What is binary thinking?

Binary thinking is always putting things in terms of two options that are usually mutually exclusive. Binary thinking reduces it to "good" or "bad" with nothing in between. At times binary thinking is vital for decisiveness.

Explanation:

Phrase. Denotes a system of thought that predominantly considers things in an "either, or", "right, wrong", "black, white" way, ignoring any subtleties or consideration of third or more alternatives.

In philosophy, this is know as a "bifurcation fallacy".

People who habitually think in this way are usually fairly unintelligent and unimaginative.

G.W. Bush: "You're either with us, or your with the terrorists".

Me: "Wow, Bush can only seem to understand the world through binary thinking..."

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measuring light intensity

light meters can be used to measure light intensity. the meter is held at the soil surface and pointed in the direction of the maximum light intensity, and then the meter is read.

errors can be made when measuring light intensity by accidentally shading the light meter. the reliability of the results can be checked by taking many samples.