Except when when the great change requires a leap of understanding. Regardless of how diligently she works, the person who is blind in a particular area will never make the necessary transcendental leap that creates new understanding.
I have experienced this, working in a room full of brilliant people for a period of months. It took the transcendental leap of understanding by someone outside the group to present the elegantly-simple solution to the apparently intractable problem.
So, while many problems will fall to persistence and diligence, some problems require at least momentary transcendental brilliance … or at least a favorable error. Hmm, this says something about the need for experimentation as well. Never underestimate the power of, “Huh, that’s funny. It’s not supposed to do that …”
Except when when the great change requires a leap of understanding. Regardless of how diligently she works, the person who is blind in a particular area will never make the necessary transcendental leap that creates new understanding.
I have experienced this, working in a room full of brilliant people for a period of months. It took the transcendental leap of understanding by someone outside the group to present the elegantly-simple solution to the apparently intractable problem.
So, while many problems will fall to persistence and diligence, some problems require at least momentary transcendental brilliance … or at least a favorable error. Hmm, this says something about the need for experimentation as well. Never underestimate the power of, “Huh, that’s funny. It’s not supposed to do that …”
Brian