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TRIZ: Inventive problem-solving

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by maryweilage

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The June 18 edition of the Application Developer Management e-newsletter outlines the key points of the TRIZ paradigm, an inventive problem-solving theory.

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http://www.triz-journal.com/

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by ericktreetops

The concept is called "standing on the shoulders of giants." And implies that there are very few new discoveries and the norm is that most scientist simply build on the knowledge of those that preceded them.

I believe the term has been around in one form or another since at least the 1930's. So Genrich S. Altshuller theory also falls into that category since it is built on a subject matter that is not new or inventive.

by gr_vaughan

I believe the expression came from Isaac Newton, who
declared, "If I have seen farther, it is from standing on
the shoulders of giants", a tribute to the scientists who
came before him. Of course, the original may have
been written in Latin.

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