To me it seems that most creativity can be explained as either combining a few existing concepts, or introducing a small random change into something existing.
But then, how can something creative be great, considering that combining existing concepts should result in approximately average quality, and a random change is more likely to be bad than good? This is because people have a few creative ideas, and then select the best one. Or someone else selects the best idea, maybe from multiple people. Like, most books suck, but the few good ones become famous.
To me it seems that most creativity can be explained as either combining a few existing concepts, or introducing a small random change into something existing.
But then, how can something creative be great, considering that combining existing concepts should result in approximately average quality, and a random change is more likely to be bad than good? This is because people have a few creative ideas, and then select the best one. Or someone else selects the best idea, maybe from multiple people. Like, most books suck, but the few good ones become famous.