<p>Hi, I would very much appreciate it if you guys could give me constructive criticism for my practice essay. The prompt was: Is creativity needed more than ever in the world today. Also, a score would help. Thanks!</p>
<pre><code> Although scientific discoveries are important, society is in more need for creativity. Practical problems facing the world cannot be solved by science alone. Mere data or observation collected through experimentation cannot immediately generate practical devices that we can use. Creativity, however, can piece together the seemingly useless data to create useful inventions. Thus, creativity triumphs over basic scientific research when it comes to practicality.
Without creativity, the world could not have the luxuries it has today, such as electrical lighting. Though electricity was understood a century ago, no one utilized the knowledge to create something original, something that would benefit the world until Thomas Edison came along. With his imagination and basic science, he arduously pursued and perfected the design for the light bulb, which effectively uses principles governing electricity. Creativity in this case, engendered something useful and practical out of the chaotic mess of unorganized knowledge. Without Edisons imagination, would we have the granted luxury we enjoy today?
Just as Edison used his ingenuity to better the world, the modern social network founder Mark Zuckerburg used his wits to develop a network that would benefit mankind. Prior to the development of Facebook, communication between students were often hindered by the erratic schedules of each individual. For completing a project, one student would call another, but because not everyone was available at the moment no one could proceed to complete the project. With Facebook, however, organization became an ease, facilitated by its design for its users to leave messages, plan events, or create groups for projects. Zuckerburgs creativity in this case, united and organized how the world communicated.
Aside from the benefits from inventions, creativity is also essential in solving the problems that plague the modern world. Global warming remains the most problematic subject for environmentalists. Though the phenomenon has been extensively researched and undoubtedly proven, no one has managed to arrive with a terminating solution. All efforts to stop or deter global warming has been futile at best. Thus, the ability to make use of scientific research to create a practical solution to the problem is more important than ever, if we want to continue to live on the planet.
Though procuring extensive knowledge of an subject through research is paramount, so is the creativity needed to extrapolate practical applications from those knowledge. Creativity acts as the foundation for subsequent endeavors to promote the world. An abundance of knowledge will not bring society forward without the capacity to use the knowledge. Thus, creativity is equally important to basic scientific knowledge as it utilizes the data and bring them to fuition.
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