Nobody really wants to ask naive or stupid questions, but as the
blog Creative Something points out, those questions are often
the best way to spark a creative insight into problem solving.
When you're stuck on a big problem, it's easy to pound your head
against the wall trying to solve it. However, it might be best
to step away for a little while and look at the problem from a
different perspective. One way to force this mindset is to ask
yourself naive questions. Creative Something offers one example
from physicist Paul Davies: By simply asking questions that he,
himself, had about cancer science, Paul was able to invoke
creative thinking in countless cancer researchers, doctors, and
scientists... Paul's questions were exactly what the audience
needed to hear in order to use their imaginations, look at their
work from a different perspective, and start exploring options
they hadn't envisioned before... Asking seemingly naive
questions, it turns out, is a remarkable way to spur creative
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