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While true I think that is missing the point slightly. Many breakthroughs were made because someone finally found a better or more useful perspective on the sam
by ThomPete 8y ago
While true I think that is missing the point slightly. Many breakthroughs were made because someone finally found a better or more useful perspective on the same subject. I.e the way we think about something can have really big consequences and be a way for us to navigate.
The trick as you allude to is how to pick the most useful perspective.
- herodotus 8y agoGood point, but how is any of this articles speculation testable?
- ThomPete 8y agoIt's not which is why trial and error is such an important concept. That's how nature works too. Sadly today innovation and research have become a very academic discipline which IMO means an unhealthy overdose of critical thinking and attempts to conclude rather than experiment and do constructive thinking. Most breakthroughs didn't start with eureka but "hmm I wonder what happens if" The reality is that most of these concepts aren't worth it but that some of them will be and that they are the ones that allow us to escape one way of thinking to enter a new one.