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Corribus
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posted June 17, 2009 07:43 PM |
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Poll Question:
Are you a thinker or a doer?
I had this coversation with someone the other day. I am most definitely a thinker. Which are you (primarily)?
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baklava
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posted June 17, 2009 07:50 PM |
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I do thinking and think about doing.
Am I a mutant? 
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posted June 17, 2009 07:56 PM |
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I think I'm a thinker, because I always wait long times before going in acion and weigh all my options first, but then again, if I don't take action in a lot of situations I feel useless and get annoyed rather easily 
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Corribus
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posted June 17, 2009 08:04 PM |
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I'm a very analytical person (obviously), and I like to think, plan and analyze rather than actually go out and collected data. When it comes to the latter, I'm usually fairly impatient and (thus) sloppy. That's at work but it's the same at home. I'm great at coming up with creative ideas, but when it actually comes to implementing them, I do a half-assed job a lot of time because I already want to start thinking about the next problem. I know people who are the exact opposite.
For instance, when something is broken, I read the directions and sit there and think about how to fix it for a long time. Other people just like to go in and play with the damn thing until they get it fixed, with no planning whatsoever.
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baklava
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posted June 17, 2009 08:05 PM |
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Oh well in that case I'm a thinker all the way too.
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del_diablo
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posted June 17, 2009 08:12 PM |
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I can only do something if its within my grasp, but heck if its within my grasp i gotta push that gigantic red button of doom.
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posted June 17, 2009 08:29 PM |
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Not sure if I'm a thinker, but I'm definitely not a doer.
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Keksimaton
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posted June 17, 2009 08:32 PM |
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Definently a thinker, but I have come to loathe it. I should not just think I should do as well otherwise I'll never get anything done.
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Asheera
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posted June 17, 2009 08:43 PM |
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Well I think I'm somewhere in the middle, I do think before doing something for a bit of course but not nearly as much as the 'true thinkers' do.
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posted June 17, 2009 08:46 PM |
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Asheera! you are
Back! It has been like ages!
We really miss you!
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posted June 17, 2009 08:48 PM |
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I could say I'm a thinker too, but honestly, I think I'm just lazy...
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posted June 17, 2009 08:51 PM |
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While I do spend a fair amount of time thinking I'm more of a doer. That is why we think in the first place, to make something out of it  Still I don't tend to rush things, I like to weigh my options even if my impulses tell me to take action. But of course there are delicate situations and others where things are fairly linear..
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posted June 17, 2009 10:04 PM |
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I'm a very analytical person (obviously), and I like to think, plan and analyze rather than actually go out and collected data. When it comes to the latter, I'm usually fairly impatient and (thus) sloppy. That's at work but it's the same at home. I'm great at coming up with creative ideas, but when it actually comes to implementing them, I do a half-assed job a lot of time because I already want to start thinking about the next problem. I know people who are the exact opposite.
For instance, when something is broken, I read the directions and sit there and think about how to fix it for a long time. Other people just like to go in and play with the damn thing until they get it fixed, with no planning whatsoever.
LOL man you describe me exactly guess we share the same attitude 
For instance, when a program doesn't work, first I try to analyze it (most people would test possibilities with a debugger). I resort to debuggers only when I can't find any reasonable connections.
Also, when I get to do something (to keep the subject: program), 90% of my time I plan in advance what to do and how to do, implementation is quick and easy after that.
What's bad is, most times, I don't realize how much time I lose by thinking
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posted June 17, 2009 10:25 PM |
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Edited by Oscarius at 22:27, 17 Jun 2009.
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I think I'm a thinker (uhhm, that look weird...)
For example, I'm going to write some kind of report.
If I "work" for say 2 hours with that, then I spend 1h just sitting and staring out in the distance, half an hour mumbling for myself and half an hour of actual writing. However, it mostly end up good anyway.
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posted June 17, 2009 10:47 PM |
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I'm a doer because if something is broken (significantly) I throw it away a buy a new one. There's a minor virus on my computer called "WinIogon" (not WinLogon) that severes my connection with my internet, but rather than spend time browsing around the internet to find a program to delete it, I just ctrl+alt+dlt whenever I boot up my computer and close the program. (I tried hard enough to delete it in safemode but it didn't work). I figure even if I spent another 15 minutes fixing the problem, it would be longer than the 4 seconds I spend closing the program when I boot up the computer, since I reboot my computer about once a week.
Yea I know technically all of that is derived from thinking, but then again even doers have to think otherwise we'd be braindead. I just figure "thinker" means "philosopher" and doer means "architect".
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posted June 18, 2009 12:16 AM |
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like almost everyone here I am lazy
I think I'm a philosopher, and I think almost all the time. sometimes, when I do something, it's only to stop thinking
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posted June 18, 2009 12:24 AM |
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Yea I know technically all of that is derived from thinking, but then again even doers have to think otherwise we'd be braindead. I just figure "thinker" means "philosopher" and doer means "architect".
Nope. Thinker includes architect/engineer. Doer would be the construction worker
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posted June 18, 2009 01:15 AM |
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I'm definitely a thinker and not a doer. If I try to do something I haven't planned in advance, I'm either lethargic/lazy or incompetent. But whenever I have some kind of plan/inspiration, then I can. It's how I write a lot of my stuff.
Say, I have to write an essay. Sometimes, I think, "I have to write five pages! How am I going to do this? Ugh..." and it sucks. At other times, I think, "Five pages... What am I going to do..." *go eat* "Wait, I've got it. And then..." and I go write something really good and original.
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posted June 18, 2009 01:21 AM |
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Thinker includes architect/engineer. Doer would be the construction worker
I know I'm going to regret opening a dialogue with you, so I'll state my thoughts and then let you have the last word so this thread doesn't derail.
My idea of "doers" and "thinkers" is that thinkers deal with critiquing and assessing (theoretical sciences) and doers deal with designing and front line work (applied sciences). Examples: an astronaut would be mostly a doer and an astronomer would be mostly a thinker. An author would mostly be a doer and an editor would mostly be a thinker. Obviously there is always overlapping, but you get the idea.
If a 'thinker' applies to anything that deals with complicated thought, then the question should just say: "Are you a thinker or a grunt?" [not that being in construction means you're stupid]
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TheDeath
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posted June 18, 2009 01:27 AM |
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My idea of "doers" and "thinkers" is that thinkers deal with critiquing and assessing (theoretical sciences) and doers deal with designing (applied sciences).
Any theoretical assessment can be used in a design. Maybe you meant, designing for large-scale production use rather than one ideal prototype?
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