Heh
CavGuy wrote:
"I've learned that if one can't explain his/her idea briefly and what its relevance is then there is a problem with the idea."
Hmmm...could be a self-referential example
On a serious note, the highest value that I see in Boyd's work was modeling the ethic of being a continuously learning, adaptive, thinking, competitor in a dynamic environment. Something that was very much against the cultural, organizational, grain of the U.S. military at the time, not to mention society at large.
Still does, in some quarters.
Boyd's "original" ideas or insights relate more to the OODA Loop and E-M Theory (if we are going to disallow the latter based on Sun-tzu and ch'i then I guess much of the credit for early twentieth century physics should go to Democritus) while his briefings were definitely examples of synthesis.
Most constructive or innovative thinking, including in the sciences, derives from synthesis, not analysis though both are useful cognitive tools that everyone should have in their kit.
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