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“When stress is the problem, slack is the solution.”

Stress 2001 Slack Counterintuitive

Book:Slack: Getting Past Burnout, Busywork, and the Myth of Total Efficiency

Source: Slack: Getting Past Burnout, Busywork, and the Myth of Total Efficiency

“Science is implausible to untutored human common sense, but that in no way casts doubt on the correctness of well-established scientific findings. Feelings of transcendence are simply that—feelings—and, as such, have no capacity to reveal truths about a world external to the people who have them.”

Truth Science Doubt Common Sense Feeling Transcendence Scientific Facts Implausible Counterintuitive Untutored Mind

Author:Russell Blackford

“To understand this new frontier, I will have to try to master one of the most difficult and counterintuitive theories ever recorded in the annals of science: quantum physics. Listen to those who have spent their lives immersed in this world and you will have a sense of the challenge we face. After making his groundbreaking discoveries in quantum physics, Werner Heisenberg recalled, "I repeated to myself again and again the question: Can nature possibly be so absurd as it seemed to us in these atomic experiments?" Einstein declared after one discovery, "If it is correct it signifies the end of science." Schrödinger was so shocked by the implications of what he'd cooked up that he admitted, "I do not like it and I am sorry I had anything to do with it." Nevertheless, quantum physics is now one of the most powerful and well-tested pieces of science on the books. Nothing has come close to pushing it off its pedestal as one of the great scientific achievements of the last century. So there is nothing to do but to dive headfirst into this uncertain world. Feynman has some good advice for me as I embark on my quest: "I am going to tell you what nature behaves like. If you will simply admit that maybe she does behave like this, you will find her a delightful, entrancing thing. Do not keep saying to yourself, if you can possibly avoid it, 'But how can it be like that?' because you will get 'down the drain,' into a blind alley from which nobody has yet escaped. Nobody knows how it can be like that.”

Source: The Great Unknown: Seven Journeys to the Frontiers of Science

“I'm convinced that the best solutions are often the ones that are counterintuitive - that challenge conventional thinking - and end in breakthroughs. It is always easier to do things the same old way...why change? To fight this, keep your dissatisfaction index high and break with tradition. Don't be too quick to accept the way things are being done. Question whether there's a better way. Very often you will find that once you make this break from the usual way - and incidentally, this is probably the hardest thing to do—and start on a new track your horizon of new thoughts immediately broadens. New ideas flow in like water. Always keep your interests broad - don't let your mind be stunted by a limited view.”

Thinking Mind Ideas Science Creativity Solutions Tradition Scientist Innovation Satisfaction New Ideas Question Cleverness View Convention Counterintuitive Limited View

Author:Nathaniel J. Wyeth

“Reality is not subjective, it's extremely subjective.”

Reality Self Improvement Paradox Objectivity Subjectivity Counterintuitive Dynamic Truth

Author:A. B. Langrial