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Thomas Edison said: “Am I a man of great wisdom? Hardly! Even when a simple person brings me a question, my mind goes utterly blank, I just thrash it out until I’ve exhausted every possibility. When this happens, I can see no reason why my answer cannot be correct.” This quote is a testament to the power of creativity and the ability to think outside the box. It comes from one of Edison’s notebooks from 1891, from which he worked as a telegraph operator in the Civil War. In fact, Edison was an avid fan of “impossible” questions and would often ask his friends and colleagues to give him ones that were too hard for him to figure out.
Source: The Analects
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