Lateral Thinking

Lateral Thinking, what is lateral thinking ? In my point of view, it is basically thinking out of the box.  Taking an indirect yet creative approach to solve a problem,puzzle or compose something.

" According to de Bono, lateral thinking deliberately distances itself from standard perceptions ofcreativity as either "vertical" logic (the classic method for problem solving: working out the solution step-by-step from the given data) or "horizontal" imagination (having a thousand ideas but being unconcerned with the detailed implementation of them)." -Wikipedia

Lateral thinking is more concerned with the movement value of statements and ideas. A person uses lateral thinking to move from one known idea to creating new ideas. One of the method is by generating random ideas. The focus is to actually broaden the variety of ideas until you come to a decision.

 In the previous class, we've learnt how lateral thinking helps in generating ideas for tricky questions.

For example, "Which side of the cat has the most fur?" The natural human brain will analyse the physical outlook of the cat for a specific part and will probably come out with answers like, tail, ears,head or even the tummy of the cat. But in reality, you just have to think in a simple manner. The outSide of the cat. Simple isn't it? 

 So sometimes, lateral thinking can really help in problem solving without the need to think so hard and stress yourself. Just relax and come out with whatever random answers you can get. List them down and evaluate one by one and see which of it would work best.