From: Natasha Vita More (fka Nancie Clark) (natasha@natasha.cc)
Date: Sun Apr 19 1998 - 12:11:11 MDT
At 03:01 PM 4/18/98 -0700, you wrote:
>In the same vein, I would say that all major scientific advances of the
>past have come from highly creative thinkers.
Free association (Einstein's basic inspiration) is non-rational creativity,
not irrational creativity. Non-rational creativity is not in conflict with
rational creativity.
Rational creativity doesn't exclude the non-rational process of innovation,
inspiration, originality, vision and daring.
Rational thinking is advantageous to creative thinking. If I have a
visionary idea (non-rational creativity) and want to take it to fruition -
produce it - rational thinking is my best bet.
>You cannot get these
>things through "rationalism" alone.
I don't think that anyone is making this claim.
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