The Creativity Post: There’s an old brainteaser that muses the following: If you gathered an infinite number of monkeys together and gave each a typewriter, would they eventually produce the complete works of Shakespeare? Before answering that question, ponder this one: Why do we even ask such questions?
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I think the monkey theorem is particularly interesting because it is about purely accidental creation. But I think it’s hard to put any merit to the theorem, because it would mean that it is possible to create incredible art jus through accident. While I don’t quite understand the connection between the theorem and creativity, but the article does hold a lot of truth. In that often creating is an extremely messy process, which makes it difficult to streamline or recreate. I think that is what makes creating so interesting and fun is that there are no right answers but at the same time, that’s what I enjoy about it. But another idea that the article lands spot on is a feeling of never having enough time, which can be both a blessing and a curse. If you had infinite time to work on a project then at some point you would stagnate, but at the same time it often feels as though you don’t have enough to get the project just the way you want it.
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