We hear it all the time, and it’s always complimentary. When someone thinks out of the box, he/she is supposedly thinking differently, in a way that is unrestricted by previously conceived ideas.
Yes, but…
Is it really possible to think out of the box? What box, in fact? If the expression refers to the box that is [...]
How strange it is that even as science moves humans away from the centre around which everything revolves, modern society pushes itself in the opposite direction.
For some 1400 years, it was an accepted fact that the earth was at the centre of the universe and all celestial bodies, including the sun and the [...]
In the Virtual Muser, a very lively forum on Facebook, I was addressed by Deborah Greene Bershatsky, an active and highly articulate member, who posted: ”My thoughts after reading your book are that we know nothing about nothing because there is nothing to know.”
The remark stopped me in my tracks. I am not usually [...]
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