Crisis are solutions of a second Type

by Professor HDH

"All life is problem solving" Karl Popper's work titled retrospect.
But - you have to refine the concept for such generalizations.
In the book "solutions" by Paul Watzlawick et.al. For example, the
distinction between two "species" is founded: the first Type is of
type "the more the more," corresponds to the usual extrapolations in
our forecasts and decisions. The second Type name is "paradoxical",
i.e. progress takes place only if I do nothing, or even the opposite
of what is expected. Thus, the authors explain the paradoxical
short-term intervention or "brief therapy concept."
Philosophy of science, this corresponds to the "paradigm shift" in the
concept of Thomas Kuhn. And philosophically, these ideas - of course -
also in ancient times, for example as "enantiodromia" in Aristotle, or
the "Tao Te Ching" by Lao Tzu, or the Buddhist "koan."
That there is such a prognostic crises is so well known. It is
interesting therefore still questions about how often that happens.
An interesting approach to this is found in the invention method
"TRIZ". Its founder Genrich Altshuller has thoroughly studied in the
1950s, about 40,000 to sponsor a sealed their structures.
Approximately 98% of which can be only "40 innovative basic
principles" (40 IGP) to assign. Thus, only about 2% are classified as
"revolutionary."
It's so good to know that "someday" Suddenly everything is different
than previously thought. But it is quite economical, especially the
first To pursue art of problem solving ...