Thinking outside the box is the key to be a successful scientist or philosopher

[Someone here]

Thinking outside the box  is about embracing the mental state of not knowing instead of being addicted to knowing.

Did Newton know about gravity before he 'got it' when the apple fell down onto him? Hell no, he was first in a state of not-knowing.

Was Einstein addicted to 'knowing things' (= clinging to beliefs to make sense of the chaotic world) before he 'invented'/'realized' the (theory of) relativity of time & space? 

Hell fucking no. Einstein (and Niels Bohr and other great mystics) were  curious and open-minded in extreme ways that most people can only dream of.

Einstein acknowledged and embraced the fact that, absolutely speaking, he knows 0. Nothing at all. Even General Relativity is just a useful, accurate, mathematical *model* ... at best.

Precisely because of the fact he acknowledged he didn't know shit, he was able to grasp such a magical mind-bending thing as the relativity of time & the curvature of space. What preceded these genius insights was <a total empty, calm 'state of not-knowing'>. Period.

 

[Carl-Richard]

Only to be a successful revolutionary scientist, not a successful normal scientist.

[Someone here]

@Carl-Richard  in your opinion, what exactly did open the gates for  the scientific revolution?

I mean the Revolution of science and technology for the first time,
Which was firstly revolution of science and technology in the 1760 s ... (the middle of the 19th century), which is also known as the industrial revolution.

Edited October 2, 2022 by Someone here

[Carl-Richard]

17 hours ago, Someone here said:

@Carl-Richard  in your opinion, what exactly did open the gates for  the scientific revolution?

I mean the Revolution of science and technology for the first time,
Which was firstly revolution of science and technology in the 1760 s ... (the middle of the 19th century), which is also known as the industrial revolution.

I think science started with Pythagoras

[Yarco]

The scientific term for Not-Knowing is First Principles, if you want to take all the spirituality out of it.

I don't think Einstein, Newton, or any other great scientists took a mystical approach to their research. Although they might have got there by accident.