Monday, March 28, 2011

Watering Plants with Fire Hoses:
How “Brilliant” Ideas Can Easily Fade Into “Obscure” Outcomes

A fire hose to water a flower pot? You are right, it is nonsense. Fire hoses were not designed to water flower pots. They were conceived to put out fires by pouring liters of water in just a matter of seconds. No matter how thirsty a plant might look like standing in its pot, a fire hose would undoubtedly produce a disastrous result. This blog is about these apparently brilliant ideas and how they sometimes fade into obscure outcomes.