User talk:BrettRob

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Personal to-do for Creativity article

 * Reference to Margaret Boden (The Creative Mind : Myths And Mechanisms or Dimensions of Creativity)

"Incubation effects occur when subjects forget the inappropriate strategies they were using to solve a problem."
 * Check that Johnson, D.M. (1972). Systematic introduction to the psychology of thinking  mentions dimensions.
 * Go Back to Anderson, revise section on fixation/unblocking/incubation/set effects. His quote:
 * Also check Hadamard, J. (1945), The Psychology of Invention in the Mathematical Field, Princeton University Press, Princeton. Also:


 * Something about u-shaped relationship between creativity and knowledge?
 * Jazz improvisation (see Weisberg in Handbook)
 * creativity & humour
 * buying low, selling high analogy
 * remove unreferenced material or attribute
 * use numbered referencing style . See WP:FN for details
 * move history sections to new page

Do you understand anything about the Betz Limit?
We are having a bit of a difference of opinion whether or not the Betz Limit limit is applicable to the Solar updraft tower or not. The issue arose when I included a reference to the Betz Limit in an attempt to explain the low conversion efficiency of the Solar updraft tower. The paragraph I put in my Revision as of 23:11, 7 July 2006 was promptly taken out with the argument that the Betz Limit is not applicable, you may want to look at Talk:Solar updraft tower for the relevant discussion. I do not know enough about Wind turbines to argue the case, so I was hoping to get some input from someone who is more familiar with Wind turbines than I am. The reason I landed here is that I just went through the history of the article on Wind turbines, and what I found is that the paragraph about the Betz Limit was put in by an anonymous editor 70.27.59.180, see Revision as of 05:31, 14 March 2006, but that you were the first the edit his addition. So I thought that perhaps you would know a little bit more about it. Thanks, JdH 14:39, 23 July 2006 (UTC)
 * Sorry, JdH. My edit was strictly grammatical, I should have marked it as minor. I can't help you. Maybe try the newsgroup sci.engr.mech? --BrettRob 23:44, 23 July 2006 (UTC)

Creativity and intelligence
Thank you for your message, and yes, I had seen your comment on the article on creativity. I have found some further references to this subject, which I would like to add some time, including an interesting paper by Simonton looking at creativity in scientists. I am quite happy if you wish to move the subheading on creativity and intelligence, but do think the topic needs a mention if this article is ever to stand a chance of gaining featured status. ACEO 19:00, 18 October 2006 (UTC)

Hope you are OK
Hi BrettRob. Many thanks for your message. I was a little concerned about you when I read that you said "my time is short"   - I was not sure whether you meant that you were very busy at present, as I hoped you meant, or whether you meant something that a worrying illness might have hit you....I hope you meant the former. If you are busy, I can empathise, having a fulltime job, it can be difficult to know how much time to deal  with matters, but I am quite fortunate in that as my profession is to teach and to research  Psychology, my work, in some ways, overlaps with my hobby! Again, many thanks for your contributions. ACEO 18:54, 19 October 2006 (UTC)
 * Oh heavens no! I am fine (poor choice of words). Just busy. I'm also a researcher, currently completing my doctorate. I have also found significant overlap between the two - researching for Wikipedia articles has helped my work, and vice-versa. But at the moment I need to focus on writing my doctorate. So in one sense, my time is short, as my scholarship funding will run out soon! A small amount of wiki-work helps clear my mind in the morning, but that's all I can afford. Thanks for your concern, by the way. If I was suffering a serious illness, I think I would find other more valuable things to do with my time :) --BrettRob 00:28, 20 October 2006 (UTC)

Creativity
Dear Brett,

My concern is the page Creativity which is very good thanks to Ertyqway and to you. I would like — as you — to make it a Quality Page. I have some ideas —  I have wrote a book : L'intelligence créative  — but don't write an enough good english to do it. Can we do something together ?

Thanks for your attention

Jean-Louis --Jean-Louis Swiners 17:38, 21 April 2007 (UTC)

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