Thinking and creativity can flourish under restricted conditions and there are plenty of studies to back that claim (cf. stokes 2021; Rheinberger 1997). The scientific revolution started with the standardization and controlling of experiments which made them comparable and repeatable. Or think of poetry: It imposes restrictions in terms of rhythm, syllables or rhymes. Haikus give the poet very little room for formal variations but that doesn’t mean they are equally limited in term of poetic expressiveness. On the contrary: It is the strict formalism that allows them to transcend time and culture. -
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