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Sunday, July 6, 2008

Creativity vs Plain Playfulness

First a student got hooked by a spring and ... a trip to the hospital to remove the spring. Luckily NUH is nearby.

Second, my students discover an ingenious way of 'looking' at infra radiation: Our eyes can't really see in infra red radiation, but most digital camera is able to capture that light in its CCD.

Hmm, incidentally the student who got hooked is also in the creative class of mine. I suppose creativity has its reward - and price to pay. Scientists who discover / invent machines probably blew up just as many. There is a vague thin line between creativity and playfulness.

I suppose the definition could be - if you blew many things up and discover/invent some useful stuff, you are considered creative; If you can't get any useful stuff out it, you are just plain playful - a fact of life.

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