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phrases (lateral thinking)

A list of 53 words by marky.

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notes from the book Lateral Thinking, as well as elsewhere.

Purely horizontal thinking is known as daydreaming. Fantasy. Mysticism. The purely horizontal thinker has a thousand ideas but puts none of them into action. He or she sees the big picture and all its possibilities but has little interest in linear, step-by-step implementation.

Purely vertical thinking leads to compliance, conformity, and a false sense of knowledge. (False because it’s often just memorization in disguise. The student knows what to do without understanding why.) The purely vertical thinker is a nit-picker, a legalist, a tight-ass.

external:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lateral_thinking
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Magical_thinking
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Social_inhibition

does artistry inherently lead to, or come from anguish? not always.

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