ARRGGGGG. For the last time – Henry Ford was creative. The Wright Brothers were creative. Edison was creative. Science, approached properly, is a creative pursuit. The problem is that the more small minded among us do not believe it to be so. Frankly, I’ve known more creative scientists than I’ve known truly creative people who call themselves creative.
One place we have our eye on is the College for Creative Studies at UCSB (note the name): https://www.ccs.ucsb.edu
If you look, you can pursue Biology, Chemistry and Physics (while rubbing shoulders with creative people who are studying writing and art). So STEM majors are creative. In fact, computing had it’s start with technology developed for a loom – a very creative step to apply loom concepts to automated computing/
The problem is that “creativity” has become shorthand (in some people’s minds) for not being accountable for anything. What it means is producing something that hasn’t been done or produced before.[/quote]
yes. creativity is important. more so than rote memorization of formulas.
I think most people going into “creative majors” means that they want to have fun in such thing as French renaissance poetry. sure, it’s creative but it has little use in the real world.
being creative doesn’t mean not productive but that’s the euphemism for that word nowadays.
