Comment on How We Kill GeniusesparentComments−Hexstream17yI think what the article is saying is that it might be better for your creativity to believe (or act as if you believed) that your creativity doesn't really come from you (regardless of whether or not it does or not).It's a Jedi-mind-trick thing.−cmars23217yThat reminds me of Pascal's Wager (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pascal%27s_wager).
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I think what the article is saying is that it might be better for your creativity to believe (or act as if you believed) that your creativity doesn't really come from you (regardless of whether or not it does or not).
It's a Jedi-mind-trick thing.
That reminds me of Pascal's Wager (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pascal%27s_wager).