If you want to think new thoughts that are different, then do what creative people do - get the problem reasonably clear and then refuse to look at any answers until you've thought the problem through carefully how you would do it, how you could slightly change the problem to be the correct one.
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"If you want to think new thoughts that are different, then do what creative people do - get the problem reasonably clear and then refuse to look at any answers until you've thought the problem through carefully how you would do it, how you could slightly change the problem to be the correct one." — Richard Hamming
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If you want to think new thoughts that are different, then do what creative people do - get the problem reasonably clear and then refuse to look at any answers until you've thought the problem through carefully how you would do it, how you could slightly change the problem to be the correct one. — Richard Hamming
About Richard Hamming
Richard Hamming was a Mathematician from United States (1915–1998).
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Who said "If you want to think new thoughts that are different, then do what creative peo…"?
This quote is attributed to Richard Hamming, a Mathematician from United States.
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Richard Hamming lived from 1915 – 1998.