I think the problem is less to do with imagination and more to do with being willing to fail a metric shit ton to find out how, every once in a while, you didn'

I think the problem is less to do with imagination and more to do with being willing to fail a metric shit ton to find out how, every once in a while, you didn't fail due to some really important and surprising reason you wouldn't have found nearly as quickly only ever going after what you were already certain of.