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One of the points I have the most difficulty getting across in my talks is that it is impossible to think of nothing. For some reason, resistance to accepting this is strong. What do I say to those who insist that not only is it possible to think of nothing, but that they can and have done so?
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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 [...]
