The Story of How the Post-It Note Was Invented by an Engineer

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Multiple Choice

The story of how the Post-It note was invented by an engineer who accidentally created a weak adhesive and had to convince others that it was a "good idea" illustrates that

• A) ​ideas are rarely accepted until they can be viewed as an analogy of a previous problem.
• B) ​ideas must become mental sets within the general public before they are accepted.
• C) ​"thin-slicing" is a poor way to determine the practicality of an invention.
• D) ​unusual and original ideas may be rejected at first by conventional thinkers.

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