In Greek mythology, there were the muses, who provided inspiration for creative ideas.
Now, even if we stopped believing in muses, we still think about the process of producing ideas as something magical, that we can cannot explain or control.
"Idea generation could be thought of as a search for novelty, while its process partner, idea evaluation, might be thought of as an effort to make novel thinking practical, useful or relevant."
"Idea generation could be thought of as a search for novelty, while its process partner, idea evaluation, might be thought of as an effort to make novel thinking practical, useful or relevant."
Optimism Bias is when we are sure about the success of a certain project or venture and do not take into account the scenarios of failure.
Temporal Discounting is a cognitive error where we make decisions taking into account the present condition, and not bothering about any future consequences.