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Information vs. Ideas by E. de BonoTEXT / TASKS / HOW-PART v1Task 6.1. Dear Mr. De Bono I had read your text called Information vs. Ideas recently and found a couple of contradictions according to my point of view on this subject. First of all, I do not agree that information is secondary. Creating ideas and learning information are equal actions in todays world. As much as you need to create something new, as you have to know what is already done. I believe its more like dependence. The new ideas always depend on the information you have. Information has a value, information has fields. Its not a puzzle, where you have a strict sequence of pieces, no; I imagine it a more painting-like, when you can put dots, stripes, whatever else and whatever color you like on one piece of paper, and in the end always get something different from the previous one. I agree that information isnt going to make thinking for people. Information is good, more information is the same. New ideas are the new information, actually, only made by the humans imagination . The human brain is the coolest computer ever made (since we are not sure about the other civilizations in the galaxy); it can make decisions, imagine things, judge and analyze. But it still has to be charged with information. The question is where the line is, the point when the brain gets overloaded and has no will to think. Creating a new painting you need a color (paint, crayons, etc.) and a painters hand. The same is with creating a new idea: you need information and thinking and imagining skills. Its the basis. Kind regards, Stephen Smith |