Brother Sun Talks About Poor People's Thinking This class focuses on the thinking of the poor. The core is about ordinary people, or the thinking of the poor. I think many people are very interested in this, and I've given this much thought myself. Today, I'll only touch on one key point. I think a very simple example of the poor thinking of ordinary people is the common belief that "I'm poor, so I'm right; I'm weak, so I'm awesome." This might seem strange, because those who are right and powerful are usually the strong and wealthy, and they always have the upper hand. But somehow, their thinking is completely the opposite. This is the first example. I'll explain each one later, and then analyze specific cases. The second point is that ordinary people often have trouble understanding multiple variables, complex narratives, or, to put it another way, the complex causal relationships within causal relationships. They particularly like to force others to conform to their simple narratives, single-variable narratives, or the "I'm weak, so I'm right; I'm poor, so I'm awesome" logic I mentioned earlier. I especially want to emphasize causal relationships here. Anyone who has studied control theory, researched variables, or graduated from a science or engineering program—or even those who have taken the LSAT and studied law in law school—knows that causal relationships are generally complex and require respect and caution. However, ordinary people are different. They only understand causal relationships involving single variables. I'll provide examples later. The first example is exam-oriented education. Those with a "poor man's" or "common man's" mindset might initially react by saying, "Hey, I support exam-oriented education because it's fair. If it were to assess students from multiple perspectives, it wouldn't be fair." This is a typical poor man's mindset. Everyone knows that social competition is always complex. When we assess a person's qualities, we need to consider many aspects, including physical fitness, cultural literacy, and emotional intelligence.