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All of the above is easy to understand when you think of creativity as unconscious problem solving. Also John Cleese has a great talk about it: https://www.you

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• exodust 13y ago
  Yeah I dunno, it's a long video. Is there a transcript? I can't listen to Cleese for more than the average length of a comedy sketch. As for creativity not being a team sport, and brainstorming being "terrible", I disagree. Creative ideas need organised foundations, and brainstorming can solve problems for a team to action and expand creative ideas. The band jamming in the garage, is their musical brainstorming so terrible? "Creativity" is such a loose word. As for what it even is, I lean towards the theory I read somewhere of it being about "discovery" rather than bringing something new into the world. Creativity is the act of discovering what was already there. Works for me until I change my mind.
  • collyw 13y ago
    My experience of brainstorming is that everyone comes up with a crap idea (a couple of people will probably come up with the same idea). I can see why some are crap, and can't see why some others are. I have an OK idea, I can see is better than the crap ones. The loud people get hooked on one of the crap ideas and don't listen / or bother to comprehend why your idea may be better, they are too busy elaborating on of their crap one. My best ideas come at unusual times. Staring into space. Or Riding my bike. Crap idea wins.