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Thank you, I'm sorry I never knew of him. |
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Curious though, how does what's meant by lateral thinking
really differ from 'thinking outside the box' or 'quantum jump'
when used colloquially to describe a leap to
the right conclusion without any clearly identifiable stages of
reasoning or thought? |
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It's times like this when I miss Max and 8th more
than ever. De Bono should be at the top of anyone's
list for innovative creative thinkers, yet he seems
like an unknown here now. I see this as an
indicator. |
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Well he's a bit b4 my time [xen] (theirs too really, [8th] was
only a handful of years older than me & [Max] only a year
older than him), he came up with that phrase b4 I was even
born & most of his TV exposure & high profile stuff occurred
when I was pre-primary school & primary school. |
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For me the similar process comes from what I was taught
by
my secondary school teacher we took statistics with which
basically boiled down to 'a correlation doesn't equal a cause
&
effect relationship, always look for any other possible
correlations & causes b4 drawing any conclusions & always
consider the possibility your missing some vital
information'. |
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He often quoted the old "figures don't lie but a liar can
figure" & coupled with something hammered into us in a
later college media studies module ("if you want the truth
always look for the bias") it informs the core of my
suspicious nature, getting some first hand con-artist
training by working a telesales job while at college didn't
help my trust issues any either ;) |
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To this day few things enrage me more than hearing
someone on TV say something is average without saying
which 'average' (mean median or mode), or reading the
same, in anything but casual conversation it's something
that positively screams to me that they're liars or snake oil
salesmen out to deceive me &
others. |
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Particularly if coming from anyone with any kind of
background or training in economics or statistics who
I have to assume know
better. |
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For what it's worth, I was taught a little about de Bono in high
school, and my children heard about him in primary school.
So, in whatever weird cultural bubble my family inhabits, he's
famous. |
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A lot of his ideas seem to me to be "obvious" which (for a person who again was before my time) must be the highest accolade. |
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He was a half-baker? What was his username? |
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A glass! A glass ... for my tears, a glass. |
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It's early. I'm confused. What day is this? I'm sorry he passed, if
it makes xenzag sad, it makes me sad too. |
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Did not know him but any halfbaker deserves a
croissant |
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This one [calum]? <link>? |
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