Dig into the why & how to achieve your goals
- Related How engineers learn.
Wrote a commentary on this picture over the past 4 years on 2018-01-02
Why is that?" (why) repeatedly delving into, you will eventually reach The Limits of Science, and when you get further answers to the "why" from there, you will obtain physics knowledge. The image of dividing.
On the other hand, when you have something you want to make or realize and you ask yourself, "How can I make it?" (how), we attach them together by saying, "Let's combine this and that.
Sometimes the result of attaching is different from what was expected. By asking "Why is it different from what I expected?", we can gain engineering insight. By actually taking action, you will notice blind spots.
Right-side thinking and left-side thinking are not antithetical.
- The figure expresses that there is also a "digging down" phase in the right side of the idea, which is aimed at ascending
- Conversely, there is a phase in the left side of the concept, which is not drawn but is intended to dig deeper, in which "if this hypothesis is correct, this is what should happen" "experiment" is performed and the results are seen. This is the same as the right side.
- They zigzag along with each other. - Parable of the Spiral Staircase
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