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Originally Posted by Sithdarth
Tools. At some point evolution stumbled onto the fact that a mind that can create things is infinitely more versatile than even the best most adaptable body. A mind that can make tools can overcome just about anything given the time to invent and generally much more quickly than physical evolution. The ability to think more and more abstractly and thus devise more and more complex tools is a giant evolutionary advantage. Everything that we do that is creative is in some way at its base a tool. Language and art are meant to convey meaning and keep records for example. They are social tools. Oh and we aren't the only creative ones just the best at it.
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This is interesting... but how would you define "creative" in the first place? Because what you're describing here is the result of us evolving larger, more intelligent brains. And while it makes sense that the ability to recognize patterns would develop in parallel to the ability to replicate those patterns, the fact that the most intelligent members of human society aren't always hugely creative, and vice versa, doesn't really support that.