Comments on: What is Lateral Thinking?

By: Bill Coleman

Bill Coleman — Mon, 25 Aug 2008 07:59:57 +0000

Logical thinking taught in the universities and places of higher learning as opposed to lateral thinking which is discoverd in the universities of life.The poor man with no access to money and educational tools solves his problem by using lateral choices in his day to day existence .The natural reflection of the learned man one may say.

By: raveendran

raveendran — Fri, 25 Jul 2008 16:43:39 +0000

i like to know about lateral thinking, i have just started, it glues me to the computer. m happy i ve found something really fantastic.

By: uzobolarinwa

uzobolarinwa — Sun, 24 Feb 2008 06:39:01 +0000

reading other comments on lateral thinking i am glad that there are more and more people who enjoy this kind of thinking! i am not a lone teen anymore!

By: kofi

kofi — Sat, 29 Sep 2007 10:25:19 +0000

i have been looking at debono’s book ”the use of lateral thinking”.i believe my engagement with SOT will give me a better grip of lateral thinking

By: Kathy Taylor

Kathy Taylor — Wed, 01 Aug 2007 23:18:22 +0000

I think that I fall into the logical thinker mould but I enjoy lateral thinking. I need to train myself to think laterally all the time rather than just when I’m doing a cryptic crossword.

By: Rukhsana Ahmed

Rukhsana Ahmed — Mon, 25 Jun 2007 17:57:18 +0000

I am curious to know how parallel thinking works

By: Luz Gomez

Luz Gomez — Thu, 10 May 2007 09:03:21 +0000

I am into something good!

By: Anne Poltera

Anne Poltera — Tue, 01 May 2007 22:46:14 +0000

i look forward to seeing how this works

By: Eleanor

Eleanor — Tue, 31 Oct 2006 20:01:09 +0000

While I am trained in the logical/vertical approach to thinking, that is not the method I enjoy most. What delights me and excites me is the process I often use that I just learned is called Lateral Thinking. My perception is that this is when ideas bounce around in my head and come at me from all angles, causing some few to label me as “illogical.” No use arguing with them — I know I can be as logical as they are — but I have to admit I enjoy the times when the Bouncing Ball solves the riddle more quickly than their logic, or comes up with a startling new solution. Thanks for providing reading material about this concept! I love studying how the brain works.