  Square 3 is the beginning of a combination of the two levels and square is in the automatic phase which is really a combination of 1 and 2.  Examples abound:  The recipe for a beginner is in Square 1 while the expert cook combines as in square 4.For the runner in the 400 meters he learns how to go into automatic mode on the back stretch.  This has to be taught first before it can beBrooks also makes a fascinating contrast between the French and the En glish enlightenment integrated.  The French Revolution looked to theory and thought primarily; while the English Enlightenment looked to the essence of things , its innate beauty, as well as thought. For the French it was the light of reason.  The goal of the Revolution was like a social contract a la DesCartes,.In England there is more emphasis on fellow feeling as opposed to individual reason and thinking.  In the case of the French we see machines and systems being emphasized; in the case of the British organisms of living relationships.

     We tend to think of level 1 as the unconscious.  Peak Performance is in Level 1.  However you cannot have peak performance without having learned some kind of theory or thought first.  (as in level 2)  EUREKA said in the bathtub is a good example.  The great cook cannot get to square 4 without having studied the recipe first.  The great runner or swimmer or dancer cannot get to a peak performance without having the something like a system.  Going unconscious cannot be done without a great deal of study and learning.  INTUITION AND LOGIC  are partners.  At a political level, the far right and the far left are both stuck in immature thinking and systems analysis.  They cannot integrate logic and intuition.  There is no system that is true; no one thought that is truth .   Only an examination without prejudice can really be true.  To get there one must go through a position of uncertainty and a dearth of judgment.  In other words do not be afraid to be a wanderer.  Listen well and learn well.  Better decision making is a result of this. Be patient, gather information, listen to others and to yourself and the result will be productive.