WHAT

DOES

THIS

PICTURE

TELL

US

ABOUT

BRIDGE

PLAYERS

.......?

( A short article by Professor Hu Chi Ku Chi )

The answer is quite a lot , as the following listed points reveal :

1. We can look at the same detail and information and swear blind that our interpretation is the correct one.

2. Sometimes no matter how hard we look at the detail and information we can never see or accept the alternative view.

3. When we are drawn to focus on one aspect of the bigger picture , we become blinded to the others. 

4. We choose only to see what we want to see.

5. So few of us can ever see the bigger picture.

Indeed, these human failings manifest themselves when we come face to face with a bridge hand problem. Do we recognise what the real or actual problem is ? Do we see the hidden and lurking dangers ? Do we see the solution that is there to be found ?  Do we see what's  needed to counter our opponents' moves ?

Moreover, in the context of bridge club disputes one thing is certain : personal motives, agendas and prejudices colour and blur our vision to such an extent , it becomes utterly  impossible for either party to the dispute to see straight. The blinkers are immediately put on. Everything is either black or white , but never shades of grey. 

And so when a bridgemate is moved across a table in an exaggerated arc movement , what picture is formed inside your mind about the handler's motives , and is it possible for  your interpretation of the incident be the correct one ?