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Re:Creative minds: the links between mental illness and crea... by biohacker42 on Thursday May 07, 2009 @09:39AM (#597890)
I play a bit of music, I suck, but I do play, and I can absolutely tell you I KNOW when it's wrong. Not just out of tune but WRONG. And as the grand parent poster pointed out, the creativity in science isn't in the verification part.
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Re:Creative minds: the links between mental illness and crea... by vorador on Thursday May 07, 2009 @02:10PM (#598379)
You should listen to some atonal music. It may sound wrong but it's because of our culture (western music is based on scales, atonal music is not).
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