Agreed and I'd wholly agree with the general point of "if you don't create, you don't think". Humans by nature are data processing machines, our entire life is

Agreed and I'd wholly agree with the general point of "if you don't create, you don't think". Humans by nature are data processing machines, our entire life is just data. We remember images because we have saved a biological jpeg in our brain, we remember words and sentences because we've got text and audio biologically saved. However it's the act of creating that distinguishes thought from action. When I write, or draw, or create a song I am creating something new. I'm creating data that has in essence never existed before. It's not a hard coded biological function and it's not something everybody does. The act of creating shows our distinction as individuals, and perhaps prove to ourselves and others that we're not just p-zombies faking our way through life.