{"id":12712,"date":"2020-06-06T14:48:00","date_gmt":"2020-06-06T12:48:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/magazine.swissinformatics.org\/?p=12712"},"modified":"2022-07-02T12:28:26","modified_gmt":"2022-07-02T10:28:26","slug":"more-classic-problems","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/magazine.swissinformatics.org\/de\/more-classic-problems\/","title":{"rendered":"More Classic Problems"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>The History Of Lateral Thinking <\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Historically, the term \u201eLateral Thinking\u201c was first used in 1967 by Edward de Bono. According to Wikipedia, de Bono was using the anecdote where King Solomon resolves a dispute over the parentage of a child by calling for the child to be cut in half, and making his judgment according to the reactions that this order receives. Since de Bono an entire collection of now classical problems exemplifying the application of Lateral Thinking has been suggested. The following examples may give an idea of both the power of the method and the bandwidth of its use. .<\/p>\n<p><strong>The Method of Lateral Thinking<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Problem solving is arguably among the most advanced and most noble of all human activities. As a constructive art it is typically associated with positive skills like logical thinking and creative reasoning. However, a set of negative habits and customs often stands in the way of exercising the art to its best. For example, unconsciously focussing a certain track of reasoning when trying to find a solution easily leads to ignoring all others. This is where the method of \u201eLateral Thinking\u201c hooks in. The underlying principle is simple: consciously open your mind as wide as possible when trying to solve a given problem and avoid any sort of prejudice and bias.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><strong><span class=\"s1\">More Classic Lateral Thinking Scenarios<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Please\u00a0 consider the following problem which are three\u00a0 of the most celebrated <\/span><span class=\"s1\">\u00a0lateral thinking examples today.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><strong>Scenario 4<\/strong><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Two trains are crossing the country from coast to coast, over 3,000 miles of railroad track. Train A is going from west to east at 70 miles per hour, and Train B is going from east to west at 80 miles per hour. Which train will be closer to the west-coast when they meet?<\/p>\n<p><strong>Answer<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><strong>Scenario 5<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Someone falls out of a thirty story building, but lives. With luck and their landing pad not being factors, how could they have survived the fall?<\/p>\n<p><strong>Answer<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Scenario 6<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>A boat has a ladder that\u2019s ten feet long, and hangs off the side of the boat, with its last two feet submerged in water. If the ocean tide rises five feet, how much of the ladder will be underwater?<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Answer<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The History Of Lateral Thinking Historically, the term \u201eLateral Thinking\u201c was first used in 1967 by Edward de Bono. According to Wikipedia, de Bono was using the anecdote where King Solomon resolves a dispute over the parentage of a child by calling for the child to be cut in half, and making his judgment according [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1834,"featured_media":12401,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4265],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.1 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>More Classic Problems - SI Digital Magazine<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/magazine.swissinformatics.org\/de\/more-classic-problems\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"de_DE\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"More Classic Problems - SI Digital Magazine\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The History Of Lateral Thinking Historically, the term \u201eLateral Thinking\u201c was first used in 1967 by Edward de Bono. 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