This is absolutely true.  Critical Thinking <i>does</i> discourage ideas - namely, poorly thought out and stupid ones.  There&#x27;s absolutely nothing wrong with using creativity to solve problems, however, at some point, you have to think critically about those solutions if you ever have any hope of <i>actually</i> solving problems.  But, Why stop there?  If we&#x27;re going to get rid of critical thinking, why not just throw out the whole of the scientific method as well?  We&#x27;ll all find ourselves in the middle of a new Dark Age at the wrong end of a dowsing rod .