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  - vanity: “It knowingly breaks some very specific and nearly universal rules of time travel stories.” I...
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Archive for the 'Big Courses' Category

How Thinking Sideways is Different Than A Whack On The Side of The Head

Tuesday, April 15th, 2008

I’m doing this as a separate post because I figured it was going to be invisible in comments. (Where I originally answered the question.)
Here’s the question I got:

KalevTait Says:
April 13th, 2008 at 12:09 pm
I don’t know how related it is, but you might want to look at ‘A whack on the side of the […]

Posted in Big Courses, Thinking Sideways | 8 Comments »

How To Think Sideways

Tuesday, April 8th, 2008

http://howtothinksideways.com/
Comments? Questions? Wish list?

Posted in Big Courses, Thinking Sideways | 6 Comments »


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