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A Relaxed Look
at
Creativity
by
shanthini
How to remain original
and creative?
• strong passions and base emotions,
like anger, are strong creative
forces
• do not take sides in a topic where
there is an intense debate
• choose interesting problems (close
to heart), not easy ones
• recognise and overcome mental
barriers
• keep the mind flexible
(possessing a childlike innocence
and sense of wonder, and the
ability to ask naive questions)
• knowledge is an obstacle to being
creative (don’t be an expert)
• don’t read the literature first
Barriers to Creativity
• Concreteness
(Newton vs Einstein;
Euclid vs Riemann)
• Complexity
(making point masses
out of sun & earth)
Proposal for research grant:
investigator : A. Einstein
occupation: Clerk, Swiss patent office
aim: To study the nature of space
and time
methodology: Conduct thought
experiments in armchair, supported by
abstract maths
duration: 01 lifetime
by Craig Loche
Work Habits
• Boredom and Inactivity
• Thinking (taking long walks)
• Don’t be routine
• Be unrealistic about your
mental capacities (such as IQ)
IQ
is not predictive of
either productivity
or innovation
Simonton, D.K. 1988
Scientific Genius
Cambridge University Press, NY
Emotional Intelligence (EI)
is a better measure than IQ
Is it?
Wherever you can,
measure or count.
Francis Galton 1855
The Art of Travel
If you can talk,
you can sing.
If you can walk,
you can dance.