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How to Think Creatively
- aMoniker 15y agoStart by ignoring articles that tell you how to think.
- wslh 15y agoYour statement is a paradox!
- robjohnson 15y agoHow does one learn to think, if not through education? And academic article-based education is the primary way of learning in academia. I very much agree with the post's point about the first step. In order to make a significantly disruptive breakthrough, it's necessary that one knows where the outer edges of that domain lie.
- 6ren 15y agoI'm not too sure about the left/right brain aspect (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cerebral_hemisphere#Hemisphere_lateralization http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cerebral_hemisphere#Hemisphere_...) but I agree with switching between logical and intuitive ways of looking at a problem, and immersing then allowing insight to come of its own accord. It is by logic we prove, it is by intuition that we invent http://www.gap-system.org/~history/Biographies/Poincare.html http://www.gap-system.org/~history/Biographies/Poincare.html
- jaipilot747 15y agoThank you for the link on Poincare. It was much more interesting than the original article.
- spodek 15y agoRobert Weisberg's book "Creativity: Beyond the Myth of Genius" revolutionized my understanding of creativity. Now I see the mainstream view of the Genius creator struck by the muse as over-romanticized, whereas people who history has called genius work in a more structured fashion. I recommend his book to anyone who creates or wants to create more. He doesn't tell you how to think, but you can figure it out. He reveal how myths confuse things and could send you down unproductive paths. I talk about it more here -- http://joshuaspodek.com/creativity http://joshuaspodek.com/creativity