Et begrep kokt opp av Edward de Bono (mannen bak [[Lateral Thinking]]). Som [beskrevet av John Cleese](https://youtu.be/Pb5oIIPO62g?si=ViOR8-PEu3_83PP8&t=1925): > Edward de Bono, who invented the notion of lateral thinking, specifically suggests (in his book "Poe – Beyond Yes and No") that you can try loosening up your assumptions by playing with deliberately crazy connections. He calls such absurd ideas "Intermediate Impossibles". And he points out that the use of an intermediate impossible is completely contrary to ordinary logical thinking, in which you have to be right *at each stage*. It *doesn't matter* if the intermediate impossible is right or absurd, it can nevertheless be used as a stepping stone to another idea that *is* right. Another example of how, when you're playing, *nothing is wrong*. Dog presentert i konteksten av kreativitet, syns jeg det er en interessant kobling til [[Non-Committing Encryption]] som sikkerhetsmodell, som [beskrevet av Joseph Jaeger](https://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/978-3-031-30620-4_4).