The Inner Workings Of Creativity
The very definition of creativity is being bent and reshaped in various studies. The two kinds of thinking that emerged were:
- Divergent Thinking: The ability to produce multiple responses to the probe.
- Convergent Thinking: The ability to produce one correct answer to problems that have only one answer.
History tells us that some of mankind’s most creative achievements have been the result of convergent thinking, like the discovery of gravity or the properties of Energy(E=mc2)
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