Any type of creativity is a natural process. Do you agree?

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   dghbrhposted 11 years ago

   Any type of creativity is a natural process. Do you agree?
   
   Can creativity be artificial if not natural? How?

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   TheSingularityposted 11 years ago

   Creativity, like all thought, is a result of brain chemistry and electrical activity, thus it is a natural process. Any unique idea or well planned solution to a problem is an example of the natural process of creativity. It could be created artificially using computers, as computer generated art and music has already emerged.

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      AlexanderPposted 11 years agoin reply to this

      i also heard on the radio someone used pills to get their minds working and were better writers, or something like that. though i never looked into that, never researched it.

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      dghbrhposted 11 years agoin reply to this

      Thank you@The Singularity for your reply here. Very good example of Computers in art and music.
      Alexander p....I even never heard of that kind of pills.

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      TheSingularityposted 11 years agoin reply to this

      Alexander, that brings up a good point. I heard that same report, it was about Kerouac's use of amphetamines. I suppose that may make it more artificial, however his writing is no less beautiful from it.

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   AlexanderPposted 11 years ago

   personally, i don't think it's natural creativity if people have to get involved and artificially stimulate it. like, when people sleep by aid of sleep pills, that's not what i consider natural sleep because the effects of induced sleep on the body are not as reviving as naturally falling asleep. so this forced(for the lack of better word) sleep is unnatural. so is artificially triggered, simulated or in any other way induced creativity.
   
   but if we are less strict with definitions of "natural" and "unnatural"--which is not unreasonable because definitions are usually subjective--then yes, any creativity is natural for the reasons TheSingularity mentioned.

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      dghbrhposted 11 years agoin reply to this

      Thank you for your kind response here. The example of sleep natural and forced sleep is interesting.

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