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Re:Research links creativity and inability to filter irrelev... by threatofrain on Sunday December 13, 2015 @03:29PM (#10727781)
These findings fit with my understanding of an ecology of findings, and I think that criticizing the lack of citations as a way of shutting down conversation is counterproductive. Do you have institutional access? Then searching (or citation lookup) is easy, but most people here don't.
Re:Research links creativity and inability to filter irrelev... by andrewclunn on Sunday December 13, 2015 @09:52PM (#10729166)
As if questioning vague findings with no methodology given were akin to "shutting down discussion." Pop psychology is notoriously garbage. Being skeptical of such a general claim without any way to verify even the actual numbers is the only sane response. People just want to believe this junk because they can suddenly say, "I'm easily distracted... That must mean I'm creative!"