![]() Learning that is both durable (it sticks) and flexible (it can be applied broadly) is important. Instead of letting the students analyze the problem and take their own time to come up with solutions, we force them with tricks where they may not understand the concepts. Parents would need to sacrifice current performance for future benefits. We force our kids to learn fast and look for immediate success or solutions. This is also called Fermi-based thinking. For example, how many pianos are there in New York? (You will have to take a guess taking into account the population in New York, the number of houses, and guess the number of pianos). However, it did help a lot and was the key to Claude Shannon’s invention.īroad-based thinking helps a lot and can be developed with practice. ![]() ![]() In a way, the two (Boole’s * Claude’s invention) may look unrelated. It was not until 70 years after Boole passed away when Claude Shannon did an internship at AT&T, where Claude used Boole’s invention to create the telephone calling routing technology. ![]() A self-taught English logician George Boole invented the boolean (0 or 1) in the 19th century. Lateral Thinking with Withered Technologyĭavid quotes creativity researcher David Keith Simonton who observed that creative achievers tend to have a broader interest rather than obsessively focussing on a narrow topic. ![]()
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