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Lateral Thinking

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Lateral thinking is defined as: 

‘the solving of problems by an indirect and creative approach, typically through viewing the problem in a new and unusual light’ 

I wondered whether those of us on the spectrum think of ourselves as lateral thinkers? Have others made observations suggesting this?

 

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  • My engineering solutions are always very 'off the wall'. People struggle to understand how I can create things that simplify such complex technical requirements into such trivial solutions that meet or exceed the expectations.

    I once had to create a vacuum system controller for a large complex system that had to work automatically 24/7 unattended, cost no money and be installed and working as soon as possible (the old control system was not mantainable and was dying). I boiled the issue down to a handful of micro-plc modules that talked to each other in a set of identical rack units, Dead simple, really cheap.

    So much easier to build & programme. I had my proposed solution ready before the others had even fully analysed the problem.

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  • My engineering solutions are always very 'off the wall'. People struggle to understand how I can create things that simplify such complex technical requirements into such trivial solutions that meet or exceed the expectations.

    I once had to create a vacuum system controller for a large complex system that had to work automatically 24/7 unattended, cost no money and be installed and working as soon as possible (the old control system was not mantainable and was dying). I boiled the issue down to a handful of micro-plc modules that talked to each other in a set of identical rack units, Dead simple, really cheap.

    So much easier to build & programme. I had my proposed solution ready before the others had even fully analysed the problem.

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