"Argument is meant to reveal the truth, not to create it."
-Edward de Bono
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"Many highly intelligent people are poor thinkers. Many people of average intelligence are skilled thinkers. The power of a car is separate from the way the car is driven.“
-Edward de Bono
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"The purpose of science is not to analyze or describe but to make useful models of the world. A model is useful if it allows us to get use out of it."
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"Creativity is a great motivator because it makes people interested in what they are doing. Creativity gives hope that there can be a worthwhile idea. Creativity gives the possibility of some sort of achievement to everyone. Creativity makes life more fun and more interesting."
-Edward de Bono
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"It has always surprised me how little attention philosophers have paid to humor, since it is a more significant process of mind than reason. Reason can only sort out perceptions, but the humor process is involved in changing them."
-Edward de Bono
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"Humor is by far the most significant activity of the human brain."
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