On 5 January 2016 at 17:56, [log in to unmask] <
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> Y’our not wrong! But I have been told many times by other designers I have
> known and worked with, and by design students I have taught that ‘evidence’
> inhibits their creativity. In my little post to the thread I was merely
> acknowledging a point of view I disagree with.
>
I've been exposed to this kind of argument as well. In all cases where I
pursued an explanation from the person making the argument, the result has
always been along the lines of: I had a great idea and the evidence
undermined its greatness. To which I would submit the proposition that
perhaps the idea wasn't great to begin with. After which I have to duck as
shoes get hurled at me.
In these cases, I believe the person making the argument is suffering from
some kind of cognitive dissonance: their experience tells them their idea
is great, while the evidence says otherwise. Assuming it's good evidence
(which can be BIG assumption), the way to resolve the dissonance is
straightforward: learn from the experience of creating a not-so-great idea
to improve the odds of creating a great idea in the future.
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*Prof. Filippo A. Salustri, Ph.D., P.Eng.*
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http://deseng.ryerson.ca/~fil/
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