Elizabeth Barrette (ysabetwordsmith) wrote,
Elizabeth Barrette
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How Creativity and Eccentricity Are Linked

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  • 3 comments
whuffle

whuffle

November 22 2011, 03:49:09 UTC 9 years ago

Ya know, that explains a whole hell of a lot about how/why I am who I am....
wcg

wcg

November 22 2011, 04:54:21 UTC 9 years ago

For a counter-example, look at John Bardeen. One of the most brilliant physicists ever, and the only one to win two Nobel prizes in physics. In person, he was the most un-eccentric man you could imagine. Just a quiet, down to earth midwestern guy.

The reason you've probably never heard about John is because he wasn't eccentric. The people who write about scientists like the trope of the eccentric scientist. John never fit into that, so nobody wrote about him in the popular press.
ysabetwordsmith

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ysabetwordsmith

November 22 2011, 05:02:20 UTC 9 years ago

Not all creative people are eccentric, although plenty are. I know of a few speculative fiction writers who are actually quite mundane. However, I do think the study turned up a valid correlation.