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Discussion Groups / ESL Teaching / November 2005gendo: informal study group in southern california
The person who has five ideas but throws out four of them because they are wrong appears less creative than the person who has five ideas and keeps them all because he does not realize they are wrong. - Edward de Bono gendo: a way of thinking... language as a path to liberation... .unconscious, erroneous assumptions imposed upon our thinking by the structure of the language (english) running in our skulls are responsible for most of what is wrong with the world in both the personal and planetary domains when: wednesday and saturday afternoons, between 3 and 5 where: the cafe at Borders Books (91 at Bloomfield in Cerritos) .look for the black and red gendo logo on my dark blue notebook on the table heron unDO email address ___ Nature, heron stone to be commanded, http://www.gendo.net must be obeyed. mailto:heronDO@gendo.net > The person who has five ideas but throws out four of them because they > are wrong appears less creative than the person who has five ideas and > keeps them all because he does not realize they are wrong. > - Edward de Bono But he does get a reputation for being smarter.  SignatureJohn Dean Oxford > The person who has five ideas but throws out four of them because > they are wrong appears less creative than the person who has five > ideas and keeps them all because he does not realize they are wrong. > - Edward de Bono A prize arse and master of the profound exposition of the blindingly obvious De Bono, nicely debunked in Francis Wheen's 'How Mumbo-Jumbo Conquered the World'. Hey Heron, are you ever going to respond to any of these raspberries we blow you? DC > > The person who has five ideas but throws out four of them because > > they are wrong appears less creative than the person who has five [quoted text clipped - 9 lines] > > DC ?how do you think should i respond heron unDO email address ___ Nature, heron stone to be commanded, http://www.gendo.net must be obeyed. mailto:heronDO@gendo.net > > > The person who has five ideas but throws out four of them because > > > they are wrong appears less creative than the person who has five [quoted text clipped - 19 lines] > to be commanded, http://www.gendo.net > must be obeyed. mailto:heronDO@gendo.net Well, maybe you could start by explaining the deep insight that the De Bono quote illustrates. DC > > > > The person who has five ideas but throws out four of them because > > > > they are wrong appears less creative than the person who has five [quoted text clipped - 24 lines] > > DC .that's not my job .i put the stuff up to provoke thought .any insight you may or may not get is your responsibility .i find de bono's work to be interesting and potentially useful .if you don't... fine... move on to what interests you heron unDO email address ___ Nature, heron stone to be commanded, http://www.gendo.net must be obeyed. mailto:heronDO@gendo.net > > > > > The person who has five ideas but throws out four of them > > > > > because they are wrong appears less creative than the person [quoted text clipped - 41 lines] > to be commanded, http://www.gendo.net > must be obeyed. mailto:heronDO@gendo.net .so .you dont know what it means either .cheers .d .c > > > > > The person who has five ideas but throws out four of them > > > > > because they are wrong appears less creative than the person [quoted text clipped - 27 lines] > > .that's not my job ?ps what is your job ?are you still trying to make the world speak american .dc > > > > > > The person who has five ideas but throws out four of them > > > > > > because they are wrong appears less creative than the person [quoted text clipped - 13 lines] > > > > > > > > heron > > > Well, maybe you could start by explaining the deep insight that the > > > De Bono quote illustrates. [quoted text clipped - 7 lines] > > .dc .i happen to be very good at assisting asians living in south california to speak and listen more effectively heron unDO email address ___ Nature, heron stone to be commanded, http://www.gendo.net must be obeyed. mailto:heronDO@gendo.net [...] >>>> Well, maybe you could start by explaining the deep insight that the >>>> De Bono quote illustrates. >>>> [quoted text clipped - 9 lines] > .i happen to be very good at assisting asians living in > south california to speak and listen more effectively [...] That's a cop-out. You aren't here in connection with your job. You either start a discussion, which means you join in, or you just post an ad and run, which is spam. SignatureMike. > The person who has five ideas but throws out four of them because > they are wrong appears less creative than the person who has five > ideas and keeps them all because he does not realize they are wrong. > - Edward de Bono PS, what is that actually supposed to mean Heron? I mean is that wisdom? Why does the 5 - 4 bloke appear more creative? To whom? The first guy's course of action sounds more like common sense but we all do both things. Have you been reading your horoscopes lately? Woss it all mean, eh? It all sounds scarily like a load of old cobblers. DC >> The person who has five ideas but throws out four of them because >> they are wrong appears less creative than the person who has five [quoted text clipped - 12 lines] > > It all sounds scarily like a load of old cobblers. I think the quote actually makes a lot of sense. As I read it, it is pointing out that what is simply a lack of discrimination can be mistaken for creativity and that productive creativity requires discrimination among ideas. SignatureMike Nitabach |
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