QUESTION TEXT: Studies show that the most creative engineers…
QUESTION TYPE: Necessary Assumption
CONCLUSION: Engineers will be more creative if their computer programs will let them type crazy ideas.
REASONING: Engineers were often most creative when they doodled and wrote down crazy ideas.
ANALYSIS: Is a computer doodle the same as a physical scribble? Probably not. There’s something special about paper.
(Try writing your ideas down on paper. I don’t know why it works, but you’ll get better ideas.)
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- The argument doesn’t depend on how long engineers doodle. It’s only necessary that they do doodle.
- If the notepads were used for a few other purposes (writing down to-do lists?), the argument would not be hurt.
- If three engineers out of 5 million still doodle on paper, that doesn’t hurt the argument. Maybe the others would benefit if they started doodling, too.
- CORRECT. If paper is necessary, then a computer doodling program won’t be much use.
- It doesn’t matter what engineers do with outlandish ideas, as long as the ideas help them to be more creative.
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