Test 2

David Bohm

Believed geniuses were able to think different thoughts because they could tolerate ambivalence between opposite or incompatible subjects.

Henri Poincare

Believed that invention in problem solving consisted of constructing a large number of various combinations of possibilities and the essential ability to select those that are most likely to be useful.

Paul Valery

Believed that it takes two different thinking strategies to invent something new in writing a poem.

Leonardo da Vinci

Believed that to really know how things work you should examine them under critical conditions.

J.Bronowski

Claimed that a genius is a person who has two great ideas. The work of genius arises from the person's ability to get them to fit together.

Paul Klee

Combined the influences of cubism, children's drawings and primitive art to fashion his own unique style.

Arthur Frye

Connected bookmarks and temporary glue and invented Post-it notes.

Reversals

Destabilizes conventional thinking patterns and frees information to come together in new ways.

Walt Disney

He would shift his perspective three times by playing three separate and distinct roles: the dreamer, the realist, and the critic.

inverse heuristic

If an object performs one function, combine it with an object that performs the opposite function.

Working Backwards

Imagining the problem is solved allows you to approach from the other side.

Salvador Dali

Integrated Einstein's theory of relativity into his masterpiece Nature Morte Vivante.

Idea Bank

List phrases, pictures, or other things that catch your eye but have nothing to do with the problem.

Jonas Salk

Made it a practice to interact with men and women from very different domains.

George de Mestral

Made the connection between cockleburs and fasteners and invented Velcro.

Random Words

Provides a means of producing blind variations resulting in a rich variety of unpredictable ideas.

Henry Ford

Reversed "bring people to work" and invented the assembly line.

Max Planck

Said new ideas are not generated by deduction, but by creative imagination that enables one to make unusual associations.

Dean Keith Simonton

Suggests that geniuses are geniuses because they form more novel combinations than the merely talented.

Janusian Thinking

The ability to imagine two opposite or contradictory ideas, concepts or images existing simultaneously.

of an original idea

The more connections you make, the more likely the chance...

Exquisite Corpse

Used by surrealist artists to create conceptual combinations in art.

W. J. J. Gordon

Used the paradox Compact Destruction to develop Pringles potato chips.

James Watt

Was the first to make a connection between steam and transportation and invented the high pressure steam engine.

Nikola Tesla

Would often think of something as a given and work backward to the question.