(2020-04-23) Keesling Use A Zwicky Box To Solve Hard Problems In Unexpected Ways

Adam Keesling: Use a Zwicky Box To Solve Hard Problems in Unexpected Ways. A Zwicky Box allows you to search the solution space for the best answer, by allowing you to break up the solution into its component parts and endlessly recombine them to find new solutions you haven’t thought of. It’s like a LEGO set for problem solving.

Fritz Zwicky was wacky, curmudgeonly, and also one of the most prominent scientists in the twentieth century: He discovered dark matter. He held over 50 patents. He developed some of the earliest jet engines, including the Underwater Jet and the Inverted Hydropulse. He also discovered 120 supernovae over his career, a record that held until 2009. He was even credited with coining the term “supernova”.

How was he so prolific at problem solving? A little known tool that he invented called the Zwicky Box. The entire point of a Zwicky Box is to be able to find solutions to problems that no one else has thought of.

A Zwicky Box allows you to search the solution space for the best answer, by allowing you to break up the solution into its component parts and endlessly recombine them to find new solutions you haven’t thought of. It’s like a LEGO set for problem solving.

You can see each component of a sandwich gets its own column in the Zwicky box. Then, underneath each column we list as many options as possible for each component.

Do you know how Austin Richard Post aka Post Malone came up with his stage name? He started with his last name, then used a rap name generator to create his name. (Hah, I used a similar idea to come up with fluxent, project flux, etc)

we even included a few templates to get you started. We tailor-made them to be especially useful to you