(August 17, 2014 at 9:00 am)stonedape Wrote:Our creativity often comes up against the brick wall of reality. We can imagine things like witches - but we don't seem to be able to become witches. Those beavers, btw, don't need any Hoover, so I think we'd have to withhold judgement until such time as they do.(August 17, 2014 at 8:48 am)Rhythm Wrote: There isn't much on earth that -doesn't- "creatively problem solve". There would be alot less life on earth if we were the only source for that.This is true. But we are excessive about it. A beaver can build a pretty impressive dam. But they never built the Hoover Dam.
Giraffes have an excessively long neck. Cheetahs run excessively fast. We are excessively creative. Now we can move faster than a cheetah and reach higher than a giraffe. We are only bound by our creativity.
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