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Is Lateral Thinking Necessary for Creativity?

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Robert Weisberg argues that there is very little evidence of lateral thinking in the work of great creators such as Mozart, Beethoven, Darwin, Edison, Coleridge, Whitman and the Wright brothers.

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How Did Darwin Get His Big Idea?

Lateral Action

Darwin's 'flash of insight' was the result of special creative thinking processes - whether labelled 'lateral thinking' or 'break[ing] down his associative barriers'. I actually think it would do Darwin a disservice to attribute his discovery purely to flashes of insight and effortless genius.