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It's always amazed me how little attention philosophers, psychologists, or anyone else actually has paid to humor.
Edward de Bono
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Edward de Bono
Age: 88 †
Born: 1933
Born: May 19
Died: 2021
Died: June 9
Philosopher
Physician
Psychologist
University Teacher
Republic of Malta
Edward Charles Francis Publius de Bono
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Language is the biggest barrier to human progress because language is an encyclopedia of ignorance. Old perceptions are frozen into language and force us to look at the world in an old fashioned way.
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Every valuable creative idea must always be logical in hindsight. If it were not, we would never be able to see its value.
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