Three Minds, One Caution

Last week, I faced a decision that split my thoughts three ways:

My instincts warned, "Don't trust this prospect."
My documented past experiences suggested they were appropriate.
My AI analysis of their public data revealed surprising issues.

All three were right.
All three were wrong.
The real insight was in understanding the reasons for their disagreement.

The Gut's Blind Spots
Your intuition draws from thousands of absorbed patterns... but it's influenced by your latest failure, strongest bias, and recent Netflix binge.

The Archive's Paradox
The more we rely on our curated past, the less we see the novel patterns ahead. Our notes restrict our thinking.

The AI's Double-Edge
AI tools can spot patterns across millions of data points — yet miss obvious human dynamics.

When my intuition said "no" to that prospect, but my notes suggested "yes," and AI flagged concerns, each contradiction revealed a blind spot:

• Recent market shifts that my notes overlooked were caught by intuition
• Past data showed patterns my instincts couldn't see
• AI spotted external risks that humans and systems overlooked

When multiple thinking systems disagree, their contradiction itself becomes data. This contradiction reveals gaps in each system's view.

So now I always ask myself: "What might each perspective be missing about the others and how to add that context?"