Word: bonos
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...CHER BONO...
...Psychologist Edward de Bono [Dec. 6] must indeed be a young man to claim there is no dog-exercising machine...
...problem is not the most serious that mankind faces, but it is intriguing enough: How would you design a dog-exercising machine? As part of a research project on the way humans think, British Psychologist Edward de Bono recently gave that assignment to readers of the British education magazine Where. The first 72 answers were from children aged four to 14. attending schools in both the United Kingdom and its former overseas territories. The unedited results, along with De Bono's commentary, are contained in an offbeat and fascinating new book entitled, naturally. The Dog Exercising Machine (Simon & Schuster...
...point of the experiment, De Bono explains, is that since there is no such thing as a dog-exercising machine, the children had to invent one from their own resources rather than rely on adult-imposed knowledge and experience, which often block creativity. The humorous but logical drawings, he believes, provide further proof that children are good at generating original ideas. The results are so refreshing, in fact, that many adult readers will surely be tempted to try designing a dog-exercising machine themselves...