Can thinking outside the box be taught?

[Mr J]

I have a few threads that I like to re-post every couple years because I find the answers interesting, this is one such topic.

In order to "create" a DECENT (not a H.G.) method, you can NOT think like the masses do, you MUST look at roulette differently. Be creative, almost like a painter before he/she hits the canvas.

If this is you.... we get paid 35:1 and there are 38 numbers (throws hands in the air),

"Thats it, no point in playing. We cant win". << If this is you, you will NEVER be able to think outside the box, trust me, you are doomed and dont even know it. You cant ask me..... "Hey Ken, how can I also think outside the box"?

I cant answer you, it can not be taught (imo). A person either has it OR does not have it, no middle ground (imo).

So what do you think? Can thinking outside the box be taught? Keep in mind please, I NEVER said, thinking outside the box will bring you riches, thats a different thread for YOU to start if you choose so dont ruin MY thread please.

Ken

[Dane]

I have a few threads that I like to re-post every couple years because I find the answers interesting, this is one such topic.

In order to "create" a DECENT (not a H.G.) method, you can NOT think like the masses do, you MUST look at roulette differently. Be creative, almost like a painter before he/she hits the canvas.

If this is you.... we get paid 35:1 and there are 38 numbers (throws hands in the air),

"Thats it, no point in playing. We cant win". << If this is you, you will NEVER be able to think outside the box, trust me, you are doomed and dont even know it. You cant ask me..... "Hey Ken, how can I also think outside the box"?

I cant answer you, it can not be taught (imo). A person either has it OR does not have it, no middle ground (imo).

So what do you think? Can thinking outside the box be taught? Keep in mind please, I NEVER said, thinking outside the box will bring you riches, thats a different thread for YOU to start if you choose so dont ruin MY thread please.

Ken

Interesting question! Some of the children in "my Kindergarten" are able to paint better than I am. But none of them are able to play the piano like I do.
Certain CREATIVE skills in different areas might be developed very early in life.
There are, however, different methods to develop our consciousness. I myself have practiced Transcendental Meditation almost as long as David Lynch. Stuart Heritage (great name) wrote on this method in The Guardian on the 1st of March this year. He compared it with "Blindfoldness" or something like that.
Just do a Google search! What Stuart Heritage did not mention in The Guardian: Money. Nowadays it is rather expensive to learn TM.
Of course there are other methods. Try to find one that suits you!
                                                                                                            Dane

[Steve]

If you want to try new things, choose a couple of random words. Then make your idea out of them. For example:

Boat, and phone

This might lead you to consider in randomness there may be clusters or groupings that "float" or stand out of other results. And perhaps there is some communication or correlation between the clusters.

This is just an example. We all think differently but a while back I wrote a book about related topics and lateral thinking was one of the chapters.

Another method is when you have an idea, approach it from different perspectives. For example look for information that also fits with the idea. Then another time try to discredit the idea. So you approach both angles.

[Steve]

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