Ten-year-old invents light-up crosswalks, IBM makes them real

Re:Ten-year-old invents light-up crosswalks, IBM makes them ... by fallous on Sunday December 23, 2012 @11:12AM (#4959759)

You may be right with regards to the next big app idea, but I'd disagree with the idea that 10 year-olds are no more creative than adults. Over time people tend to get less creative with regards to big ideas due to self-limiting based on operating within the confines of existing systems.

When you've operated inside the box long enough, your mental models assume the walls of the box even if they cease to exist simply because so many assumptions about reality are based on prior experience.

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Re:Ten-year-old invents light-up crosswalks, IBM makes them ... by AYBABTME on Sunday December 23, 2012 @12:44PM (#4960030)

    Over time people tend to get less creative with regards
    to big ideas due to self-limiting based on operating 
    within the confines of existing systems.

Is this your opinion, or are there research supporting this?

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Re:Ten-year-old invents light-up crosswalks, IBM makes them ... by pretoriusB on Sunday December 23, 2012 @04:08PM (#4960676)

Yes there is, and no, not everything needs to be explained with references and citations.

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Re:Ten-year-old invents light-up crosswalks, IBM makes them ... by AYBABTME on Sunday December 23, 2012 @09:39PM (#4961609)

I have a different intuition and I'd like to know why I'm wrong, other than what she/he thinks.

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