“For the first time in history, thinking was based on what was happening in the human brain and not the words of philosophers.”
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Edward de Bono
Edward Charles Francis Publius de Bono was a Maltese physician and commentator. He originated the term lateral thinking, and wrote many books on thinking, including Six Thinking Hats.
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science · Maltese physician (1933–2021) · physician · psychologist · philosopher · university teacher · also Edward de Bono, Edward Charles Francis Publius de Bono, Bono
Born 19 May 1933 · Died 9 June 2021 · Q41322
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That book, we know, has saved $40m dollars and tens of thousands of man-hours. Now, some silly little idiot, trying to be clever, compared to the actual results, that just makes him look like a fool.
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2026· 2 entries
“That book, we know, has saved $40m dollars and tens of thousands of man-hours. Now, some silly little idiot, trying to be clever, compared to the actual results, that just makes him look like a fool.”
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2021· 2 entries
Died 2021-06-09.
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“Unhappiness is best defined as the difference between our talents and our expectations.”
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2000· 1 entry
De Bono advised a UK Foreign Office committee that the Arab–Israeli conflict might be due, in part, to low levels of zinc found in people who eat unleavened bread (e
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1995· 2 entries
Created a futuristic documentary film, 2040: Possibilities by Edward de Bono, depicting a lecture to an audience of viewers released from a cryogenic freeze for contemporary society in the year 2040
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Acquired Little Green Island, a private island of 24 hectares (59 acres) located off of Shoal Point, Queensland, from businesswoman Janet Holmes à Court
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1976· 1 entry
De Bono took part in a radio debate for the BBC with British philosopher A
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1971· 1 entry
De Bono married Josephine Hall-White
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1955· 1 entry
To Christ Church, Oxford, where he gained an MA in psychology and physiology
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1953· 1 entry
Awarded Rhodes Scholarship (1953).
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1933· 1 entry
Born 1933-05-19.
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