Jonathan Plucker - What is Creativity

The video explores the complex nature of creativity, emphasizing the lack of a standard definition in the field. It recounts a guest lecture experience that highlighted this issue and led to the development of a comprehensive definition. Creativity is defined as the interaction among aptitude, process, and environment, resulting in a novel and useful product within a social context. The video also discusses the importance of context in judging creativity and the role of surprisingness in creative ideas.

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