"You don’t have to be a rocket scientist to do that!" the common phrase goes. "C'mon man, this isn't brain surgery after all."
I started wondering why these two disciplines--rocket science and brain surgery--are so highly regarded. They both involve tremendous precision, years of study, mathematical calculations, complex directions, excessive memorization, and level-headedness under intense pressure. In other words, it's like the Left-Brain Olympics. The X-Games of Logical, analytical, linear thinking.
Why don't we attribute the same statue to creative, Right-Brain practices? You don't hear people saying, "You don't have to be a film producer to do that!" or "C'mon man, this isn't haiku composition after all".
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Author: Josh Linkner
