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From: Ahem A Rivets Shot
Date: Fri, 16 Feb 2018 15:54

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Charles Richmond <nume...@aquaporin4.com> wrote:

> Sometimes people can get a lot more done... when they realize that they 
> have to work harder with primitive tools and knowledge...

	There is an old story about an experiment, I think by de Bono, in
which children were asked to cross a room without touching the floor -
prizes for doing it fastest.

	First they were given two planks and two pieces of rope, each
solved the problem the same way by fixing a rope to each plank at both ends
so that they could put a plank under each foot and lift it with the rope
as they walked.

	Then they were given just one plank and one piece of rope, again
they all came up with the same solution fix the rope as before but this
time jump and swing the plank forward. This method was much faster than
walking on two planks.

	The second solution could have been used the first time and would
have won the prize, but having more than they needed caused them to miss
seeing the best solution.

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