tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8839412.post7566076234018104324..comments2024-03-19T07:48:54.021-06:00Comments on Gus Van Horn: 12-7-13 HodgepodgeGus Van Hornhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05126749051688217781noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8839412.post-24326209376438303112013-12-08T05:18:50.057-06:002013-12-08T05:18:50.057-06:00Steve and Anon.,
You both make solid objections t...Steve and Anon.,<br /><br />You both make solid objections to the article on creativity, Anon's calling out the lack of definition and equivocation between actual creativity and non-conformity being the most helpful in helping me see what bothered me about the article.<br /><br />That said, I think that evaluation of creative work does require some level of comfort in dealing with uncertainty (e.g., Is the idea actually good? Does it have commercial potential?). That is something I had not considered before.<br /><br />GusGus Van Hornhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05126749051688217781noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8839412.post-47645586350240282662013-12-08T00:28:23.836-06:002013-12-08T00:28:23.836-06:00Gus,
I think Jessica Olien’s article is rational...Gus, <br /><br />I think Jessica Olien’s article is rationalism — the manipulation of words disconected from reality. She neither defines nor exemplifies “creativity.” Thus, her article is a harsh — equating creativity with such disparate topics as “risk-taking,” “non-conformity,” “uncertainty,” and “wonderful ideas.” <br /><br />Her silly equation of creativity with Thoreauvian non-conformity leads to her silly critique of schooling: “Studies show that teachers overwhelmingly discriminate against creative students, favoring their satisfier classmates who more readily follow directions and do what they’re told.”<br /><br />Nothing could be further from the truth. No one is more uncreative than the “teenage non-conformist.” My life as a school teacher has shown me that the creativity of students is directly proportional to their sense of epistemological confidence. And epistemologically confident students yearn for certainty, which is why they eagerly “follows directions” and “do what they’re is told.” They know, intuitively, that to command reality they have to obey reality.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8839412.post-77698572705977667872013-12-07T17:41:33.246-06:002013-12-07T17:41:33.246-06:00To clarify the point I was trying to make in the l...To clarify the point I was trying to make in the last comment; the conclusion that people don’t really want creativity conforms so closely to most people’s biases that we should be very cautious about accepting it. <br />I do think creativity has become a corporate buzz word. People may say they want it more than they actually do.Steve Dnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8839412.post-17808325673593606852013-12-07T17:34:09.292-06:002013-12-07T17:34:09.292-06:00Or could it be that accusations of a 'bias'...Or could it be that accusations of a 'bias' against creativity are used by faux creative people as an excuse for why they didn’t succeed or by people who overestimate their own creativity? <br />Or are the people appearing to not appreciate creative ideas because they are envious that they didn’t have them themselves?<br />Or are they saying that disagreeing with one person’s creative ideas is tantamount to dissing creativity in general. Just because an idea is creative doesn’t mean it’s a good idea or that it will work. <br />I’m going to disagree with Jessica, here. It sounds too much like sour grapes. I’d have to actually read the study she mentions but most of these types of studies are not very good. In this case I can almost guarantee that the researchers found the result they wanted.<br />Steve Dnoreply@blogger.com