Is idle curiosity more creative than necessity?

Answer 1

I suppose that any kind of curiosity would be more creative than necessity. Doing things out of necessity doesn't involve much thought, and most of those things we do out of necessity are basic animal instincts anyway. I'm curious though as to what the definition of idle curiosity is as compared to active curiosity.

Answer 2

Idle Curiosity

Answer 3

Interesting....I read the questin a few times, and sat and thought about it for a bit.
I'd say..no.
Idle curiosity is just what the words imply. Idle...its wondering about something that you may or may not end up looking into.
Necessity, on the other hand, has driven scientists to actively search for a way to do that which is needed. From medical research to mechanical , it is the necessity of the people that have fueled the drive for answers.

Answer 4

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Answer 5

In a general sense, both "idle curiosity" and "necessity" can be considered subheads for motivating creativity. But in fact, each inspires a different type of creative solution.

Necessity is said to be the "mother of invention." We can say, in fact, that "inventiveness", based on flexibility (thinking outside the box, for example) is the type of creative solution that necessity inspires. If you face a difficult, practical, prolem and cannot deal with it by applying routine methods, then the problem challenges you to come up with an inventive or innovative solution. The problem exists before the solution; the necessity of solving the problem may challenge you to come up with a new solution.

I think that, in the purest sense, "idle curiosity" may lead to smething quite differnet — discovering or creatng something in advance of a problem actually existng. For example, originally (as far as I know) dealing with coherent light was a pure scientific venture into the unknown — exploring something that was interesting, but which did not have any kind of problem that it addressed until Gabor explored light and discovered how he could do what he was interested in. Only after the laser actually existed was it realized that new products or uses could be created for it and development shifted from the idle (but focused) curiosity of pure scientific research to the inventive responses to necessity of the engineering development process.

I think, by the way, that looking at these issues this way may suggest to some that C. P. Snow's "Two Cultures" controversy of the 1950s sets up something of a false division between arts and sciences as activities. Poetic creation and scientific creation may be more similar as processes than distinct; both may have different relations to technical application, but each is also rather different from technical inventiveness.

Answer 6

NECESSITY is more creative than curiosity. Necessity is the driving force which pushes people to invent something, such as cars,cellphones, computers, medicines, etc. =) A person can be curious about something, & doesn't anything about it, but if it is a necessity, people will find ways to fill it.

Answer 7

Your comparing apples to oranges. Curiosity and necessity both inspire creativity. Curiosity doesn't always create solutions. Whereas, necessity strives to.

Answer 8

No.

You must have heard the expression "Necessity is the mother of invention" ?

I'll use the example of Leonardo. He was a prime case of idle curiousity, dabbling in many projects but not finishing many of them off. Only when he had to complete a project (eg. when they were at war) did he finish off many of his inventions.

Answer 9

Idol curiosity is the mother of necessity, the grandmother of invention(creativity).

Answer 10

Let us put it like this - necessity is the mother of invention and idle curosity is the grandmother of invention.