Most people are used to establishing the thinking system of two or two groups of opposing elements by comparison according to the specific situation. Based on specific conditions, the system holds that there are absolutely opposing elements-that is, there are no common opposing elements. This is the dual thinking mode. Of course, there is always a relationship of unity of opposites between any two things in the universe, that is, similarities and differences coexist.
After all, people's cognitive ability is limited. This makes the absolute opposition elements in this thinking system unable to achieve absolute opposition even under certain conditions.
Ternary thinking mode refers to adding one or a group of intermediate elements to the above thinking system under the premise of unchanged restrictive conditions. The intermediate element is not a simple combination of opposing elements, but has special properties that opposing elements do not have. Intermediate elements can be concrete and stable, but they can also be conceptual and variable.
In reality, although there are intermediate elements in some people's thinking, these intermediate elements are only the merger of opposing elements and cannot give full play to the role of ternary thinking.