[Lex Computer & Tech Group/LCTG] Claude E. Shannon Tricks for Creative Problem Solving

[Robert Primak]

For those who would like a copy of the Tricks Claude E. Shannon used in his research and creative thinking, here's the extracted text from the screenshots provided by Steve Isenberg in the Meeting Chat:
Tricks for formulating and solving problems:
1. Simplification: get rid of enough detail (includingpractical aspects) for intuitive understanding.
2. Similarity to a known problem (experience helps)
3. Reformulate (avoid getting in a rut)
4. Generalize (more than opposite of simplify)
5. Structural analysis (break problem into pieces)
6. Inversion (work back from the desired result)
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Other tricks that Shannon often used:
1. Be interested in several interesting problems at alltimes. Work on the most interesting one.
2. Look for contradictions as well as proofs.
3. Study what is happening in multiple fields. Butdon't work on what many others are working on.
4. Ask conceptual questions about everyday things.
5. Don't write papers unless you really want to sharesomething fascinating.
6. Don't assume your readers know everything youdo. Spoon feeding not a bad idea. 
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Generated by Microsoft PowerToys Text Extractor and light editing of Steve Isenberg's screenshots.
(Windows 11 Paint App can also do this, but it was easier to use the keyboard shortcut from the PowerToys tool, plus it works in Windows 10 as well.)
(Instead of Paint or other Windows Apps, I used IrfanView to open and save the images, with more relevant names.)
-- Bob Primak 

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