[simondotau]

Correlation is not causation. There are many very creative people and uncreative people with many diverse quantities and qualities of stupidity.

[SyzygistSix]

Or maybe our conscious and unconscious brains don't work in linear fashion like factories. Inspiration matters. It doesn't matter if what it takes to inspire one, consciously or subconsciously, is weird and doesn't make logical sense but is more poetic.

[simondotau]

Maybe. Maybe not. Regardless, correlation is not causation.