Lateral thinking
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A farmer owed a moneylender a large debt. To repay the debt, the moneylender proposed marrying the farmer's daughter. The daughter did not want to marry the ugly moneylender. He suggested letting Providence decide by having the daughter pick a pebble from a bag containing one black and one white pebble. However, the moneylender secretly put two black pebbles in the bag. Faced with this dilemma, the clever daughter pretended to accidentally drop the pebble she picked so the moneylender could not tell its color, tricking him into forgiving her father's debt.
Lateral thinking
- 2. StoryStory Many years ago in a small Indian village, A farmer had the misfortune Of owing a large sum of money to a village moneylender. www.solaceworld.org
- 3. StoryStory The Moneylender, who was old and ugly, fancied the farmer's beautiful Daughter. So he proposed a bargain. www.solaceworld.org
- 4. StoryStory He said he would forgo the farmer's debt if he could marry his Daughter. Both the farmer and his daughter were horrified by the Proposal. www.solaceworld.org
- 5. StoryStory So the cunning money-lender suggested that they let Providence decide the matter. www.solaceworld.org
- 6. Logical SolutionLogical Solution He told them that he would put a black Pebble and a white pebble into an empty money bag. Then the girl would Have to pick one pebble from the bag. www.solaceworld.org
- 7. StoryStory He told them that he would put a black Pebble and a white pebble into an empty money bag. Then the girl would Have to pick one pebble from the bag. www.solaceworld.org
- 8. StoryStory 1) If she picked the black pebble, she would become his wife and her father's debt would be forgiven. www.solaceworld.org
- 9. StoryStory 2) If she picked the white pebble she need not marry him and her father's debt would still be forgiven. www.solaceworld.org
- 10. StoryStory 3) But if she refused to pick a pebble, her father would be thrown in a Jail. www.solaceworld.org
- 11. StoryStory They were standing on a pebble strewn path in the farmer's field. As They talked, the moneylender bent over to pick up two pebbles. www.solaceworld.org
- 12. StoryStory As he Picked them up, the sharp-eyed girl noticed that he had picked up two Black pebbles and put them into the bag. www.solaceworld.org
- 13. StoryStory He then asked the girl to pick A pebble from the bag. Now......... ., imagine that you were standing in the field. www.solaceworld.org
- 14. StoryStory What would you have Done; www.solaceworld.org
- 15. StoryStory If you were the girl? If you had to advise her, what would you Have told her? www.solaceworld.org
- 16. StoryStory Routine solutions / analysis would produce One or more of the following three possibilities: www.solaceworld.org
- 17. StoryStory 1. The girl should refuse to take a pebble. www.solaceworld.org
- 18. StoryStory 2. The girl should show that there were two black pebbles in the bag And expose the money- lender as a cheat. www.solaceworld.org
- 19. StoryStory 3. The girl should pick a black pebble and sacrifice herself in order To save her father from his debt and imprisonment. www.solaceworld.org
- 20. StoryStory Take a moment to ponder over the situation... . www.solaceworld.org
- 21. StoryStory The above story is an example that would bring home the need for us to appreciate the difference between lateral And logical thinking. www.solaceworld.org
- 22. StoryStory The girl's dilemma cannot be solved with Traditional logical thinking. www.solaceworld.org
- 23. StoryStory The girl's dilemma cannot be solved with Traditional logical thinking. www.solaceworld.org
- 24. StoryStory Think of the consequences if she chooses The above logical answers. www.solaceworld.org
- 25. StoryStory What would you recommend to the Girl to do? www.solaceworld.org
- 27. StoryStory Well, here is what she did .... ; www.solaceworld.org
- 28. StoryStory The girl put her hand into the moneybag and drew out a pebble. www.solaceworld.org
- 29. StoryStory Without Looking at it, she fumbled and let it fall onto the pebble-strewn path www.solaceworld.org
- 30. StoryStory Where it immediately became lost among all the other pebbles . www.solaceworld.org
- 31. StoryStory "Oh, how clumsy of me," she said. "But never mind, if you look into the Bag for the one that is left, you will be able to tell which pebble I Picked." www.solaceworld.org
- 32. StoryStory Since the remaining pebble is black, it must be assumed that she had Picked the white one. www.solaceworld.org
- 33. StoryStory And since the money- lender dared not admit his Dishonesty, www.solaceworld.org
- 34. StoryStory The girl changed what seemed an impossible situation to an advantageous one. www.solaceworld.org
- 35. MORAL OF THE STORY: Most complex problems have a solution. It is only that we need to think Hard enough... www.solaceworld.org