Karol

“With vertical thinking one concentrates and excludes what is irrelevant, with lateral thinking one welcomes chance intrusions”
― Edward de Bono, Lateral Thinking: Creativity Step by Step

“The autistic personality is an extreme variant of male intelligence.”
― Hans Asperger

“conclusion the soundness of that conclusion is proved by the soundness of the steps by which it has been reached. With lateral thinking the steps do not have to be sequential. One may jump ahead to a new point and then fill in the gap afterwards.”
― Edward de Bono, Lateral Thinking: Creativity Step by Step

“Back in Leiden, Tinbergen continued these explorations, now grounded in Lorenz’s theoretical concepts. He studied butterflies and found that marks on the torso of the female and its vibratory movements were the sole mating releasers—he
could construct dummy butterfly torsos with brighter stripes and more regular movements. Males would ignore a live female to mount cardboard cylinders that didn’t even need wings!”
― Deirdre Barrett, Supernormal Stimuli: How Primal Urges Overran Their Evolutionary Purpose