The Mechanical Turk (fake) pranked inventors into making radical technological advances (real)…
All things are already possible, but they don’t seem plausible.
The Mechanical Turk expanded the range of the plausible.
Ref: https://x.com/gordonbrander/status/1385249632792416262?s=20, https://x.com/wanttoinnovate/status/1763214968684794072?s=20
“Everything you can imagine is real.”
― Pablo Picasso
What can I make which pranks people to create something never thought of?
So, what kinds of things expand the range of the plausible?
- Demos
- Prototypes (looks-like, works-like)
- Proofs of concept
- Existence Proofs
- Analogous systems - Metaphorical thinking
- A broader understanding of history
- Exposure to nonlinear systems - Exponential Returns
- Scenario Planning
- Science Fiction
- Memes
What else?
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Faith
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Seeing whats possible and plausible outside your bubble - Disease of familiarity
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Beginner’s mind
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Radical Imagination
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Bracketing - constructing your own plausible.