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1、个人收集整理勿做商业用途fruitfulquestions1Theothernightatthedinnertable,mythreekids-ages9，6and4-tooktimeoutfromtheirfoodfighttoteachmeaboutparadigmshifts，thelimitationsoflinearthinkingandhowtorefocusparameters.2Here'showithappened：WewereplayingourownoralversionoftheSesameStreetgame，”WhatDoesn'tBelong？，"whe

2、rekidslookatthreepicturesandchoosetheonethatdoesn’tfit.Isaid,”OK，whatdoesn'tbelong，anorange,atomatoorastrawberry？"3Theoldestdidn'ttakemorethanasecondtodeliverhissmuganswer:”Tomatobecausetheothertwoarefruits。”Iagreedthatthiswastherightanswerdespitethefactthatsomepuristsinsistatomatoisafruit.Toth

3、oseofusforcedaskidstoeattheminsalads，tomatoeswillalwaysbevegetables.Iwasabouttothinkupanothersetofthreewhenmy4—year-oldsaid，"Therightanswerisstrawberrybecausetheothertwoareroundandastrawberryisn't。"HowcouldIarguewiththat?4Thenmy6-yearoldsaid,”It'stheorangebecausetheothertwoarered。"Nottobeoutdon

4、ebyhisyoungersiblings，the9-yearoldsaid，"Itcouldalsobetheorangebecausetheothertwogrowonvines."5Themiddleonetookthisasadirectchallenge.”Itcouldbethestrawberrybecauseit'stheonlyoneyouputonicecream。"个人收集整理勿做商业用途1Somethingwasdefinitelyhappeninghere。Itwasmessierthanafoodfightandmuchmoreimportantthanw

5、hetheratomatoisafruitorvegetable。MykidsweredoingwhatCopernicusdidwhenheplacedthesunatthecenteroftheuniverse,readjustingthecenturies—oldparadigmofanEarth-centeredsystem.TheyweredoingwhatReubenMattusdidwhenherenamedhisBronxicecreamHaagen-Dazsandraisedthepricewithoutchangingtheproduct.Theyweredoin

6、gwhatEdwardJennerdidwhenhediscoveredavaccinationforsmallpoxbyabandoninghisquestforacure。2Insteadofstudyingpeoplewhoweresickwithsmallpox，hebegantostudypeoplewhowereexposedtoitbutnevergotsick.Hefoundthatthey'dallcontractedasimilarbutmilderdisease，cowpox,whichvaccinatedthemagainstthedeadlysmallpox

7、。32Theywererefocusingtheparameters。Theywereredefiningtheproblems。Theywerereframingthequestions。Inshort，theyweredoingwhateveryscientistwho’severmadeanimportantdiscoverythroughouthistoryhasdone，accordingtoThomasKuhn,inhisbook,”TheSt