[RRWagner]

Exactly. And "synthesis" is the better word than "creativity". I wrote an essay about this very topic some years ago: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1tbMTpkPWkkN8_KH2KSpteFsb.... (if you can't open Google docs, an older draft is here: https://rogerwagner.com/creativity.html)

[shw1n]

Interesting -- hadn't heard of this synthesis vs creativity take before

I could see that -- agreed that "creativity" can be too blunt of a word to use for all situations