Genius From Mars Technique

( n.)

   [TMRC]  A  visionary quality which enables one to ignore the standard
   approach  and  come  up  with  a totally unexpected new algorithm. An
   attack  on  a  problem  from  an  offbeat  angle that no one has ever
   thought  of before, but that in retrospect makes total sense. Compare
   {grok}, {zen}.

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