Why Are Some People More Creative Than Others?

Re:Why Are Some People More Creative Than Others? by Retric on Friday January 19, 2018 @03:24PM (#16189449)

Few books are written by kids which confuses the issue. If only one in 100,000 books is great and prodigies have written less than 100,000 books then you should not expect any great books.

On the other hand plenty of great books have been written by people in their 20's which is a long way from a full life.

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Re:Why Are Some People More Creative Than Others? by pmoriarty on Friday January 19, 2018 @03:26PM (#16189461)

So why aren't they writing books? They're making music, playing chess, and doing math -- often at much higher levels than many adults. Why not books?

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Re:Why Are Some People More Creative Than Others? by Retric on Friday January 19, 2018 @03:30PM (#16189499)

There are plenty of books written by people under 18. Some are even above average relative to adult writing. But, unlike chess, math, or music it takes a long time to write a book so they get less practice. On top of that books take a long time to write so they need to be good at a young age simply to finish by 18.

On the other had there is some IMO great poetry written by kids.

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