Stretching people?

When I really want to stretch a training group’s thinking on a particular topic, I will sometimes ask them to focus on what initially looks like a baffling statement. And after their individual and collective reflection the technique never fails to produce creative and innovative insights

And one of my favourite aphorisms?

“Absence of Evidence is not Evidence of Absence”

What would you make of that and what other “stretchers” do you employ to stimulate new ideas outside the old box?

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