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Noun
1. lateral thinking
Wikipedia definition
2. Lateral thinkingLateral thinking is solving problems through an indirect and creative approach, using reasoning that is not immediately obvious and involving ideas that may not be obtainable by using only traditional step-by-step logic. Lateral thinking is different from our normal perceptions regarding creativity and innovation, and it is an alternative to pure vertical logic/scientism and pure horizontal imagination/spirituality: Purely horizontal thinking is known as daydreaming. Fantasy. Mysticism.
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